The agricultural production in state of Bihar has recorded a 30% growth in the last fiscal and is leading the eastern region under the planned efforts to usher in a Second Green Revolution (SGR). The state has a total cropped area of 52 lakh hectares (LH) and it produced around 151 lakh tonne (LT) of foodgrains. The state of Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are at the second and third positions respectively.
The states like Bihar, UP, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Odisha are producing 730 LT of food grain, 32 LT of pulses and 18.5 LT of oilseeds. Sincere efforts taken by the union government to launch SGR in eastern region would help ensure food security in the country.
The central government had approved Rs 2,828 crore for ushering SGR in the eastern region. Under this, mechanization of agriculture, developing better seeds and integrated agricultural system, seed replacement, soil management, as well as, supply of electricity to farmers by the state governments will be focused upon.