Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is in talks with yoga guru Baba Ramdev for setting up a Patanjali food park at Mihan in Nagpur, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.
The chief minister said this while answering a supplementary query raised by a member during the Question Hour in the state Assembly.
"There has not been any land allotted to Patanjali in Mihan as yet. But, we are in talks with them. They have a highly successful food park at Haridwar, which is a Rs 5,000 crore business, which helps farmers directly," Mr Fadnavis said.
Mr Fadnavis also told the House his government has sent notices to 30 entities in the past 17 months who have taken land but have not started their industrial units yet.
He said the government plans to dedicate 500 acre space to develop Agro Processing Industries at Mihan and special incentives will be provided for the purpose.
Congress' Manikrao Thakre then said that for Agro Processing units to come up, the government will have to offer competitive electricity rates and better facilities to industries, compared to neighbouring states like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
North Maharashtra, and backward parts of Western Maharashtra. "The state cabinet will soon give a nod to this proposal," the chief minister said, adding that in the Agro Processing zone, his government will develop training centres and undertake extension activities to promote sustainable Agro Industries.
The chief minister said this while answering a supplementary query raised by a member during the Question Hour in the state Assembly.
"There has not been any land allotted to Patanjali in Mihan as yet. But, we are in talks with them. They have a highly successful food park at Haridwar, which is a Rs 5,000 crore business, which helps farmers directly," Mr Fadnavis said.
Mr Fadnavis also told the House his government has sent notices to 30 entities in the past 17 months who have taken land but have not started their industrial units yet.
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He said the government plans to dedicate 500 acre space to develop Agro Processing Industries at Mihan and special incentives will be provided for the purpose.
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Congress' Manikrao Thakre then said that for Agro Processing units to come up, the government will have to offer competitive electricity rates and better facilities to industries, compared to neighbouring states like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
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North Maharashtra, and backward parts of Western Maharashtra. "The state cabinet will soon give a nod to this proposal," the chief minister said, adding that in the Agro Processing zone, his government will develop training centres and undertake extension activities to promote sustainable Agro Industries.
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