The Tamilnadu State Government (India) order reads as below:

Extract:

Waste land development Programme -  setting up of TN wasteland Development Agency to implement comprehensive waste land Project;

…. a project for reclaiming 20lakh ha of cultivable waste lands through a massive Wasteland Development Programme  is to be implemented over the next five years ….

….. the higher grade waste lands with assured rainfall will be used for cultivation of medicinal and horticultural plants…..

…..In medium grade waste lands. Oilseed plants comprising of Paradise tree and Jatropha will be planted for producing edible and fuel oil respectively…

order is dated 18th September 2001

P.S.:  20 lakh ha = 2 million ha

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