THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA)
a) Spices Board has established only one Cardamom
Processing Centre at Spice Park in Puttady, Idukki
District of Kerala which is the major production
center of Cardamom in the country.
b) No, Madam.
c) The processing facilities available in the
Spices Park, Puttady such as cleaning, grading
and color sorting will help the exporters in
achieving higher value addition in the export
market. Export of cardamom from India during
the last three years and current year are
given below:
Year Quantity(MT) Value (Rupee Lakh)
2008-09 750 4726.50
2009-10 1975 16570.25
2010-11 1175 13216.25
2011-12 2300 19574.63
(April-October)
d) Yes, Madam.Cardamom Farmers’ Association has requested
for creation of Cardamom Price Stabilization Fund. Its
feasibility (of inclusion of cardamom in the existing
Price Stabilization Fund Trust) is being examined.
(e & f) Yes, Madam. In order to ensure remunerative
prices for the cardamom growers, the Government has
introduced e-auction for cardamom for making the
auction system more transparent and ensuring better
prices for cardamom farmers. A Spice Park has been
set up at Puttadi in Kerala exclusively for cardamom
and pepper with facilities for cleaning, grading,
colour sorting, packing and warehousing. Moreover,
the Government through Spices Board is implementing
various schemes like Replanting & rejuvenation of
cardamom plantations, Planting material production,
irrigation & land development, post-harvest improvement
activities like construction of curing houses, improved
cardamom curing devices etc.
