Taking another step forward in the activity of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), online shopping giant Flipkart came forward to extend support for their activity, while Plant Lipids expressed their willingness to procure 10,000 metric tonnes of red chillies. These decisions were taken at a convention meeting on scaling up of business operations of FPOs at Telangana State Institute of Rural Development (TSIRD), Rajendranagar on Saturday. Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania participated in the program.
The state team of Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) was also present.
SERP has invited a startup company named Hesa Global to deal with commodity trading for onboarding of FPO, Plant Lipids Organization, which is into chilli procurement, and other products from Flipkart.