{"id":8808,"date":"2025-05-30T14:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T08:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8808"},"modified":"2025-05-30T16:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:03:53","slug":"kalanamak-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kalanamak-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalanamak Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kalanamak Rice Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Uttar Pradesh government, in consultation with the commerce ministry, plans to promote the export of Kalanamak rice to countries with majority or large Buddhist populations.<\/p>\n<h2>About Kalanamak Rice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kalanamak is a traditional variety of paddy with\u00a0<strong>black husk and strong fragrance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>considered a gift from Lord Buddha<\/strong>\u00a0to the people of Sravasti when he visited the region after enlightenment.<\/li>\n<li>It is traditional<strong>, non-basmati aromatic rice<\/strong>\u00a0grown in eastern Uttar Pradesh, particularly in Siddharth nagar, where it has been\u00a0<strong>designated as an ODOP<\/strong>\u00a0(one district one product) item.<\/li>\n<li>It is also grown in 11 districts of the\u00a0<strong>Terai region of north-eastern Uttar Pradesh<\/strong>\u00a0and in Nepal, the traditional variety has been prone to \u2018lodging\u2019, a reason for its low yield.\n<ul>\n<li>Lodging: Lodging is a condition in which the top of the plant becomes heavy because of grain formation, the stem becomes weak, and the plant falls on the ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It is a nutritional powerhouse. It is rich in\u00a0<strong>iron and antioxidants<\/strong>, has a\u00a0<strong>low glycemic index<\/strong>, and is naturally gluten-free, making it a healthy dietary choice, especially for diabetics.<\/li>\n<li>It is protected under the\u00a0<strong>Geographical Indication (GI) tag system<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kalanamak Rice FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0Who developed kalanamak rice?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. R. C. Chaudhary<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0Which district is Kala Namak Rice grown in?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Siddharthnagar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/economy\/kalanamak-buddha-rice-export-basmati-india-thailand-vietnam-singapore-up-11748420012713.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalanamak Rice is a traditional rice variety known for its black husk and rich aroma, celebrated for its unique flavor and cultural significance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":48811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[640,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-8808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-kalanamak-rice","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}