Haryana has been conferred with the Commendation Award for Sustained High Productivity in Rice and Wheat for the year 2012-13.
Haryana Agriculture Minister Paramvir Singh received the Award from President Pranab Mukherjee at the inaugural ceremony of the World Congress on Agro Forestry 2014 at New Delhi on Monday.
Singh said the award has been given to Haryana for achieving consistently high productivity in wheat and rice and for being the second largest contributor of food grains to the Central Pool. He also said the state ranks first in Basmati Rice export and has also promoted resource conservation technology in rice-wheat system.
