Daily Current Affairs / Patanjali signs MoU with "Tocklai Tea Research Institute" of Jorhat
Category : Business and economics Published on: September 28 2021
· Ramdev Baba's private company 'Patanjali' has signed a MoU with Tocklai Tea Research Institute (Assam) of Jorhat for the purpose of researching and extracting chemical compounds from tea leaves and seeds.
· The Tolkai Tea Research Institute was established in 1911 at a site near the Tocklai River in Jorhat.
· Assam has about 800 tea gardens and produces 52% of India's total tea production.
Important facts
About Assam
v Capital: Dispur
v Chief Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma
v Governor: Prof. Jagdish Mukhi
v Formation: 26 January 1950
v Languages: Assamese, Bodo, Bengali
v State Animal: One Horned Rhinoceros
v State Tree: Holong
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