PepsiCo India also entered into a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Assam Skill Development Mission and the Directorate of Employment and Craftsman Training to enhance the employability of women in the region.
The Uttar Pradesh government, through its investment promotion agency Invest UP, has been successful in attracting beverages industrial units in Gorakhpur, Amethi, Prayagraj and Chitrakoot.
Efforts made in Uttar Pradesh to provide permanent employment to people through industries are now showing positive results and the…
In order to maintain its production, the company will also be sourcing potatoes, its raw material, from local sources and thereby helping local farmers.
Nine farmers from Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts were sued by PepsiCo in two separate courts for allegedly growing a variety of potatoes for which the company has claimed plant variety protection (PVP) rights, and sought damages ranging from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 1 crore from each of them. Agitated by PepsiCo's earlier decision to sue potato growing farmers for allegedly growing a variety of potato registered by it, around 25 major farmers' bodies of Gujarat and the country, including Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), along with activists and NGOs have decided to form a central body - Seed Sovereignty Forum - to protect farmers' rights on seeds. A meeting to chalk out an action plan under this umbrella body was held on Friday at the Gujarat Vidyapith here, said farm rights activist, Kapil Shah of NGO 'Jatan'.
PepsiCo, the manufacturers of popular Lays chips, has initiated legal suits against at least nine farmers for growing FC-5 potato variety
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) have officially appointed as the first Independent female director. Mrs. Nooyi will join the Board…
