First solar powered Lac processing units inaugurated in Khunti

The first solar powered lac processing unit of the State was inaugurated by Dr KK Sharma (Director, Indian Institute of Natural Resin and Gum – IINRG), Devendra Singh (Managing Director, Jharkhand State Cooperative Lac Marketing and Procurement Federation Limited) – JASCOLAMPF), Dr. Nirmal Kumar, (Head – Production, Extension and Management Division IINRG), Prem Kumar Anand, Project Manager, ICICI Foundation), AmitAnjan, (Center In-charge, ICICI Academy), Priyaranjan (Manager, ICICI Bank) ) and Lalita Devi (Chairman, Nature Lac Producer and Processing Group, Silda) jointly in Khunti on Wednesday. More than 200 lac producing farmers participated in the programme. With the launch of the lac processing unit, there is an atmosphere of euphoria among the local farmers.