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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched two major agricultural schemes with a combined outlay of Rs 35,440 crore, including a mission for self-reliance in pulses, and called upon farmers to increase production to reduce the country’s import dependency and meet global demand.

After inaugurating projects related to agriculture and allied sectors , he said farmers have a critical role to play in realising the vision of a developed India (Viksit Bharat) by 2047.

The event at the Pusa campus coincided with the birth anniversary of socialist reformers Jayaprakash Narayan and Nanaji Deshmukh.

During his 30-minute address, the Prime Minister compared his government’s record with that of the Congress, saying the Opposition party’s neglect had led to a weake

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