Assam: Modi introduces food processing scheme 'Sampada'

Guwahati: With the completion of three years in power on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced a food processing scheme, 'Sampada', adding that the agriculture sector of India needs to be modernized for economic growth. Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated India's longest, Dhola-Sadiya Bridge in Assam. The Prime Minister congratulated the Assam Government for the construction of the bridge and said it will be named after Assam's beloved singer, Bhupen Hazarika. Speaking on the BJP's one year rule in the state Prime Minister Modi said that within one year of party's rule in Assam, the state got rid of a lot of problems.