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National Turmeric Board 2025
January 18 , 2025
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- The National Turmeric Board (NTB) was inaugurated recently in Nizamabad of Telangana as headquarters and Ganga Reddy was its first chairperson
- Turmeric, known as ‘Golden Spice’, are spread across Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya and others.
- NTB will help boost their incomes and also give impetus to increase production especially in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana where there is a lot of potential.
- Last year, an area of 3.05 lakh hectare was under turmeric cultivation in the country.
- The production of Turmeric is 10.74 lakh tonnes or over 70% of global turmeric production.
- There are 30 varieties of turmeric produced in India.
- India is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of turmeric in the world with more than 62% share of world trade.
- During 2023-24, 1.62 lakh tonnes of turmeric and turmeric products valued at $226.5 million was exported.
- The Ministry of Commerce will be the nodal department providing funds and infrastructure for the NTB.
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