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INDIA THIS WEEK FRIDAY DECEMBER 16, 2022 1 A W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r Fe a t u r i n g N e w s & Tr e n d s f r o m t h e I n d i a n S u b - C o n t i n e n t P u b l i s h e d f r o m t h e U S C a p i t a l Website: www.indiathisweek.online Vol. 30 No: 50 • WASHINGTON D.C • Phone: 301-445-0200; 301-917-4800 • e-mail: indiathisweekads@gmail.com • Friday • December 16, 2022 BJP wins 156 seats to retain Gujarat, Congress gets 40 in Himachal Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 8 (ANI): The BJP scored a landslide victory in Gujarat assembly polls and Congress made a comeback in Himachal Pradesh after five years. Here is the final tally of seats in Gujarat which has 182 member assembly and Himachal Pradesh which has 68 seats in the results declared on Thursday. Gujarat: BJP 156, Congress 17, AAP 5, Independents 3, Samajwadi Party 1. Himachal Pradesh: Congress 40, BJP 25, Independents 3. (ANI) BJP sweeps Gujarat Assembly polls, Himachal polls: Battles that went CM Bhupendra Patel scripts record win down to the last vote Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 9 (ANI): As the result of Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls declared on Thursday, several candidates of Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party recorded victories by narrow margins. In Bhoranj, Congress candidate Suresh Kumar won by just 60 votes. Suresh Kumar got 24,779 votes while BJP’s Anil Dhiman got 24,719 votes. In Bilaspur, BJP’s Trilok Jamwal won by a margin By Ankur Gupta Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 8 (ANI): The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday recorded a historic win in Gujarat, winning 156 seats. Congress finished a distant second at 17 while theAamAadmi Party (AAP), the new electoral entrant in Gujarat won 5 seats. The Samajwadi Party (SP) won a lone seat and three Independent candidates, too, registered wins. HIMACHAL PRADESH SEE PAGE 6 GUJARAT SEE PAGE 6 ENDS JANUARY 3 NX F SPORT ALL-NEW RX ES F SPORT KHUSHI JO SIRF SEASON NAHIN, SAALON CHALE Sometimes the best gifts are the experiences that keep on giving, season after season. ©2022 Lexus, a Division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

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INDIA THIS WEEK 100 Christians faced faith conversion, child marriage in Pakistan in over 3 years: Report December 16, 2022 Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): A total of 100 cases of forced faith conversion, forced and child marriage, and abduction of girls and women belonging to the Christian community have been reported in Pakistan between January 2019 and October 2022, a new report said. According to the report titled “Conversion without Consent” released by Friday Conversion without Consent on Saturday, the 100 cases took place over a span of more than three years, of which 27 were recorded in 2019, 12 in 2020, 42 in 2021 and 19 till October 2022. The data showed that the highest number of 86, were reported in Punjab, followed by 11 in Sindh, two in Islamabad and one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and no case was reported from Balochistan, reports DAWN. According to the data, 67 per cent of the cases were reported from five districts alone. The districts, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura from Punjab, Karachi from Sindh and Faisalabad, exhibit a high rate of cases of underage girls from the Minority community. According to the report, sixty-one per cent of the girls were targeted before reaching 16 years of age, while 18 per cent became victims between the ages of 16 and 18 and 14 per cent became victims when they were above 18 years old of age. The ages of seven victims are not known. According to DAWN, the report reveals that the majority victims of forced faith conversions and child marriage are minors, however, the fabricated age of all victims is deliberately altered to 18 years or above by perpetrators on certificates of marriage to avoid criminal conviction under the Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 according to which marriage to an underage child is illegal and punishable by imprisonment. The report states that all minor girls are presented as economically independent adults. It also revealed that the marriages were executed without consent of a legal guardian or in the absence of a lawyer. The cases of Zarvia Parvaiz, Saba Nadeem, Chashman Kanwal and Sunaina James, underage girls who became victims of forced faith conversions, are also included in the report. Zarvia Parvaiz told the court that she was heavily drugged, raped, beaten with