President to launch Bihar agriculture map

Patna, July 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will launch a road map on agriculture prepared by the Bihar government, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Thursday.

Nitish Kumar said he had invited the president to visit Bihar, and this could happen after Aug 15.

Nitish Kumar told reporters that he told Mukherjee to visit Bihar ahead of any other state as it was the land of India's first president, Rajendra Prasad.

The five-year agriculture road map covers the period 2012-17).