UP govt agrees to give land to Patanjali subsidiary firm to set up mega food park - Hindustan Times
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UP govt agrees to give land to Patanjali subsidiary firm to set up mega food park

Press Trust of India, Lucknow | ByPress Trust of India
Jun 19, 2018 04:14 PM IST

The decision comes against the backdropof Patanjali group threatening to shift its food park out of Uttar Pradesh at a time when it was trying to showcase its investor-friendly image.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday gave its nod to Patanjali Ayurveda Pvt Ltd to transfer its land to its subsidiary company in Greater Noida for setting up a Rs 6,000-crore mega food park.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had called up Ramdev (pictured here) and Patanjali Group CEO Acharya Balakrishna personally to assure them of all possible help and co-operation.(Arvind Ashok Nigam/ Hindustan Times)
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had called up Ramdev (pictured here) and Patanjali Group CEO Acharya Balakrishna personally to assure them of all possible help and co-operation.(Arvind Ashok Nigam/ Hindustan Times)

The state government decision enables the Haridwar-based firm to meet the Centre’s June 30 deadline to fulfil its various conditions, including acquisition of land, for its final nod to set up the food park.

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A decision to allow Patanjali to transfer its land to its subsidiary firm was taken at a state Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow, an official spokesperson told media persons.

The decision comes against the backdrop of Patanjali group threatening to shift its food park out of the state at a time when it was trying to showcase its investor-friendly image.

A day after the group had threatened to cancel the project, BJP president Amit Shah met Ramdev under the party’s ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ campaign and chief minister Yogi Adityanath had called up Ramdev and Patanjali Group CEO Acharya Balakrishna personally to assure them of all possible help and co-operation.

Along with its request for transfer of land to its subsidiary company, Patanjali had also asked for a government subsidy Rs 150 crore for setting up the food park even though the subsidiary company had no land in its name.

As the deadline was about to expire, the Centre decided to give 15 days more, until June 30 to Patanjali Ayurved for meeting conditions like acquisition of land, required for the final nod for setting up the proposed mega food park.

As the earlier deadline to meet the required conditions was to expire on June 15, the Uttar Pradesh government had requested the Union Food Processing Ministry to give more time to the leading FMCG firm and extend the deadline till June 30.

“Since the company is already taking action and has requested for 15 days extra time to meet the conditions, the ministry will grant the time as requested,” food processing secretary JP Meena had said.

The company had proposed to invest up to Rs 6,000 crore to set up a plant over 425 acres of land along the Yamuna Expressway through its step-down firm Patanjali Food and Herbal Park.

The conditions that were to be complied with include acquisition and transfer of land in the name of Patanjali Ayurved’s subsidiary.

Patanjali wanted to transfer 91 acres of this land to its subsidiary, Patanjali Food and Herbal Park Noida Pvt Ltd, for setting up a mega food park.

The permission had earlier been withheld as the infrastructure and industrial development policy of 2012, under which land had been allocated to Patanjali along the Yamuna Expressway in 2016, did not allow for land to be subleased.

On June 6, Patanjali had said that its mega food park would produce goods worth Rs 25,000 crore annually on full capacity running. It is envisaged to create 10,000 direct jobs.

Patanjali is presently investing in mega food park projects, including those in Nagpur (Maharashtra) and Tezpur (Assam).

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