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Hemp touted to be a billion-dollar industry in the West has so far received little recognition in India because it is often confused with marijuana. But inside a cluttered office in one of Lower Parel's mill compounds, is a company dreaming of another green revolution. They are the team that runs India's first industrial hemp startup Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO).
Sanvar Oberoi, one of the cofounders said that the textile ministry claims industrial hemp fibre can rake in a potential revenue of approximately Rs 240 crore annually.