a stick, burnt with cigarettes, and electrocuted by her abductors, according to a report in DAWN. Saba Nadeem said she was abducted and raped. Her thumb impression was taken on the certificate of marriage and conversion without her consent. Nadeem’s perpetrator’s threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed the assault to anyone. The report recommends that affirmative action must be taken for the protection, promotion, and fulfilment of minority rights, particularly in the context of reforming the existing civil and criminal justice system to render it more sensitive to the needs of victims of forced conversions and their families, writes DAWN. The report “Conversion without Consent” says that it is the duty of the authorities to ensure that the observance of a state religion does not affect any minority religion or results in discrimination in law, policy, and jurisprudence against those who profess a faith or set of beliefs contrary to the majority religion. (ANI)

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December 16, 2022 Friday INDIA THIS WEEK Lotte Plaza Market Gift Card Raffle Event • New members who joined between 7/7 to 8/7 were eligible for the draw • More events are coming up for the members next year Lotte Plaza Market held a customer appreciation event at Chantilly Store on December 8th. This gift card raffle event was planned for promoting Lotte Plus membership which was launched this year. Lotte Plaza Gift Card worth $1000 was awarded to one winner, who was randomly selected out of the members who joined the member ship from July 7 to August 7 this year. The lucky winner Vamsi (51) said “this is the happiest moment after visiting Lotte Plaza for 22 years” and he also conveyed appreciation to the executive director and Chantilly store manager who congratulated him at the presentation event. Vamsi also added “Lotte Plaza is the only place that has fresh produce items that Indian people really need. This is why I have been only using Lotte Plaza Plaza Market for my grocery shopping. My family and friends love Lotte so much.” Per membership services, he noted that “Lotte Plus provides more benefits than the other competitors and it was easy to join the membership program. I joined immediately after seeing the advertisement, but I never knew that I was going to be the lucky person. I hope Lotte opens more events so that other people could also enjoy the benefits.” Lotte Plaza market is planning for more events associated with Lotte Plus to give more back for the members. CEO Sang Lee said “we will make a ceaseless effort to provide pleasant shopping experience and reliable products at this era of extreme inflation.” Meanwhile, Lotte Plaza market holds year-end appreciation event from December 16. More information can be found at plus.lotteplaza. com. All three accused in acid attack on minor girl arrested: Delhi Police New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Delhi Police have arrested all three accused for allegedly throwing acid at a 17-year-old girl in the national capital’s Dwarka this morning. Dwarka DCP M Harshvardhan on Wednesday said that the police have solved the case with the arrest of all three accused. A 17-yearold girl was allegedly attacked with acid by two bike-borne men in Delhi’s Dwarka district area, police said on Wednesday. The girl has been referred to Safdarjung Hospital and is currently undergoing treatment. The incident took place at around 7:30 am. The police, earlier, detained one person in the case after the victim raised suspicion over two people known to her. Later, another boy emerged as a prime suspect in the acid attack incident on a minor girl in Delhi, the Dwarka DCP said on Wednesday. “Today information was received at Dwarka’s Mohan Garden Police Station that a 17-year-old girl has been attacked with an acid-like substance by 2 bike-borne boys. She is under treatment and is stated to be stable. She has received 8 per cent burn injuries. One boy has been detained and is being questioned,” DCP Dwarka said. He added, “Another boy has emerged as a prime suspect during the investigation and multiple teams have been formed to nab the accused. Action is being taken on all leads.” According to police, a PCR call was received regarding the incident of throwing acid on a girl in the Police Station Mohan Garden area. It was stated that a girl was allegedly attacked using some acidlike substance by two persons on a bike around 7:30 am this morning, police said. “The girl was with her younger sister at the time of the incident. She has raised suspicion over two persons known to them. One person has been detained and further investigation is going on,” Delhi Police said. The