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Article: India: US company to set up bio-diesel plant in Raj.
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- December 2, 2008
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Byline: prashant03
US-based technology company Thar Technologies Inc is planning to set up a bio-diesel plant in Rajasthan.
Thar President and Chief Executive Officer Lalit Chorida, who hails from Rajasthan, said that the company was looking out for 20-acre land in Jaipur and surrounding areas for the proposed plant.
"The main source of bio-diesel -- jatropha and karanj -- are extensively grown in Rajasthan. We want to draw benefits from the recent bio-diesel policy of the Rajasthan Government that entails allotment of 30 per cent cultivable wasteland to the private sector for jatropha and karanj," Chordia said.
He said that "apart ...