Inside Agri Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s bold new vision to modernise Indian farms and farmers

In the first week of June, on a bright and warm day, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited Bihar, an agriculture-dependent state, as part of his ongoing outreach to the farming community. During his visit, Krishan Kumar, a litchi farmer from the state’s renowned litchi belt, candidly highlighted a pressing challenge faced by growers in the region.

Krishan Kumar, in a video shared on social media, explained how litchis start to turn black and rot within 48 hours of being harvested, drastically reducing their shelf life. This rapid…