TNPSC Thervupettagam

State Fruit of Tripura

June 18 , 2018 2352 days 3060 0
  • President Ram Nath Kovind has declared Tripura’s queen variety pineapple as state fruit.
  • Queen pineapple is spiny, golden yellow in colour. It has pleasant aroma and flavour.
  • It had received Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2015 and was helped by North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation, a central public sector unit in getting it.
  • President also dedicated 73.71km stretch of National Highway 8 (NH-8) from Mata Tripurasundari temple in Udaipur of Gomati district to Sabroom in South Tripura.
  • The NH-8 connects Tripura with the rest of the country via Assam and Meghalaya.

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