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.