Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 8: Patanjali Foods Limited, formerly known as Ruchi Soya Industries Limited, participated in an “oil palm mega plantation drive” in Tinsukia District of Assam today.
As per a statement, the plantation drive was organised by the Department of Agriculture, Government of Assam.
It said that the Chief Minister of Assam, Hemant Biswa Sarma, who was Chief Guest on the occasion, ceremonially planted a sapling in the presence of Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev, and several other dignitaries besides a gathering of around 4500 farmers.
A total of 20 hectares was covered under the plantation drive by distributing over 2,800 seedlings to the 25 identified farmers in the district.
Considering the huge potentiality of oil palm in Assam and following its commitment through MoU with State Governments, Patanjali Foods Limited (PFL) has been making all efforts to promote oil palm cultivation in the State to uplift the socio-economic status of the farmers and to increase the edible oils availability of the country.
The Company has been allotted 7 districts comprising Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Golaghat, Jorhat, Nagaon, Kamrup (Rural & Metro) & Goalpara for development of Oil Palm plantation in the state of Assam.
Patanjali Foods Limited, with its strong execution of oil palm plantation development, has existing five mills with 155 MT/hr capacities and procuring around 5.0 to 6.00 lakh MT of Fresh Fruit Bunches per year from the farmers. It is projected to cover an area of above 2.50 lakh ha by 2027-28 in 12 states of India (including 5 North-Eastern states).
Prime Minister of India launched National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) in August 2021 to enhance the breadth of opportunities by increasing the area under oil palm (highest oil yielding crop) cultivation in India with special focus to North Eastern states.
With the continued success of NMEO-OP, MoA&FW had initiated a ‘National Level Mega Oil Palm Plantation Drive’ from July 25 to August 5, 2023, to give focused emphasis and motivate the farming community for oil palm.
Being one of the largest oil palm plantation companies in India with over 64,000 hectares of area under palm plantation, Patanjali Foods Limited (PFL) participated in Mega Oil Palm Plantation Drives in collaboration with respective State governments.
These drives were organized in the allotted 13 districts and 14 blocks of 6 states of India viz. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, and Nagaland.
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