Spices Board has established eight crop specific Spices Parks across the country, the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel said in reply to a parliamentary question today.
The details of spices parks are as below:
Name of the Spices Park | State | Spices covered |
Chhindwara | Madhya Pradesh | Garlic and Chilli |
Guna | Madhya Pradesh | Coriander |
Guntur | Andhra Pradesh | Chillies |
Jodhpur | Rajasthan | Cumin |
Ramganjmandi | Rajasthan | Coriander |
Puttady | Kerala | Cardamom and Pepper |
Raebareli | Uttar Pradesh | Mint |
Sivaganga | Tamil Nadu | Chillies and Turmeric |
The objective of the spices park is to set up common processing and value addition facilities including cleaning, sorting, grading, grinding, oil extraction and packaging of spices for use by the local farmers, traders, exporters and other stakeholders. In addition, plots have also been allotted in the Spices Parks at Guna, Jodhpur, Ramganjmandi, Guntur, Raebareli and Sivaganga to the exporters, traders and farmer producer organization for establishment of their own spices processing units. The spices parks are providing large number of job opportunities, both direct and indirect. The details of processing facilities available in the spices parks are as below:
Name of the Spices Park | Details of processing facilities |
Chhindwara | Garlic drying / dehydration and chilli extraction |
Guna | Cleaning, grading, colour sorting, grinding, packaging facilities for Seed spices particularly coriander |
Guntur | Cleaning, sorting, grinding and packaging facilities for Chillies |
Jodhpur | Cleaning, grading, colour sorting, grinding, packaging facilities for Seed spices particularly cumin |
Ramganjmandi | Cleaning, grading, colour sorting, grinding, packaging facilities for Seed spices particularly coriander |
Puttady | Cleaning, grading, grinding, packaging facilities for cardamom and pepper |
Raebareli | Oil extraction facilities for Mint and other herbs |
Sivaganga | Cleaning, grading, colour sorting, grinding, packaging facilities for chillies and turmeric |
Presently, no proposals are pending for setting up of additional spices parks.
***
AD/MS
Spices parks provide common processing and value addition facilities enabling farmers, traders and exporters to access cleaning, grading and oil extraction. Spices Board has established eight crop specific Spices Parks providing common processing and value addition infrastructure-cleaning, sorting, grading, colour sorting, grinding, packaging, dehydration and oil extraction-for local farmers, traders, exporters and other stakeholders. Plots at several parks have been allotted to exporters, traders and Farmer Producer Organizations for private processing units, and the parks are reported to create significant direct and indirect employment; no proposals for additional parks are pending.
TaxTMI 
AI Drafter ✕
TaxTMI 
