Remember Bihar's Rs 1 Lakh Per kg Crop? Report Says It Was A Big Lie According to Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran, Amresh Singh has grown black rice and wheat in the past but not hop shoots. Updated: April 03, 2021 3:22 pm IST The story on hop shoots was viral after a tweet by an IAS officer along with a news report. New Delhi: Claims that a vegetable called hop shoots is being cultivated by a farmer in Bihar's Aurangabad district and sold for Rs. 1 lakh per kilogram have reportedly emerged as false. After a tweet by an IAS officer with two photos and quoting a news report, the story was widely shared on social media, with many people talking about the conical vegetable online.