New Delhi, March 27 Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the establishment of six new Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in Manipur on Friday after a meeting with the state Deputy Chief Minister Nemcha Kipgen here in the national capital.
Acting on her request, Chouhan directed the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to open six new KVKs in the state, an official statement said.
He also urged the Deputy Chief Minister to send a proposal for establishing a Tissue Culture Laboratory in the state.
Kipgen, who met the Union Minister at his official residence here in the national capital, thanked him for extending the time period of The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-I.