father of the victim said, “My two daughters were going to school at 7:29 am, but later around 7:35 am my younger daughter returned home and told me that two boys have thrown acid on her elder sister. The accused had their face covered which can be seen in a CCTV footage.” Her condition is not good and we are very worried. We have spoken to the police, the father added. The mother of the victim said, “My younger daughter came rushing and told me that acid was thrown at her elder sister. Her condition is not good.” (ANI) Jang (Arunachal Pradesh), Dec 14 (ANI): Days after the clash between the Indian Army and Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang. The local resident of Jang of Tawang district expressed that they are living in a peaceful environment because of the Indian Army. Locals shared that they have full confidence in the Indian Army and will always support them in every situation. Tawang clash: Locals express their trust in Indian army to tackle any eventualities

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December 16, 2022 Friday INDIA THIS WEEK BJP sweeps Gujarat Assembly polls, Himachal polls: Battles that went CM Bhupendra Patel scripts record win down to the last vote GUJARAT FROM PAGE 1 Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, too, scripted history, winning the Ghatlodia constituency by a record margin of about 1,92,000 votes. This constituency has given Gujarat two of its chief ministers – Anandiben Patel and the current CM. AAP CM Face Isudan Gadhvi lost the Khambhaliya seat to BJP candidate Hardasbhai Bera by 19,000 votes. Gujarat’s MoS Home, Harsh Sanghavi, too, won the Majura constituency with a margin of 1,16,000. BJP MLA Kishor Kanani won the Varachha seat of Surat, defeating AAP candidate Alpesh Kathiriya while AAP Gujarat chief Gopal Italia also had to taste defeat against the BJP’s Vinod Moradiya. Debutant from Jamnagar North constituency, cricketer Ravindrasinh Jadeja’s wife Rivaba Jadeja also won her seat by 88,119 votes. Hardik Patel, former PAAS leader who joined BJP ahead of the polls, bagged 49.64 per cent votes on course to winning the Viramgam constituency. Former BJP MLA Dhavalsinh Zala, who fought as an Independent this time, defeated the ruling party’s Bhikhiben Parmar by around 6,000 votes. Congress candidate from Vadgam, Jignesh Mevani, who was trailing during the early rounds of counting, later won the seat by around 4,000 votes. C o n g r e s s leader and former Leader of Opposition Arjun Modhwadia won from the Porbandar constituency, defeating BJP candidate Babu Bokhiriya by over 8,000 votes while Kandhal Jadeja, who was denied a ticket by the NCP, fought on a Samajwadi Party ticket to win. He got the better of BJP’s Dheliben Odedara. Significantly, BJP won the Morbi seat where the party had fielded Kantilal Amrutiya, who saved lives and courted headlines as From The Poet’s Pen INDIA THIS WEEK- December 16, 2022 Freedom from fear is the freedom Rabindranath Tagopre Freedom from fear is the freedom I claim for you my motherland! Freedom from the burden of the ages, bending your head, breaking your back, blinding your eyes to the beckoning call of the future; Freedom from the shackles of slumber wherewith you fasten yourself in night’s stillness, mistrusting the star that speaks of truth’s adventurous paths; freedom from the anarchy of destiny whole sails are weakly yielded to the blind uncertain winds, and the helm to a hand ever rigid and cold as death. Freedom from the insult of dwelling in a puppet’s world, where movements are started through brainless wires, repeated through mindless habits, where figures wait with patience and obedience for the master of show, to be stirred into a mimicry of life. the ‘hero of Morbi’ after the bridge collapse. Among the important seats that BJP won this time were Congress bastions Mahudha and Thasra of Kheda, Borsad of Anand and Vyara. These seats which were held by Congress since Independence. Mohan Konkani of the BJP bagged this prestigious Vyara seat. The BJP also won 24 out of 27 ST reserved seats in Gujarat, an increase of 12 seats as compared to the last elections. The tribals, too, voted BJP in huge numbers. The BJP’s 7th consecutive Assembly poll win in Gujarat is also its biggest since the founding of this state in 1960. In the last Assembly elections in 2017, BJP won 99 seats, Congress trailed close at 77 and NCP, BTP and Independent candidates secured 1, 2 and 3 seats respectively. Bhupen Patel will take oath as CM again on December 12, the BJP state president CR Paatil said earlier in the day. HIMACHAL PRADESH FROM PAGE 1 of only 267 votes. BJP’s Randhir Sharma won Sri Naina Deviji constituency by 171 votes. In