India, March 6 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare and Rural Development Shri Sivaraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate a National Stakeholders' Meet on the Coconut Promotion Scheme at IIT Madras, in Chennai on 7 March 2026.

The Union Minister will provide a policy vision and guidance for the effective implementation of the scheme. He will also interact with the coconut farmer leaders. Senior policymakers, including the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Government of India, and Secretaries of Agriculture and Horticulture from major coconut-growing Southern States, will participate in the deliberations. Elected representatives and senior officials of ...