Oil palm cultivation

"The total approved cost of the NMEO (Oil Palm) Scheme is Rs 11,040 crore, out of which Rs 8,844 crore is Central share and Rs 2,196 crore state share. For the year 2021-22, a total of Rs 10,422.69 lakh has been approved for various state…

Stating that both India's Northeastern states and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are biodiversity hotspots, it has appealed to the government to pick other regions for the prime minister’s National Edible Oil Mission-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP). …

Amidst the growing concerns and objections on oil palm cultivation across the globe, citing environmental hazards and human rights violations, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh had on 12 November (2020) pushed forward oil palm…