0 1 1 minute read The story of the hop shoot went viral following a tweet with a news report by an IAS officer. new Delhi: It is claimed that the hop shoot vegetable is cultivated by a farmer in Aurangabad district of Bihar and it is sold for Rs. Is sold in 1 lakh per kilogram has been alleged to be false. Following a tweet with two photographs and a tweet by an IAS officer quoting a news report, the story was widely shared on social media, with many people talking online about the coniferous vegetable. “One kilogram of this vegetable costs around 1 lakh rupees! The world’s most expensive vegetable, ‘Hope-shoots’, is being cultivated by Amresh Singh, an enterprising farmer from Bihar, the first farmer in India. The Indian farmers. Can be a game changer. ” IAS officer Supriya Sahu tweeted on 31 March. The tweet received more than 24,000 “likes” and was retweeted over 5,000 times.