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Transforming Northeast India into a Saffron Hub

  • 17 Mar 2025
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Source: PIB 

India has identified the Northeast as India’s next saffron cultivation hub, following Jammu & Kashmir’s Pampore. This initiative, part of Mission Saffron, was highlighted during the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) permanent campus in Shillong. 

  • Mission Saffron: It is a centrally-funded project launched in 2010-11 to support saffron cultivation in Jammu and Kashmir. Since 2021, it has expanded to Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Meghalaya under the "Saffron Bowl Project" by NECTAR. 
  • Saffron: Highly valuable spice derived from the stigmas of flower Crocus sativus, known as the saffron crocus. 
  • NECTAR: An autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), established in 2014, it focuses on technology-driven solutions to enhance agriculture, infrastructure, and economic development in the Northeast.

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