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Union Water Resources Ministry signs MoU with Agriculture
Ministry to take up organic farming
The Union Water Resources
Ministry has signed an MoU with the Agriculture Ministry to encourage farmers
of over 5,000 villages along the Ganga to take up organic farming, which will
help curb pollution caused by chemical fertiliser-laden runoff in the river.
Union Water Resources Minister
Uma Bharti and Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh attended the MoU signing
event in New Delhi Friday.
As per the MoU, the Agriculture
Ministry will develop organic farming in over 5,000 villages along the Ganga
with each Gram Panchayat representing a cluster under Paramaparagat Krishi
Vikas Yojana.
