Which region is set to become India’s next saffron hub after Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore?

The Correct Answer is North-east India.

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• Centre plans to turn North-east into next saffron hub.

Key Points

• Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, emphasized the Northeast’s role in India’s vision of Viksit Bharat and its potential as the next saffron hub.
• The Mission Saffron initiative, launched in 2021, has expanded saffron cultivation across Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Meghalaya.
• The foundation stone for the new permanent campus of NECTAR (North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach) was laid in Shillong.
• Large-scale saffron cultivation is already underway in Menchukha (Arunachal Pradesh) and Yuksom (Sikkim), with plans to extend to Nagaland and Manipur.
• The initiative makes use of uncultivated land, boosting agricultural potential while maintaining existing crops, and aims to establish the Northeast as India’s next saffron hub after Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore.