Udaipur, Mar 01(UNI) The Tripura Govenment has taken numerous initiatives in agriculture and allied sectors in keeping with Prime Minster Narendra Modi's vision of " Doubling the Farmers Income by 2022."
This was stated by Tripura deputy chief minister Jishnu Debbarma in his second budget speech. he said the economy of the state was primarily agrarian, with about 50 per cent of the population dependent on agriculture.
He said the cropping intensity at present was 191 per cent, the highest in the North East. Concerted efforts were being made for increasing rice production by increasing area under “System of Rice Intensification” (SRI) and Hybrid Paddy,he added.