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The Central authorities connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) unveiled 184 high-yielding and climate-resilient effect varieties of 25 crops that volition assistance farmers summation productivity, trim costs, and header with clime change, ungraded salinity, drought, and different biotic and abiotic stresses.
The caller varieties – developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), assorted universities, and backstage entities – see 122 cereals, six pulses, 13 oilseeds, 11 fodder crops, six sugarcane varieties, 24 fabric (including 22 BT cotton), and 1 each of jute and tobacco, the authorities said.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the state has go the world’s largest atom producer, surpassing China. “India’s atom accumulation has reached 150.18 cardinal tons, compared to China’s 145.28 cardinal tons, ensuring nationalist nutrient information and strengthening India’s relation arsenic a planetary nutrient supplier,” helium said, adding that the caller effect varieties volition boost harvest accumulation and heighten income of farmers.
Mr. Chouhan said that since 2014 the Narendra Modi authorities has approved 3,236 high-yielding varieties of seeds arsenic compared to 3,969 varieties notified betwixt 1969 and 2014.
ICAR manager wide M.L. Jat highlighted the value of breeding programmes focused connected acerb soils, integrated and earthy farming systems, and regenerative agriculture. Union Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi said the National Seeds Corporation played a important relation successful effect multiplication, which has contributed to enhanced cultivation productivity and achieved a turnover of ₹200 crore.
Chouhan slams Congress
Defending the precocious passed Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, Mr. Chouhan said the Congress was spreading misinformation astir the caller scheme. He said Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was not contiguous successful the House erstwhile the Bill was taken up for debate. He said the Opposition did not privation to perceive to the details of the Bill.
“The Congress has announced an MGNREGA Bachao Sangram. It is really a ‘save corruption’ campaign. MGNREGA had go synonymous with corruption. Under societal audits done by gram sabhas, determination were much than 10,51,000 complaints. The aforesaid enactment was repeated, enactment was done by machines, wealth was siphoned disconnected successful the sanction of cleaning canals and roads, 30% workers were supra the property of 60,” helium said.
The Minister said an magnitude of much than ₹8.48 lakh crore has been allocated to the strategy by the government, portion the UPA had spent conscionable implicit ₹2 lakh crore connected it. “The Congress is simply a mill of lies. It is present saying that workers volition not get work,” helium said, adding that the caller Bill offers a amended strategy than MGNREGA.
