UPL Group to set up 5 agri projects

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 24

Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Thursday secured commitment from the fifth largest manufacturer of generic agrochemicals in the world, the UPL Group to setup five state-of-the-art projects in the state.

This assurance came during the high-level bilateral meeting at the World Economic Forum at Davos between the delegation from Invest Punjab led by Manpreet and vice chairman and MD UPL Limited Jai Shroff.

The proposed projects across the state in the field of state-of-the-art technology for real-time monitoring of multiple soil parameters, including moisture, requirement of fertiliser, status of plant health, pests etc, would enable Punjab farmers in curtailing input costs and most importantly, water. Notably, it is a sensor-based technology in fields with central control room and use of AI for monitoring and guidance on suggested interventions.