India needs new green revolution to show path of natural farming to world: Amit Shah
India needs a new green revolution under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to show the path of natural farming to the world and lead the way for prosperity of farmers. This green revolution will bring wealth from across the world to India by finding markets for organic products, he said.
Shah was speaking at the ceremony to lay the foundation stone for leading fertiliser cooperative major IFFCO's nano DAP (liquid) plant at Kandla in Gujarat's Kutch district. The minister said 2 lakh bottles of 500 ml liquid will be produced per day at the plant, which will reduce the country's dependency on imported fertilisers and save Rs 10,000 crore subsidy on fertilisers.
«I believe that under the leadership of Modiji, the country needs yet another green revolution, albeit of a different kind where production is not the only aim,» Shah said while addressing a gathering on the occasion. In the past, India needed to import wheat and rice, he said, adding that with the efforts of subsequent governments and PM Modi's scientific approach in the last nine years, the country has become self-reliant for food grains, he said.
«But when I say we need a new green revolution, its dimension should be for India to show the path of natural farming to the world and bring about a green revolution for natural farming...This green revolution will bring wealth from across the world to India by finding markets for organic products of our farmers,» Shah said. The new green revolution aims for three things: first, to make India self-sufficient in not just wheat and paddy, but food items of every kind, be it pulses or oilseeds; second, to increase per acre production and preserve soil by encouraging natural farming; and third, to bring
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