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Annual subscription Rs. 50/- Vol. 25 No. 4 April 2012 SPICES BOARD Ministry of Commerce & Industry Government of India Sugandha Bhavan SPICE P.B. No. 2277 Palarivattom P.O. INDIA Cochin - 682 025 A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF Chairman : Dr. A. Jayathilak IAS INDIAN SPICE INDUSTRY Chief Editor : Dr. P. S. Sreekantan Thampi Deputy Director (Publicity) Editor : S. Palanichamy Publisher : P.M. Suresh Kumar Secretary & Director (Research) i/c Editorial Committee IN APRIL ISSUE C A. K.C. Babu, ACA Director (Finance) S. Siddaramappa JODHPUR SPICES PARK Director (Development) COMMISSIONED 4 Dr. M. R. Sudharshan Director (Marketing) i/c CULTIVATION OF FENUGREEK SPICE INDIA FOR SPICE AND QUALITY SEED PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN 7 Raj Pal Meena, ENGLISH, MALAYALAM, TAMIL, KANNADA P. R. Kumar and R. P. Meena TELUGU, HINDI AND NEPALI SUBSCRIPTION RATES CITY OF MOSAICS 1 year - Rs. 50/- MADABA 17 5 years - Rs. 200/- Hugh & Colleen Gantzer Subscription may be sent either by M.O. or Bank Draft drawn in favour of WORLD SPICE the Secretary, Spices Board, Cochin CONGRESS SKIT 20 The views expressed by the contributors are not necessarily those of the Spices Board EVENTS 22 SPICE INDIA Tel : 0484-2333610-616, 2347965 Fax : 0484-2331429-2334429 E-mail : [email protected] CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR Website : www.indianspices.com 29 IMPORTANT SPICES - MAY 2012 Printed at : Niseema Printers & Publishers, Kochi-18 Tel: 0484-2403760 SPICES STATISTICS - MARCH 2012 33 Vol. XXV APRIL-2012 No. 4 APRIL 2012 3 Spices Board of India to establish 10 Spice Parks by end of 2012 JODHPUR SPICES PARK COMMISSIONED pices Board of India, the nodal G With an investment of more than Rs. 167 crore, the parks will come up in Madhya Pradesh, Kerela, Rajasthan, Andhra Sorganization of Ministry of Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Commerce, Government of India, in an effort to promote exports of G State-of-the-art spice park commissioned in Jodhpur is the first spices from India will establish 10 seed spices park in the country spice parks across the most strategic locations in the country G State-of-the-art spice park commissioned in Jodhpur is the first by end of 2012. A total of Rs. 167 seed spices park in the country with private and public cores are earmarked to invest in partnership. Seventeen companies to invest in this project with the spices parks. Out of which Rs. their own plans for value addition. Exclusive plans by private 75 crores are already invested in companies for extraction, leafy spices and dehydration. More three completed spices parks in unit value realisation for exporters and ultimate benefit for Chhindwara in MP, Puttady in farmers through better value realisation. Kerela and in Jodhpur. The other G New set of young organisers entering the spectrum of export parks will be completed during the business of spices with innovative ideas for value addition. year in states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and G New segment of business getting developed from just spices in Kota in Rajasthan. whole and powder to dehydrated leafy spices like kasooppri methi, dehydrated mint besides whole lot of vegetables. The Board has completed the construction of Spice Park in G Platform to showcase the seed spices especially the cumin of Rampura Bhatian Village of Ozian Rajasthan, more so because the Spices Park in Jodhpur will Tehsil near Jodhpur in an area of indirectly vouch for the spices of Rajasthan. 60- acres provided by the Rajasthan Government. The park G The park in Jodhpur was inaugurated by Mr. Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Mr. Ashok Gehlot, in Jodhpur was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Rajasthan Mr. Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Mr. Ashok Gehlot, Chief SPICE INDIA 4 APRIL 2012 Industry, said, “We will be focussing on technological development, with foreign direct investments, establishment of cold storages across the country so that the farming population will be benefited through fair prices. The country is facing nearly 40 percent loss of fruits and vegetable as they perish without proper storing facilities.” He cited the example of how farmers in Maharashtra are selling onion in the mandies at Rs 2 per kg while ultimate consumer Mr. Anand Sharma, Hon’ble Union in the terminal markets end up Mr. Ashok Gehlot, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Commerce & Industry paying Rs 18 per kg. This practice Minister of Rajasthan Minister of Rajasthan on 7th April should go and the Government farmers. Mr Gehlot said the 2012. The park has common will see that disparity in prices and Rajasthan Government had infrastructure and processing ensure better return to the waived off interest on loans by facilities for the seed spices farmer.He lauded the Spices farmers to the extent of Rs 8000 especially cumin and coriander. A Board for the commissioning of crore. Farmers can now avail public private