Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the opening of the M.S. Swaminathan Centenary International Conference at ICAR PUSA in New Delhi to mark the scientist’s birth centenary.
• He released a government-issued commemorative coin and stamp and established the M.S. Swaminathan Award for Food and Peace, presenting its inaugural prize to a Nigerian scientist.
• Modi declared that India will not compromise on the interests of farmers, fishermen and dairy workers despite US tariffs on Indian goods rising to 50 percent.
• A lab-to-land initiative was highlighted by Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who noted that 2,170 scientific teams have reached over 64,000 villages and interacted with more than 10 million farmers.
• Conference discussions focused on transitioning from the Green Revolution to an Evergreen Revolution emphasizing sustainability, nutritional security and climate-resilient agriculture.