Policy initiatives, modern facilities led to increase in Potato production by 20 per cent: PM Mod

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday outlined the increase in production of the potato crop in the country while asserting that policy initiative, decision and modern facilities for irrigation have led to about 20 per cent increase in production of this root vegetable.

Addressing the third Global Potato Conclave being held at Gandhinagar Gujarat via videoconference from here, Prime Minister Modi said, "About 6,000 farmers are going to visit Gujarat's farms on field day (of the conclave). It is a commendable task in itself. It is also commendable that the potato conclave is happening outside Delhi, in Gujarat"

Modi also hailed farmers of Gujarat for the tremendous increase in production of potato and said, "The e...