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      | Patna, (Bihar Times):: The Chairman of the   National
Commission of Farmers and the architect of the Green
Revolution   in India, M S Swaminathan, once again
reposed full faith in Bihar’s   poltential to lead India
in the farm sector.
 
 |  |  Talking to reporters in   Delhi on Sunday he said states
      like Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West   Bengal and
      Assam have huge untapped potential. And if efforts aremade   Bihar will lead them.
  Bihar and other states of Eastern India are   sleeping
      giants and one only needs to wake them up. Reiterating
      his   earlier stand he even invoked Ramayana and said
      the myth that Janak found   Sita while ploughing the
      field itself suggests the fertility of this land.   The
      mythical land of Janakpuri is in Bihar.
 He said he calls these   states as fertile crescent of
      India which have every potential to become the   new
      grainary of the country. His comments came on the
      backdrop of Finance   Minister P Chidambaram’s claim
      that the government will take all steps to   ensure 4
      per cent farm growh for 10-20 years.
 
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