Responding to the requests and questions raised by MLAs on oil palm cultivation, Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said that a factory (refinery) can be set up if oil palm is harvested over 10,000 acres. Stating that some MLAs too have taken up the cultivation, the Minister said that factories will be established if the crop is cultivated over 10,000 acres. Farmers do not face issues from monkeys, marketing or export of the crop. 

Currently, six factories are working and construction of 14 factories is underway. Each can be set up in a span of six months. 

Responding to the request for MSP, he said that the State requested the Centre to announce it.