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Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that it was time for the country to diversify the agriculture sector towards energy and power sectors as without making agriculture economically viable we cannot make Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Addressing the International Summit and Expo on Bioenergy and value chain, he said, "In our GDP growth, the agriculture sector contributes 14 per cent, the manufacturing sector contributes 22 per cent and service sector contributes 52 to 54 per cent. The problem is that the population that belongs to agriculture is 60 per cent. We need to increase the employment potential in t...