Honorable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiji’s Visit to ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region Exhibition Stall at Aizawl, Mizoram.
Honorable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiji had paid a visit to Aizawl on 16th December 2017 to inaugurate the Tuirial Hydro Electric Power project, Mizoram. An exhibition of STINER, agri-horti, handloom and handicrafts products was organized by Ministry of DoNER, GOI at Assam Rifle ground, Aizawl, Mizoram. In the visit of Honorable Prime Minister, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya had exhibited salient ICAR NEH technologies relevant to Mizoram condition viz., promising varieties of different agricultural and horticultural crops, value added products, unique indigenous germplasms of Mizoram, integrated farming system model on hill slopes, etc. Honorable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiji along with Shri. Lal Thanhawla, Chief Minister of Mizoram; Dr. Jitendra Singh, MOS (i/c), Ministry of DoNER, GOI; Shri. R.K. Singh, MOS (i/c), Ministry of Power, GOI and other dignitaries had visited the ICAR-NEH exhibition stall at 9.45 am. Dr. S.B. Singh, Joint Director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib explained the different research and extension activities carried out for the livelihood improvement of tribal farmers of Mizoram. Honorable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiji appreciated the activities carried by the ICAR-NEH for the development of agriculture in Mizoram.
