- Business
- Karuturi Global Limited, an India-based agricultural company under corporate liquidation proceedings initiated by the National Company Law Tribunal in January 2021 pursuant to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, previously engages in floriculture, agriculture, food processing, and information technology services; it produces and exports cut roses from operations historically spanning Ethiopia, Kenya, and India, cultivates cereal crops and oil palm plantations, processes and bottles gherkins, radish, beetroot, carrot, baby corn, jalapenos, and green bell peppers for export, and offers internet and e-commerce solutions. Incorporated in 1994 and headquartered at 204 Embassy Centre, 11 Crescent Road, Bengaluru, India, the company targets high-value international markets including Europe (Holland, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy), Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bahrain, Muscat, Dubai, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Brunei), and North America, with limited domestic sales in India, through an integrated model of in-house plantation, cultivation, and distribution emphasizing low-cost production via green initiatives. Its subsidiaries, such as Ethiopian Meadows Plc and Karuturi Agro Products Plc in Ethiopia, support expanded farmland operations covering hundreds of hectares for roses and other crops; recent major developments include ongoing liquidation under liquidator Pathukasahasram Raghunathan Raman as of 2021 updates, with no significant operations post-insolvency, prior funding from Phoenix Global DMCC in March 2018, and historical land grants like 15,000 hectares to its Ethiopian subsidiary for agricultural development.