THE All India Kisan Sabha, in a statement issued on August 31, has noted with grave concern that despite opposition from agriculture scientists, environmentalists, farmers’ organisations, and political parties, the Narendra Modi-led union government has begun an oil palm plantation mission in Tinsukia district of Assam on August 8, 2023 under the National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP). The government of Assam has allocated over one lakh hectares of valuable agricultural land to big corporates like Patanjali and Godrej, with plans to expand the mission to one million hectares.