India, Feb. 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October 2023 announced the setting up of the National Turmeric Board after which the Government of India notified the same to focus on the development and growth of turmeric and turmeric products in the country. Finally on 14th of January 2025, the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal inaugurated the National Turmeric Board in the presence of BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri who welcomed him with a garland made of turmeric horns.

The Board will be located in Nizamabad, Telangana which is a key turmeric producing district in the country. The demand for a Turmeric Board was an effort that was ongoing for the past four decades and received a boost with the current BJP MP from Nizamabad ...