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SME Times News Bureau | 27 Mar, 2015
Calling for winding down India's dependence on imported agro-chemicals,
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Thursday that the
Pesticides Management Bill to protect domestic industries from
multi-nationals will be tabled in the current session of parliament that
resumes on April 21.
Speaking at an event of the Crop Care
Federation of India (CCFI) here, the minister assured the agro-chemical
industries that "their interests will be taken care of while drafting
the long-awaited Pesticides Management Bill", the CCFI said in a release
here.
"The government firmly supports the growth of local Indian
agro-chemical industries. However, to be truly competitive at the
global level it is essential that Indian companies start investing more
in research and development of new products," Singh said.
"We
believe the Indian industry has the potential to provide farmers with
world class products at affordable rates for which they are at the mercy
of multi-national companies," he added.
Earlier on Thursday,
Singh said at an event organised by the National Cooperative Development
Corporation that in a scenario of growing grain stock and increasing
production of high value commodities, improving market linkage assumes
great significance.
"The country is a leading producer of several commodities like cereals, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, and jute," he said.
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