chilli board
Senior Congress M P Rayapati
Sambasiva Rao ( Guntur) has underscored
the need to constitute a separate
chilli board . with turmeric in its
purview. delinking them from the unwieldy
Spices Board which deals with as many
as 52 spices including cardmom,
custard,cloves,saffron, ginger,pepper, coriander and
tamarind
In a letter today to the
Central Government the MP pointed
out that chilli s share in the total
exports of spices from the country in
the year 2011-12 is 22 per cent
and that Andhra Pradesh accounts for
54 per cent of total turmeric
production in the country. However, the
Spices Board with its head office in
Cochin is not able to pay adequate
attention for the development of these
two important spices, he observed
The
letter says that Indian Chilli consignments
are sometimes rejected in the world
market on the ground that the chili
fruits contain pesticide residues and the
cost cultivation of chilies is prohibitive.
" By educatiing the chili growers
and research these problems can be
addressed", he opined
The letter explains
that turmeric finds a pride of place
in Ayurveda for its anti-bacterial, anti
fungus and anti cancer properties and
advocates that its full potential in the
cosmetics sector should be utilised .
He laments that the spices park in
124 acres near Guntur is making
snails pace for want of effective
monitering and foundation stone for park
was laid four years ago
The MP says that
Spices Board is over burdened with 53
offices dotted all over the country
from Kashmir to Kerala and Assam to
Gujarat and pleaded for reducing its
workload by removing chillis and turmeric
from its urview and constituting separate
chilli board.
ochin (Kerala
) is not able to pay adequate
attention to the development these
important spices.
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