Mizoram to become ”green oil field” by 2008

Mizoram government has chalked out an array of measures to make the state into “green oil field” by producing huge quantity of bio-diesel by 2008.

Mizoram would be the first state in the North Eastern region to implement a mega project to cultivate Jatropha plantations, across the state, for extracting huge quanity of bio-diesel under the guidance of National Oil Seeds and Vegetable Development (NOVOD) Board under Ministry of Agriculture.