{"id":103509,"date":"2026-05-15T13:10:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=103509"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:15:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:45:35","slug":"ginger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ginger\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginger"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ginger Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) launched the \u20b9189.79-crore Mizoram Ginger Mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ginger<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>herbaceous perennial<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> plant of the family <\/span><b>Zingiberaceae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Required Climatic Conditions<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It requires a warm and humid climate (up to an altitude of 1500m).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Temperature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The crop performs well in a temperature range of <\/span><b>19\u00b0C- 28\u00b0C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Rainfall:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It requires moderate to <\/span><b>high rainfall of about 1,500\u20132,500 mm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per year or reliable irrigation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ginger <\/span><b>does not tolerate frost or prolonged drought<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Soil:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It requires loose, fertile, well-drained loam or sandy-loam soils rich in organic matter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Largest Producer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the largest producer of ginger and mainly in <\/span><b>Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Orissa, Meghalaya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, West Bengal, and Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Uses: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the most widely used spice both for <\/span><b>flavouring and for medicinal purposes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is used in food preparations, confectionery, beverages, making ginger candy\/ preserves.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It contains a vast amount of <\/span><b>antioxidant compounds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which can be used to treat various <\/span><b>inflammatory conditions.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ginger supplementation significantly <\/span><b>reduces the levels of fasting blood sugar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hemoglobin A1c, apolipoprotein B etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/scindia-unveils-%E2%82%B9189-79-crore-mizoram-ginger-mission-to-boost-global-exports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ginger is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Zingiberaceae. 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