Patanjali signs MoU with "Tocklai Tea Research Institute" of Jorhat

·        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