Modi sees 'Bihar winds' at TN meeting

PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the country is on the path to becoming a global hub for natural farming. Addressing a meeting after inaugurating the three-day South India Natural Farming Summit 2025 at Codissia Hall in Coimbatore, the PM said, “The country’s biodiversity is evolving, and the youth are now viewing agriculture as a modern, scalable opportunity. This major shift will greatly strengthen the rural economy.”

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Alluding to the NDA’s stunning victory in the Bihar poll and bright prospects for the alliance in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in 2026, the PM referred to the waving of towels by farmers at the event as arrival of “Bihar winds” in Tamil Nadu. “I think the spirit of Bihar has arrived even before I did,” he quipped. The PM also said that he should have learnt Tamil in his childhood.

“A year ago, the central government launched the national mission on natural farming. The impact of this initiative is especially visible across South India, with approximately 35,000 hectares of land in Tamil Nadu alone now under organic and natural farming. Natural farming is an indigenous Indian concept not imported from elsewhere but born out of our tradition and aligned to our environment,” Modi said.