Despite the legal haze, cannabis startups have begun to take root in India. All this constructs a complex maze for any startup brave enough to bet on the future prospects of cannabis products. It has also been working closely with industrial hemp growers in Uttarakhand, the first state to legalize cannabis cultivation. Several other states have let research organizations start working on improving seeds and developing medicinal products as the stigma abates. This led to an epiphany: Why not make sanitary pads out of cannabis hemp fibre?

Source: Mint March 07, 2021 17:37 UTC