Foundation of oil palm mill laid by Patanjali Foods
Patanjali Foods Ltd (PFL), erstwhile Ruchi Soya Industries laid the foundation of an oil palm mill in Arunachal Pradesh. The firm will do cultivation in a 3.2 lakh hectare area in the North-East states. PFL plans to undertake large-scale cultivation of oil palm plantations on 5 lakh hectares in India, out of which 3.2 lakh hectare area will be in the North Eastern region.
In a statement, it said that the firm would undertake oil palm plantations on 38,000 hectares of land across nine districts in Arunachal Pradesh. It has already established two nurseries at Pasighat and Holangi and is in the process of establishing three more nurseries in the Lower Siang District at Kherram, FTC, and Dipa.
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