SPICED Scheme | Cardamom

SPICED Scheme

Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry approved SPICED Scheme.

  • Sustainability in spice sector through progressive, innovative and collaborative interventions for export development’ (SPICED)
  • Scheme by Spices Board for sustainability in the spice sector.
  • Aim: Expand cardamom area, increase productivity, promote exports, build capacity & skills of stakeholders.
  • Major Components:
    • Improving productivity of small and large cardamom.
    • Post-harvest quality upgradation.
    • Market expansion efforts.
    • Trade promotion.
    • Technology interventions.
    • Research and capacity building.
    • Skill development.
  • Implementation: During the remaining term of the 15th Finance Commission (2023-24 to 2025-26).
  • Cardamom is commercially cultivated for its dried fruits (capsules).
  • Small Cardamom:
    • Native: Indigenous to the evergreen forests of Western Ghats of South India.
    • Major producers: Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
    • Favorable conditions:
      • Thick shady areas with loamy soil, usually acidic.
      • Elevation: 600 to 1500 m.
      • Adequate drainage must be provided.
  • Large Cardamom:
    • Distribution: Sub-Himalayan region of North Eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan.
    • Favorable conditions:
      • Average precipitation: 3000-3500 mm spread over about 200 days.
      • Temperature: 6-30°C.
  • Genesis: Constituted in 1987 under the Spices Board Act, 1986.
  • Role: Autonomous body for export promotion of 52 scheduled spices and development of Cardamom (Small & Large).
  • Headquarter: Cochin, Kerala.
  • Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Source: TH


Previous Year Question

Consider the following statements:
1. The Government of India provides Minimum Support Price for niger (Guizotia abyssinica) seeds.
2. Niger is cultivated as a Kharif crop.
3. Some tribal people in India use niger seed oil for cooking.
How many of the above statements are correct?

[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2023 Prelims]

(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None

Answer: (c)


Practice Question

What is the primary objective of the SPICED scheme, recently approved by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry?

 
 
 
 

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