Previous year's drought was a setback to economy: PM
Updated on Sept 29, 2010 09:39 pm IST
Hailing the national growth rate as encouraging vis-a-vis the global economic scenario, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conceded that last year's drought had been a setback to the country's economy. He said this while releasing the latest book titled 'From Green to Evergreen Revolution - Indian Agriculture: Performance and Challenges' penned by the eminent agro-scientist Dr MS Swaminathan in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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