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The biggest ever
national agricultural exposition, known as AGRIEXPO 77 is being organised by the
Trade Fair Authority of India at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, from November 13
to December 13, 1977.
Agriculture is the
largest and most widely dispersed industry of India, generating employment
opportunities for more than three-fourths of the country's population. The
agricultural sector accounts for nearly 50 per cent of the national income and
sustains a substantial portion of export trade of India.
AGRIEXPO 77
is projecting the rural sector in the totality, showing all its facets and
providing glimpses into its innermost recesses-also. The core .complex is
constituted by the displays arranged by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Irrigation. Agricultural practices, research in agricultural sciences,
fertilizer and other chemicals and improved varieties of seeds etc. are
prominently featured here.
Other participants
include State Governments, Central Ministries and Departments, trade promotion
bodies, firms and undertakings and four foreign countries - Afghanistan,
Hungary, Japan and U.S.S.R.
Among the major
attractions of this Exposition are the Bullock Cart Square and the Rural India
Complex.
The Indian Posts
and Telegraphs Department is happy to commemorate this national event by
bringing out a postage stamp. |
