agri policy
Harsh Vardhan and the secretaries
of these ministries had attended the
meeting, as per media reports.
Also, the PM Modi has on various
occasions talked about the need for
technological interventions in the
agriculture and increase productivity.
Therefore, if the PMO decides to take it
forward, then there is nothing that can
stop it for going to commercialization.
The chances are stronger this time as
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compared to Mr Manmohan Singh in
whose tenure, Mrs Jayanti Natarajan,
the predecessor of Mr Ramesh, had
refused to listen to PMO on few key
issues. Therefore, all eyes will be on the
Prime Minister.
After the unfortunate death of Mr Anil
Dave, the new environment minister, Mr
Harsh Vardhan who is incidentally also
the science and technology minister, will
also be the another highly influencing