Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will on Saturday inaugurate the 'Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela' 2025 here, which will showcase latest seed varieties and technologies to farmers, students and other stakeholders. The three-day event, organised by Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI) is expected to witness participation of around 1 lakh people, including farmers. Addressing a press conference, Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao, Director of IARI, said the Union Agriculture Minister will be the chief Guest of the inaugural function, while Minister of State for Agriculture Ramnath Thakur will be the Guest of Honour. The theme of the mela is Unnat Krishi Viksit Bharat, he added. Rao said the main attractions of this year's mela will be live demonstrations of the new varieties and technologies developed by IARI. There will be exhibitions on promising technologies, products and services of IARI as well as ICAR institutes, agricultu
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These events would also showcase the govt's various pro-farmer policies and help in improving its negative perception among the farming class