Sujanpur constituency, Congress Rajinder Singh won by 399 votes. In Shillai constituency, Congress’ Harshwardhan Chauhan defeated BJP candidate Baldev Singh by only 382 votes. Congress candidate Nand Lal won by 567 votes in Rampur, defeating BJP’s Kaul Singh. In Darang constituency, BJP candidate Puran Chand defeated Congress’ Kaul Singh by 618 votes. C o n g r e s s candidate Kuldeep Singh Pathania defeated BJP’s Vikram Singh by 1,567 votes. BJP candidate Inder Singh managed to win Balh constituency by a margin of 1,307 votes. BJP candidateBikram Singh won Jaswan-Pragpur seat by 1,789 votes. C o n g r e s s candidate Ravi Thakur won INDIA THIS WEEK Address: P.O. Box 352, Bryans Road, MD 20616 Phone: 301-445-0200; 301-917-4800 www.indiathisweek.online India This Week is published every Friday by ADV Solutions Inc, Views expressed in this paper are those of the individual writers and not necessarily of India This Week. India This Week accepts no liability for the errors in advertisements or in any of its reports. For remedial actions any errors should be brought to the attention of the editor by the information provided below. Publisher: Chief Editor: Contributing Editors: Dr. Babu Stephen Rajan George Saju Mathew Isaac George Asst. Editors: Manu Jacob Sherena Panjikkaran Special Business Correspondent Elisha B. Pulivarti Business Coordinators Rajan C. George Jithu Johny Panjikkaran Dr. Renuka Misra, Special Correspondent: Geeta Goindi Community Coordinator: Prof. Vinod Goel India Office Manesh Krishna Columnists: Anadi Naik World Religions Dr. Sam Prasad Jillella Photo Journalist: Mathew Karmel, System Admn. & Maintenance: Rajan C. George Layout & Graphics: Prinston Samuel, Business Affairs: Mrs. Molly George CALL US • 301-445-0200 • 301-917-4800 e-Mails: Advertisements: indiathisweekads@gmail.com Press Releases: indiathisweekpress@yahoo.com Web: www.indiathisweek.online Lahaul and Spiti seat by a margin of 1,616 votes. In Nahan, Congress’ Ajay Solanki won by 1,639 votes. Confirming that all votes had been counted, the Election Commission on Thursday late evening said that Congress bagged a total of 40 seats in the Assembly, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished at 25 seats. The Independents won three seats while the AAP failed to open its account in the state. In terms of vote share in Himachal, Congress was only marginally ahead of the BJP with 43.88 per cent of votes. The BJP finished a close second bagging 42.99 per cent of the total votes polled. The rest garnered a 10.4 per cent vote share in the hill-state. The poll victory for the Congress was the latest instance of Himachal living up to its time-honoured tradition of not voting back the incumbent. (ANI) New Delhi, December 13 (ANI): India is further strengthening its surveillance capabilities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) from Eastern Ladakh to Sikkim with the deployment of new drone units of unmanned aerial vehicles. These can carry out missions for up to 48 hours. Speaking to ANI, defence sources said, “New drones with advanced surveillance capabilities and longer endurance are being deployed. These will keep an eye on the Chinese military activities in the Eastern Ladakh sector and Sikkim along with the areas around it. While one of the squadrons is deployed close to the eastern Ladakh sector, the other would be closer to the chicken’s neck sector in the east, they said. The new drones have not been equipped with strike capabilities but they have the option of being upgraded to those standards, the sources said. The Indian forces have acquired these drones with satellite communication links and their sensors are far more advanced than their existing inventory, they said. The Indian forces have been keeping a close watch on the Chinese military activities across the LAC from Eastern Ladakh to the Arunachal Pradesh area. They have enhanced their capabilities after the unilateral aggression by the Chinese in Eastern Ladakh starting from the Galwan area in 2020. India deploying new drone units to keep an eye on China “India, China can discuss....” Chinese delegate speaks on Indo-China ties amid Twang faceoff row Chinese delegate Hanwen Tang attended the first meeting of the Development Working Group (DWG) under India’s G20 Presidency. While speaking to ANI he said that India and China should sit together to discuss the future. Adding further, he said that It’s a great experience to enjoy Indian hospitality here. He added, “It’s a great experience to enjoy Indian hospitality here. India has a very rich culture. G20 provides a great platform for India and China to sit together to discuss about the future the important issues that concern the world.”

