Aroma Mission

Why in the News?

• The CSIR-AROMA Mission, under the Ministry of Science & Technology, aims to develop and spread awareness about aroma-related science and technology to the farmers, industry and society as a whole.

About 

• Lavender cultivation has become an avenue of employment generation and research which has resulted in comprehensive development for the region
• The start-ups under the purple revolution in J&K have become one of the remarkable examples of start-ups under ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’
• Lavender Cultivation has increased farmers’ incomes by about four times
• Lavender cultivation has employed around 5,000 farmers and young entrepreneurs in geographically remote areas of J&K
• Aroma Mission is attracting Start-ups and agriculturists from across the country
• During the Phase-I of the mission, 6000 hectares of land were cultivated for lavender and over 44,000 individuals got training
• In the second phase of the Mission, over 45,000 individuals would be skilled which would benefit over 75,000 farming families