Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia & Meghalaya CM launch Lakadong Turmeric Mission Golden Spice

 

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia & Meghalaya CM launch Lakadong Turmeric Mission Golden Spice

Union Minister for the Development of the North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia today launched the Lakadong Turmeric Mission Golden Spice along with Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. Mission Golden Spice is a project under the Ministry’s Unlock the Economic Potential of India’s Northeast (USP) initiative and is worth over 175 crore rupees.

Mr Scindia noted that with the world’s highest naturally occurring curcumin content, Lakadong Turmeric is globally acclaimed for its exceptional quality, making it one of India’s most distinctive agricultural treasures. He added that the Mission will build a farm-to-global-market ecosystem, expand cultivation to 7,000 hectares, double farmers’ incomes, create over 3,000 women-led jobs and build a hundred crore Lakadong Turmeric economy by financial year 2028-29. The Minister further noted that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government is building global value chains for the Northeast’s finest products while creating greater value for the farmers of the country.