Ranchi, Jan. 31 -- Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperative Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey today said that the goal of the department is to make Jharkhand self-reliant in seed production in the coming time.
Tirkey said this in a review meeting with officials regarding Animal Welfare Board and Seed Corporation at the Animal Husbandry Directorate in Ranchi. Her round of plan review meetings is going on.
During the meeting, the Minister said that today many states of the country are not only self-reliant in seed production, but they are also supplying seeds to other states. "On the other hand, Jharkhand is still dependent on other states in terms of seeds. The department spends lakhs and crores of rupees every year on seed purchase and dis...