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Fifteen-year plan for jatropha plantation in arid districts

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 4, 2010

Beginning later this month, the jatropha crop will be planted across 30,000 acres in the arid districts of Bankura, Birbhum, West Midnapore and Purulia over the next 15 years. Around 10 lakh saplings will be transplanted this year on 1,000 acres in Purulia, with the annual...

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