India’s first integrated Oil Palm Processing Unit by 3F Oil Palm started its commercial operations in Arunachal Pradesh.
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India’s first integrated Oil Palm Processing Unit by 3F Oil Palm started its commercial operations in Arunachal Pradesh. The factory located at Roing in lower Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh, carries forward Mission Palm Oil, representing a pivotal step in India's journey towards self-reliance in edible oils, catalyzed by the National Mission on Edible Oils - Oil Palm (NMEO-OP). The factory includes: A state-of-the-art oil palm factory, A palm waste-based power plant, A zero-discharge effluent plant. 1,30,000 hectares of land suitable for oil palm cultivation in Arunachal Pradesh have been identified, with the Northeast region alone having 33 percent of the government-designated area fit for cultivation.
The Northeast region has enormous potential for palm oil production, and the government plans to invest 1100 crores in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by 2030.
It is a state in northeast India.
India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987.
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