ARTICALS 4 #Suppliers

East and West Midnapore and Jhargram are the key cashew-producing districts in the state. “Till March 31, 2024, there are 1,233 cashew processing units in the state employing 24,590 people directly,” the minister informed the Assembly in response to a question by ISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui. Siddiqui, a member of the Assembly’s standing committee on agriculture, had recently visited the three districts and interacted with cashew processors.