New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari highlighted that going forward, futuristic technology paired with futuristic vision is essential to transform agriculture into an economically viable sector and make rural India prosperous.

Speaking at the National Efficiency Awards ceremony hosted by the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories, the Minister said standalone sugar production is no longer economically viable due to global market dynamics and higher domestic production costs. He urged sugar mills to aggressively pivot toward by-products such as compressed bio-gas (CBG), ethanol, bio-manure, and sustainable aviation fuel.

"Instead of dumping waste into road embankments, if we conv...