partnership is the project in record time. interest free loan of Rs 1 lakh. ensured with 17 exporters to set up Chief Minister, Mr Ashok state of the art processing lines Gehlot announced that any extra The meeting was attended by and also cold storage facilities and land available in the vicinity of the the Rajasthan Industry Minister, also facilities to produce oils and park will be given for expanding Mr Rajendra Pareek, Members of oleoresins from seed spices. The the Spices Park. Orders were Parliament, Mr Chandresh machineries in the Park are issued to the Revenue Department Kumari [ Jodhpur], Mr Badrirma capable for the processing of other to transfer the land. He exhorted Jhakad [ Pali], Sri Rajendra Singh seed spices like fennel and the farmers to make full use of the Solanki, Chairman, Jodhpur fenugreek, which are quite ample facilities in the Park. He stressed Development Authority, Mr in this region. the importance of drip irrigation Rameshwar Dhadiv, Jodhpur Mayor, Mrs Durga Devi, Jodhpur Mr. Anand Sharma, Union and said 80 percent subsidies are Zilla Parishad Chairperson, Mr Minister of Commerce and given for this initiative by the SPICE INDIA View of audience APRIL 2012 5 Narayan Dabadi, Pradhan of plant building with a capacity of Ozian, and Mr Premsingh Parihar, 250 Kg per hour in batch process. COVER PHOTO CAPTIONS Rampura village Serpanch. The Board will also be allotting 1. Unveiling of the stone by Mr Secretary Spices Board, Mr PM individual slots for exporters on Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister Suresh Kumar welcomed the lease basis for developing their of Rajasthan, Mr Anand gathering and Dr MR Sudarshan, own processing plants in the Sharma, Union Commerce Director Marketing i/c proposed a Parks. There was tremendous and Industry Minister and, Mr vote of thanks. response from the exporters who Rajendra Pareek, Industry wanted to set up their own Minister, Rajasthan. Both the Commerce Minister facilities in the Park. 2. Rajasthan Chief Minister and and the Chief Minister unveiled the Union Commerce Minister the stone to mark the inauguration The Spices Board has set up viewing the facilities in the of the Spices Park and switched on other common infrastructures like processing complex. the processing facility. The Compound wall, Road, Drains, 3. Rajasthan Chief Minister, Mr meeting was attended by a huge Water Distribution system, Power Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan crowd of over 3000 people Station, Weighing Bridge, Industry Minister, Mr consisting of farmers, villagers, Common parking area, Truck Rajendra Pareek and Union Commerce and Industry exporters, officials of the various yard, Warehouses, preliminary Minister, Mr Anand Sharma departments, trade associations Quality Testing facility, Bank lighting the lamp to mark the and chambers of commerce and counter, Training center, inauguration of the Spices industry. Conference Hall, Canteen facilities Park in Rampura Bhatian in etc within the Parks. Jodhpur. A full line processing facility 4. View of the composite with a capacity to turn out two To ensure storing of raw cleaning, grading, grinding, tonnes per hour has inbuilt materials for processing and to packing facility at the Park. facilities for pre-cleaning, grading, take care of the processed colour sorting, grinding and materials, the Parks will have sets for ensuring an uninterrupted packing. The spice processing warehouses exclusively devoted power supply for the working facilities available at Spice Park are for various seed spices separately. besides a full fire fighting system. at par with the international Two Raw Material Warehouses standards. The higher end with a storing capacity of 800 The Board’s regional and processing plants installed is a full square meters each are devoted for zonal offices will start functioning processing line which includes pre Coriander while two other from the Spices Park with more cleaning, grading, colour sorting, warehouses for other seed spices orientation towards the spices grinding and both bulk and have a storing capacity of 800 growing villages. The other consumer packing ranging from square meters each. facilities provided include 100 g to 50 Kg. conference hall, training hall, and The Park is being provided space for establishing mini QC lab, The Board is establishing a with a 33 KVA substation with Bank and for Customs. sterilization facility within the transformer and 250 KVA D.G. SPICE INDIA Another view of audience 6 APRIL 2012 Origin and History Leguminosae) has two areas of Raj Pal Meena, origin: the Indian subcontinent Fenugreek [Trigonella P. R. Kumar1 and R. P. Meena2 and the Eastern Mediterranean foenumgraecum L.] is an annual Region. Fenugreek is considered DWR, Regional Station, herb of the sub-family to have originated in the Katrain (Kullu Valley) H.P.- 175129. Papilionaceae of Leguminosae Mediterranean region of the “Old family. Fenugreek is a self 1IARI, Regional Station, World” (Vavilov, 1926) or in parts pollinated, small-seeded annual Katrain (Kullu Valley) H.P.- 175129.