5 revolutions creating huge opportunities in TS
Telangana is the leader in yellow revolution of the country having 1.35 lakh acres under oil palm cultivation, and the State government is targeting to see 20 lakh acres over the next five years, says KTR
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Hyderabad: In rural hinterland of Telangana, the five revolutions – green, white, yellow, pink and blue, are shaping up very well, creating huge opportunities in agriculture and food processing sector over the coming years. Each revolution has the potential to generate employment, wealth and more importantly livelihoods for people in villages.
“These five revolutions are effectively supporting the farmers, local youth, women from self help groups (SHGs) and the overall industry in the State. Telangana is the leader in yellow revolution of the country having 1.35 lakh acres under oil palm cultivation, and the State government is targeting to see 20 lakh acres over the next five years,” Minister for Industries and Commerce KT Rama Rao told Bizz Buzz.
He said: “We have received investment commitments from various companies across all sectors. Patanjali Foods Ltd and Telangana State Co-operative Oilseeds Growers’ Federation will invest Rs 1,050 crore each to set up palm oil processing facilities in Telangana.”
Rama Rao further said that Telangana is witnessing growth in blue revolution with the world's largest integrated freshwater aqua hub being launched in 370 acres, right next to Rajarajeswara sagar Reservoir, which has 26 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of water in Rajanna Sircilla district. Similarly, several such aqua hubs can be set up all over the State.”
“Mallana Sagar has 20 TMC and Kondapochamma Sagar has 15 TMC. In Siddipet district, there are many reservoirs now. There are five more reservoirs coming up in Palamuru by this August. Each of them is a potential aqua hub. The idea is to ensure fresh water fish and shrimps are reared here in cage culture. Only a tiny portion of the reservoir is utilised for this in a contained environment,” he said.
The minister informed that four different companies – The Fishin’ Company, Telar Fish Farms (Mulpuri Group), Rajanna Aqua Enterprises (Ananda Group) and Avanti Group – are investing around Rs 1,356 crore in this aqua hub in Rajanna Sircilla, creating annual exports worth Rs 1,000 crore and over 12,000 direct and indirect jobs. The hub is slated to see fish production of over 1.2 lakh metric tonnes a year.
“The State government has tied up with Ananda Group to set up a private aqua university in Rajanna Sircilla. All the new reservoirs that have been created in the State have such unique opportunity to create multiple aqua hubs as nobody can claim fishing rights here. It is not possible in case of the old lakes and reservoirs in the State,” he added.
On the occasion, Telangana Food Processing Society Director Akhil Kumar Gawar said that The Food Conclave will be organised by the State government and it will go global in the coming years. This conclave is going to be an annual feature. The intensity and quality of deliberations will go up further with more participation of the stakeholders from the country and abroad during the next year event.
“Apart from investments, we have received a lot of policy suggestions from companies and experts across various sectors. While some of them pertained to the State government, a few are related to the Central government and the rest are about the agri-food ecosystem. The State will try to implement these suggestions and also send recommendations to the Central agencies to look into these,” he said.