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December 16, 2022 Friday INDIA THIS WEEK Cyclone Mandous disrupts life in Andhra, Tamil Nadu; leaders inspect affected region Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 11 (ANI): The leaders of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), including MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy and local officials, visited the cyclone Mandous-affected places in Andhra Pradesh after many residential areas in the South coastal region got submerged by water logging following torrential rainfalls. After the heavy rains hit the southern coast of the state, many residential areas and trees were submerged. Several trees were also uprooted in many regions. According to the officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), one of their sanitary workers was badly injured due to the storm and calamitic conditions in the state. At the time of the incident, the sanitary worker was on her job, they said. “One of the sanitary workers was injured by a huge branch while she came here to perform duty. She got injured on her forehead and got up to four stitches. However, she is safe,” TTD official Bali Reddy said adding that the heavy rains in Tirumala for the past two days have resulted in the breaking of the branches of the trees which results in such incidents. Due to the Mandous Cyclone, a huge tree was uprooted in Tirumala and fell down at the ANC Cottages, next to a bus stand in the spiritual town. “More than 200 people have been relocated to camps, and around 9000 provided with food,” Commissoiner of Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), Gagandeep Bedi said adding that around 400-500 trees were uprooted. “We were prepared for the cyclone and had cut the branches of 15000 trees to avoid accidents. 500 staff, 300 vehicles were deployed so that the main roads are cleared and traffic was not disrupted,” Bedi said further. Meanwhile, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) requested everyone to avoid going out until cyclonic storm ‘Mandous’ weakens. “Almost 65 trees have fallen down in three hours and the GCC is taking measures to remove them. Motor pumps are being used to remove water stagnation in low lying saucer shaped areas,” as per a GCC statement. Earlier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday visited the areas badly affected by Cyclone Mandous in the state. “I inspected various places post the Cyclone Mandous. Precaution measures were also discussed with the district administration of the cyclone-affected areas,” he said mentioning that he also inspected South Chennai Kottivakkam, Injambakkam areas and spoke with the fishermen community and distributed relief materials.” Stalin then came to North Chennai Kasimedu. He also claimed that there has not been any big damage across Tamil Nadu due to cyclone Mandous. Praising the people’s representatives and their work during the cyclone, he said, “Even uprooted trees were For Advertisements Call: 301-445-0200 • 301-917-4800 E-mail: indiathisweekads@gmail.com www.indiathisweek.online removed immediately. Corporation workers have done an excellent job. Even our Minister K N Nehru, Sekar Babu, M Subramaniyan and others, MLA’s, MP’s, Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Local Body representatives, Police persons, Sanitation workers and many others have done their work fullfledged. I appreciate all of them.” According per the last update, four people have lost their lives due to the heavy rainfall caused by the cyclone. Apart from this, 98 cattle too lost their lives and 181 houses and huts have been damaged. Other damages are still being calculated. As many as 3,163 families stayed in 201 rescue camps. Food, drinking water and medicine were provided to take care of them. According to reports, nearly 400 trees have been uprooted in Chennai due to this cyclone. 25,000 workers have been deputed to restore normalcy back to Chennai. “After accessing the damages of Cyclone Mandous if needed we will ask for funds from Central Government”, said CM Stalin. He said that the state government has proved that any natural disaster can be faced if there are proper precautionary measures taken along with well-organized planning. Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Saturday wrote to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy stating the failure of his administration in handling the Mandous Cyclone in Andhra Pradesh. “I read your statement that the district administration in all districts is alerted to take up relief activities for the people. Respected CM, I am sorry to tell you that I could see nothing of that nature anywhere in the places I visited,” read the letter written to CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. On Saturday, the KVB Puram Mandal in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati district recorded the highest rainfall at 258mm due to Tropical Cyclone Mandous currently active in the Bay of Bengal region, said official sources. As per sources, the way from KVB Puram Mandal, under the Satyavedu constituency, towards the Srikalahasti is completely blocked due to heavy water flow from nearby ponds and lakes. Along withAndhra Pradesh, Chennai and several other parts of Tamil Nadu, have witnessed heavy rain and strong winds as cyclonic storm Mandous crossed the states on Saturday after landfall, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD). On Friday, Devotees visiting Tirupati Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala faced several problems ranging from hampered darshan to difficulty in reaching hotels as heavy rain battered the city under the influence of Cyclone Mandous. ` As per reports, the low-lying areas of Tirumala, including the temple premises, witnessed waterlogging making it difficult for the devotees, including elderly and disabled persons, to commute from their accommodated hotels. Earlier, over 10 flights were canceled at Chennai airport due to adverse weather conditions arising due to cyclone Mandous. The officials also advised the general masses to check with the concerned airlines in view of the flights affected due to the extreme weather conditions. Mandous is all set to weaken to a deep depression and later a depression on Saturday, as per the regional Met office. The rainfall triggered by the cyclone has caused severe waterlogging in low-lying areas. These rain showers were so strong that they damaged the recently installed ‘permanent ramp’ at Marina Beach in Chennai. This ramp was intended to help differentlyabled people. (ANI)

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 16, 2022 9 Sale Ends 12/30/2022 Over 50 Biotech-Kisan hubs created by Department of Biotechnology: Union Min Jitendra Singh New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that the Department of Biotechnology has funded fifty-one (51) Biotech-Kisan hubs out of which forty-four (44) are operational. These hubs are located in 15 agro-climatic zones of the country and are conducting activities in 169 districts. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is implementing a farmerscentric Mission Programme ‘Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network’ (BiotechKISAN). The programme connects Indian farmers with the best scientists and institutions. The Minister said the programme aims to work with small and marginal farmers for better agriculture productivity through scientific intervention and evolving best farming practices. “The core activities of the programme are understanding the problems of the local farmer, scouting available technologies/solutions, demonstration and scaleup programmes, creation of strong Scientists-Farmers Interaction Platform; training programmes for the farmer and immersion programmes for scientists, communication through radio/TV and social media, thematic fellowship for selected farmers and special solution-driven thematic fellowships to women farmers,” read an official statement by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The intended benefits of the programme are to increase farmer’s income by technological interventions and develop bio-based enterprises in rural areas. The programme has benefitted over four lakhs farmers (directly or indirectly) by increasing their agriculture output and income. The programme is also successful in developing 200 entrepreneurs in rural areas. The Department has to date provided support of Rs. 9554.146 lakhs to the programme, added the statement. Moreover, the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India are implementing various programmes for direct linkage between science laboratories and farmers in the country, said officials. “Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE)/ Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is supporting 731 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) and implementing programmes like Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav (MGMG), Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) programme and farmer FIRST,” added the statement. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories CIMAP (Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants) and National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (NBRI) provides technical support and advice to farmers through training programmes and skill development programmes on various aspects of agriculture, science and technology. In addition to BiotechKisan, Department is also supporting farmers through its societal programme, Singh added. (ANI)

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