Hyderabad, March 18 -- Telangana Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Wednesday announced that a major oil palm processing factory built at Narmetta village in Siddipet constituency with an investment of Rs 300 crore will be inaugurated on March 22 by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.
Addressing a press conference at the Secretariat, the Minister extended Ugadi greetings and said the facility marks a significant step for Telangana, which until now lacked its own refinery for oil palm produce. Farmers earlier had to send produce to neighbouring states for processing, incurring higher transport costs.
He said Siddipet's central location would help develop it as a hub for oil palm cultivation and processing, enabling expansion across ...