Question: Where did the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh inaugurate the Litchi processing plant recently?
(a) Patna
(b) Buxar
(c) Muzaffarpur
(d) Ranchi
Ans :(c)
Related facts:-
- On May 29, 2017, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated the litchi processing plant at Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
- Significantly, Bihar is the leading state in the production of litchi.
- About 300 thousand metric tonnes of litchi is produced from the area of 32 thousand hectares.
- Bihar’s contribution to the production of the litchi in the country is about 40 percent.
- It is known that National Litchi Research Center was set up in Muzaffarpur on June 6, 2001 to develop new varieties and techniques.
- It is noteworthy that scientists of Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai and National Research Center of Litchi have succeeded in treating litchi and preserving it for 60 days at low temperature.
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