Mizoram bags Ginger Capital of India crown

Chief Minister Pu Lalduhoma thanks NITI Aayog for the declaration

Chief Minister Pu Lalduhoma chaired a meeting with the members of the Mizoram Agricultural Marketing Board (MAMB) at the CM’s Conference Hall, where the Board expressed its gratitude to NITI Aayog for declaring Mizoram as the Ginger Capital of India.

The meeting reviewed ongoing initiatives and assessed reports of activities undertaken during the current year, including the high-level Stakeholders’ Consultation for Mizoram Ginger Produce held on November 24 in New Delhi. Organised jointly by the Government of Mizoram and NITI Aayog, the consultation is considered one of the largest official meetings ever conducted in the national capital specifically for a Mizoram-related agenda.

The consultation brought together representatives from several Central Ministries, along with over 60 investors involved in ginger trading, cultivation, and processing. During the event, NITI Aayog formally declared Mizoram as the Ginger Capital of India, recognising the State’s reputation for producing high-quality ginger and its rapid growth in ginger production in recent years.

A detailed report on annual procurement was also presented : 3,38,35,182 kg of ginger has been purchased this year, and the entire support price amounting to Rs 137,72,04,477.50 has been fully disbursed.

MAMB is preparing to host a Ginger Buyer–Seller Meet on December 5–6 at Aijal Club, where buyers from across India are expected to participate. The event is expected to facilitate new trade agreements for the upcoming ginger harvest. Meanwhile, the new Ginger Processing Unit at Sairang is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 12 next year.

In view of the increasing demand for sliced-dry ginger, Mizo-made technologies—Rapchung Technology and Tapchhak Technology, developed for ginger drying and curing—will be purchased under the Handholding Scheme.