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A PIB explainer on October 18 spotlighted Kufri Jamunia, a biofortified purple potato from ICAR-CPRI, Shimla, released in 2024. Per 100 g it has 3.22 mg iron and 2.28 mg zinc, against 0.57 mg and 0.28 mg in a common potato, plus more vitamin C. It is recommended for the North Indian plains and offers a cheap, staple-based route to tackling hidden hunger.
‘The government has raised the MSP of wheat by ₹25 a quintal. That is 25 paise a kilo. It will not buy even a third of a litre of diesel. Yet the government calls it a ‘106% profit’,’ the SKM says in a statement
WRD officials said that on an average, around 15 tonnes of invasive plants grew in one acre of irrigation tank
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