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Farm sector performed well despite lockdown restrictions, says Vice-President
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Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu delivering the convocation address at TNAU in Coimbatore on Thursday.
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Farm sector performed well despite lockdown restrictions, says Vice-President Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday expressed confidence that India will regain the position of “fastest-growing emerging economy” in 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Delivering the 41st convocation address at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in Coimbatore, he noted that the agriculture sector performed well during the lockdown even while other sectors were affected. The area under cultivation and the food grain production for the kharif season had seen an increase this year notwithstanding the COVID-19 crisis, he said. “Let us not let the impact of COVID-19 dampen our spirits and thoughts for tomorrow,” Mr. Naidu told the gr