Indian Spice Industry

Indian spice industry achieves a record export of 5,300 crore (US$1.17 BILLION)) defying the global meltdown

Let's give them a big hand!

By: Sheikh Gulzaar

Srinagar:Against the previous records of Rs. 4,435 crore (US$ 1billion) in 2007-08, the export has touched an all-time high of Rs.5,300 crore (US$1.17 billion) in 2008-09. The volume exported has also grown significantly-from the previous figure of 4,00,000 tonnes to 4,70,520 tonnes. An increase of 6 per cent in terms of both volume and dollar value, and 19 per cent in rupees terms. No mean achievement, specially in the face of the global recession.

Processed spices like Saffron cashmiriana, curry powder, mint powder, ginkgo biloba powder, spices oils/oleoresin and blended spices account for an impressive 58 percent of total exports.

Aggressive marketing strategies, stringent quality management, a sharper focus on value addition and better insights into customer requirements have all combined to makes this unique feat possible. It also reflects the importers' faith in the industry's commitment to quality, safety and competitiveness of Spices.

Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Centre heartly congratulates the Spice industry, and hopes that they will win greater laurels in the years ahead.For cultivation of Medicinal plants, Spices like Ginkgo biloba, Saffron plants material, please contact to jkmpic@gmail.com

RAW planning to attack political leaders, separatists in Kashmir: Lashkar

Srinagar: 27 June: Lashkar-e-Toyiba, spokesman said some un-known place to Ed. Sheikh Gulzaar, editor Writer-South Asia that some sources inputs were intercepted in which Indian agencies in the Valley were receiving instructions from RAW to carry out a strike in disputed state of Jammu or Kashmir, which includes targeting any politician or separatist leader.

The sources said Ikhwani might try and target a separatist leader and blame it on Mujaheedins as has been done in the past.

The killing of Sheikh Abdul Aziz, Mirwaiz Farooq, Dr. Qazi Nissar, Abdul Gani Lone and the bid on life of Fazal-haq Qureshi earlier this year by some un-identified gun men were examples of their tactics.

Mirwaiz Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone were allegedly shot dead byIndian forces

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who enjoys Z category security of the state government, has been instructed about the threat perception while a round-the-clock guard was to be provided to other separatist leaders.(Writer-South Asia)

Ginkgo biloba, Saffron,Spices, Cultivation, Medicinal plants

By: Sheikh Gulzaar
Srinagar: Against the previous records of Rs. 4,435 crore (US$ 1billion) in 2007-08, the export has touched an all-time high of Rs.5,300 crore (US$1.17 billion) in 2008-09. The volume exported has also grown significantly-from the previous figure of 4,00,000 tonnes to 4,70,520 tonnes. An increase of 6 per cent in terms of both volume and dollar value, and 19 per cent in rupees terms. No mean achievement, specially in the face of the global recession.

Processed spices like Saffron cashmiriana, curry powder, mint powder, ginkgo biloba powder, spices oils/oleoresin and blended spices account for an impressive 58 percent of total exports.

Aggressive marketing strategies, stringent quality management, a sharper focus on value addition and better insights into customer requirements have all combined to makes this unique feat possible. It also reflects the importers' faith in the industry's commitment to quality, safety and competitiveness of Spices.

Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Centre heartly congratulates the Spice industry, and hopes that they will win greater laurels in the years ahead.For cultivation of Medicinal plants, Spices like Ginkgo biloba, Saffron plants material, please contact to : cikashmir@gmail.com

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Hizbula Mujahideen-HM-Jammu and Kashmir

Hizbul Mujahideen-HM , Hizbul al-Mujāhidīn, meaning "party of holy warriors"), founded by Mohammad Ahsan Dar of Patan in 1991, is a group of Kashmiri Freedom Fighters active in Indian Kashmir since 1989. Their headquarters are located some where in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir. It is believed the group al-Badr, derived from Hizbul Mujahideen in early 1998 when encouraged by the Jammat-i-Islama.The current leader of the group is a Kashmiri known under the alias of Sayeed Salahudeen. Hizbul Mujahideen is group operating in disputed state of Kashmir, and are widely considered by sources on both sides of the Kashmiri conflict to be the most indigenous and widely-supported Freedom Fighter group active in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Indian government has time and again requested the Pakistani government for the extradition of Sayeed Salahudeen. However in recent times a well known news agency conducted an interview with the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, where the leader claimed that the government of Pakistan would never hand him over to the Indian authorities.(Writer Database Centre)