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Hyderabad, June 6

The Andhra Pradesh Government will come out with an exclusive policy and Act to encourage biodiesel plantation in the State. Announcing this at a review meeting here on Wednesday, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, said the target for the year was to plant 3.6 crore pongamia seedlings during 2007-08, covering about 1.60 lakh acres.

The officials of Rural Development Ministry informed the Chief Minister that the rain shadow areas development had called for expression of interest from private entrepreneurs for participation in pongamia plantation programme in Chittoor, Nalgonda and Prakasam, a Government press release said.

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