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06/06/23 07:12 AM IST

Lavender Festival

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  • Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Lavender Festival in Bhaderwah, Jammu, as part of the One Week One Lab Campaign organized by CSIR-IIIM.
About Lavender
  • Lavender is a fragrant flowering plant known for its aromatic purple flowers and soothing scent. It is widely cultivated for its essential oil, which has various uses in aromatherapy, cosmetics, and culinary applications.
  • Lavender Revolution - Launched in 2016 by the Union Ministry of Science & Technology through the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Aroma Mission
  • Objective- To support the domestic aromatic crop-based agro-economy and promote entrepreneurship
  • Products -Lavender oil, lavender water, hydrosol
  • Significance Supports the government’s policy of doubling farm incomes, provides livelihoods, promotes entrepreneurship
  • Aroma Mission CSIR initiative to bring transformative change in the aroma sector, promote the cultivation of aromatic crops, and benefit farmers
  • Phase-I and II - covered 46 districts and trained over 44,000 people; Phase II aims to engage over 45,000 skilled resources and benefit farming families
  • Nodal Agency - CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow
  • The additional area under cultivation, technical and infrastructural support, remunerative prices, value-addition to essential oils
Aroma mission
  • Aroma Mission aims to bring an additional area of 30,000 hectares under cultivation of these crops by interventions of CSIR to further catalyze the cultivation of aromatic crops in about 60,000 hectares.
  • This will help in the production of an additional 700 tonnes of essential oil for perfumery, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries, and the use of these oils in value addition and herbal products would generate a business of at least 200 crores.
Source- The Hindu

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