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Calling it a matter of pride, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami performed the bhumi pujan (ground breaking ceremony) of the country’s first Aroma Park in Kashipur and allotted plots on Wednesday.
Dhami said that Uttarakhand is the first state in the country, in which a special and dedicated institution Aromatic Plant Center (CAP) has been established by the government at the state level for the development of the aromatic sector.
He added that the country’s first Aroma Park is being established in Uttarakhand by CAP, Selaqui, Fragrance Trade Association, Delhi and Essential Oil Association of India, Noida and SIDCUL.
The Chief Minister said that in the last two decades, the state government has made a lot of development in the aromatic sector through CAP through which more than 24,000 farmers have been associated with aromatic farming in the state. Clusters of aromatic farming have been developed by the government to promote the aromatic sector in the state.
At present, fragrance farming is being done in 109 aroma clusters in the state, under which 192 distilleries have been set up. With the increasing area of fragrance farming, at present the turnover of the aroma sector has increased to more than Rs 86 crore, while in the year 2002, the turnover of the aroma sector was about Rs 2 crore.
The chief minister said, “In view of the development of the aromatic sector in Uttarakhand and the good quality of the essential oils produced here, the proposal to set up an Aroma Park in the state was given to the Uttarakhand Government by the Aroma Trade Association and the Essential Oil Association of India (EOAI), Delhi.”
“Our government gladly implemented the Aroma Park Policy 2018, under which 46 industries related to aroma and perfumery are being established in Sidcul Kashipur, whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 30, 2021,” said the CM.
The Uttarakhand government has decided to develop six Aroma Valleys of aromatic crops with a view to providing adequate raw material to the industries to be set up in Aroma Parks of the state.
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