Recently, in a gesture expressing solidarity with the less fortunate people of the country, the Company donated 200 MT. of H.Y.V. paddy seeds to the super-cyclone hit people of Orissa. The seeds, worth about Rs. 25 lacs, provides the basic input in the effort to revive the devastated agricultural sector of the state, promising longterm income generation.

The seeds were given to the Department of Agriculture, Orissa through the Department of Agriculture, West Bengal. Till date about 150 MT. seeds have already been distributed to the districts of Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Ganjam, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Khurda and Nayagarh. Packed in packets of 10 kgs., each farmer will receive one packet and should be able to cultivate 1/5 hect. (1.5 bighas approx.) and reap a harvest of about 600 kgs. of rice.

In the aggregate of 200 MT. this translates to 4000 hect. of land cultivated, with a harvest of approximately 12,000 MT. of rice worth about Rs. 6 crore. In addition the cultivation will also produce 12,000 MT. of straw for fodder & thatching. About 8 lac mandays of employment (including farm labour) will be generated. Furthermore the Company has offered the Govt. of Orissa 500 MT. of its popular "Pallishree’s Sufala" TM brand H.Y.V. Seeds; at a no profit rate Rs. 10/- per kg. to be delivered free to any point in Orissa. So far this has been the largest participation from a private company in the task of crop revival of the devastated state of Orissa.