<p>In a long-term plan to bring 15 lakh hectares land under plantations in Jharkhand, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said one lakh hectare would be used to produce cashew nuts, tasar, natural rubber and lac in the current fiscal.</p> <p>During 2012-13, 3000 ha area were brought ubder cashew nut cultivation in Jharkhand under SHM scheme.</p> <p>As per an estimate, four-lakh hectare land is considered as degraded forest and 11-lakh hectare as barren land. Under the new programme one lakh hectare land will be used for plantation in 2013 14, two lakh hectare in 2014-15 and four lakh in the next fiscal and so on, and it is a long (drawn) process," Ramesh said.</p> <p> </p>