India no more depends on import of wheat and cotton

The country earned foreign exchange worth Rs 2.32 lakh crore by exporting wheat and cotton to foreign countries, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said.

He was speaking at a function here last evening to inaugurate the Late Padmashri Bhausaheb Vartak and Indutai Vartak Vishramdham constructed at a cost of Rs 2 crore at Kelve in Palghar taluka.

The Vishramdham has been constructed by the Somavanshi Kshatriya Mahasangh to commemorate the birth centenary of Late Bhausaheb Vartak a visionary and social worker from Thane district.