Patanjali to invest Rs 671 cr in Chhattisgarh to build food processing unit

Patanjali will manufacture and process honey, amla juice, aloe vera juice, tomato ketchup, frozen vegetables, rice and pulses in the proposed Chhattisgarh facility

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved Limited (PAL), country’s fastest growing FMCG company, will invest Rs 671 crore in Chhattisgarh for setting up food and herbal processing unit.

The company inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chhattisgarh Government to set up the unit in Bijetala village of Rajnandgaon. The facility would come up 500 acres area, about 100 kms from the state capital.

According to the company officials, the project would generate direct employment for 2200 persons besides indirect employment for 22,000 people. Nearly 200,000 farmers would be benefited.

Patanjali will manufacture and process honey, amla juice, aloe vera juice,