Spices Board India

About Spices Board India:

• It is the statutory organization constituted under the Spices Board Act 1986. It was formed with the merger of the erstwhile Cardamom Board and Spices Export Promotion Council.
• It functions as an international link between the Indian exporters and the importers abroad and it has been involved in various activities which touch upon every segment of the spices sector.
• Main functions:
  • It is responsible for the overall development of cardamom (small and large) in terms of improving production, productivity and quality.
  • It is also implementing post-harvest improvement programmes for improving quality of the 52 scheduled spices for export. The various development programmes and post-harvest quality improvement programmes of the Board are included under the head ‘Export Oriented Production’.
  • Promotion of organic production, processing and certification of spices
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.