Karnal, June 1 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Chouhan on Saturday said that under Viksit Bharat Kisan Sankalp Abhiyan in the country, 16,000 agricultural scientists are involved to sensitise farmers, of which 2,170 teams have established communication with farmers at 8,000 locations so far.

While addressing a gathering of farmers, livestock farmers and people associated with fisheries at Arya PG College in Panipat, Chouhan said that if farming is done properly, farmers can get great benefits from it.

The Union minister praised the Bhavantar Yojana of the Haryana government and congratulated chief minister Nayab Singh Saini for this.

"To increase agricultural production, scientists have developed two varieties of paddy which will...