India, Feb. 15 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan today attended the 51st Foundation Day celebrations of the ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal. He dedicated a cotton harvesting machine developed by scientists to farmers, making cotton harvesting easier. During the ceremony, Shri Chouhan remarked that until now, cotton harvesting was done entirely manually, requiring significant time, labor, and cost. It had been a long-standing demand from farmers to develop an indigenous and cost-effective cotton harvesting machine. Today, I am pleased to report that our scientists have fulfilled this demand. Developed at a cost of approximately Rs.15 lakh, this m...