Nagaland headed for White Revolution: Rio

Kohima, May 23: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has said Nagaland was switching-over from Green Revolution to "White Revolution", which he termed as the success story of the farmers.

Addressing a programme for distribution of Tractors and Power tillers, organised under Chief minister's Corpus Fund in connection of the ongoing "year of farmers" at Agri Expo site in Dimapur yesterday, Mr Rio called for optimum harnessing of "the strength of our area", the Agri allied sector, for empowerment of farmers and economic growth of the state.

He outlined the vision of the ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland(DAN) as empowerment of the farmers, as the Government was only a facilitator and not the sole provider.

He also asked the farmers to adopt modern methods of farming, while claiming that the ongoing Year of Farmers had opened up many opportunities not only for the farmers, but also for the mases. He disclosed that Rs 20 crores had been earmarked for the "Year of Farmers", which will be given to the Agri and allied departments, based on their action plans.

He also said the Government is also giving importance to Bamboo Mission since bamboo is readily available in abundance and urged the people to come forward to avail the opportunities.

UNI