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New Delhi: Union Finance and Corporate Affairs minister Arun Jaitley and Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Monday made field visits here of new variety of pulses, PUSA Arhar-16. Radha Mohan Singh gave details information about the new variety to Jaitley.
Jaitley congratulated the Scientists of ICAR for developing the PUSA Arhar -16 and expressed hope that country will soon become self-sufficient in pulses. Radha Mohan Singh said that PUSA Arhar-16 is extra early maturing, semi-dwarf, determinate, high yielding variety and will be available to farmers from next Kharif season. Singh said while the traditional varieties take 170 days to mature, this new variety take less time to mature i.e 120 days only, according to a PIB release. Jaitley and Singh later paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary (Ekta Diwas) and remembers his works specially his role in unifying the nation.