Who has inaugurated (4th June 2023) a two-day lavender festival at Bhaderwah, Jammu & Kashmir?

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Correct Answer : Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh on Sunday (4th June 2023) said that Bhaderwah, Jammu & Kashmir has emerged as the Lavender capital of India and agri StartUp destination.

“It is a moment of pride for all of us as Bhaderwah has emerged as the Lavender capital of India and Agri StartUp destination,” Jitendra Singh said after inaugurating 2 days Lavender festival at Bhaderwah.

CSIR, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu had organised the event as part of its ‘One Week One Lab Campaign’.

Singh described Bhaderwah as the birthplace of India’s purple revolution and the destination of agri-StartUps.

The Minister said that the valley of Bhaderwah is the best example of the development of the present progressive government at the centre which should have been celebrated much earlier, Bhaderwah being the best place for lavender cultivation in terms of land and climate.

Singh while referring to lavender cultivation in the region, said that Lavender is an avenue of employment generation and research opening many paradigms of development.

The CSIR-Aroma Mission is a flagship project of CSIR under which Lavender cultivation is being promoted in the temperate regions of J&K.

Aim : The aim of the project is to increase the income of small and marginal farmers and develop agriculture-based Startups. The project is being directly monitored by Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (IC) of the Ministry of Science & Technology. Under his directions, CSIR-IIIM is implementing Lavender cultivation in Bhaderwah and other parts of J&K.

The net annual income of farmers who switched from maize to Lavender cultivation has increased many folds from around Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000 per hectare to Rs 3,50,000 to Rs 6,00,000 per hectare.

Farmers of the Bhaderwah, Doda district, produced 300, 500, 800, and 1500 Litres of Lavender oil in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively. They earned over Rs 5 Crore between 2018-2022 by selling dry flowers, Lavender plants, and Lavender oil, an official statement said..

Source : The Print

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