After Strawberry and Jaggery Festival, Kalanamak Rice Festival held in UP
After the grand success of
the Strawberry Festival in Jhansi and the Jaggery Festival in Lucknow, the Uttar
Pradesh state government has organized three-day Kalanamak Rice Festival in Siddharthnagar from
Mar 13 to 15, 2021.
About Kalanamak Rice Festival
UP Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath is creating new income opportunities for the farmers and promoting
the local production from each district of UP state and providing opportunities
in the market.
The festival displayed
several dishes prepared by the Kalanamak rice at various stalls. The dishes
include pulao, kheer, lentils, cumin rice, poha, vegetable, rice-chickpeas,
khichdi, idli, fara. Those who attended the festival have tasted several dishes
made with Kala Namak rice. They can purchase Kala Namak paddy seeds and rice
from stalls. During the festival, the visitors got to know the historical,
nutritional and scientific merits & information regarding the cultivation
of Kala Namak Rice.
About KalaNamak Rice
Kalanamak is one of the finest quality
scented rices of India. The variety has been in cultivation since the Buddhist
period (600 BC). It is quite popular in Himalayan Tarai of Eastern Uttar
Pradesh state of India and is also known as the scented black pearl of Uttar
Pradesh. The
Kala Namak Rice is grown in this region and is One District One Product of some
of the Eastern UP districts. KalaNamak Rice is grown in Siddharthanagar, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj,
Kushinagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gonda, Bahraich, Balrampur, and Shravasti
district of Uttar Pradesh state. The rice is Geographical Indication (GI)
tagged rice from Siddharth Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh. KalaNamak Rice is grown in
this region and is One District One Product (ODOP) of some Eastern UP
districts. These
products will become brands and also become an identity of brand UP.
About
One District One Product
(ODOP) scheme has been started by CM Yogi Adityanath to provide opportunities;
employments and to promote market and brand the selected products from each
district of state as One District One Product (ODOP) under the ‘Atmanirbhar
Bharat Abhiyan’ and ‘Local for Vocal’ campaign. The UP government’s One District One Product
Programme aims to encourage indigenous and specialized products and crafts from
each district of UP state. This
scheme will provide approximately 25 lakh employment across the state.
Accordingly, UP government will provide Rs. 25000 to local craftsmen and
entrepreneurs in the upcoming 5 years. UP government had launched this scheme in
2018. One
District One Product (ODOP) scheme
emphasizes on the raising the quality of products so that these products can
compete at international level. After the successful implementation of One
District One Product Scheme 2021 in country, all the products under ODOP will
be promoted at international level and will get international recognition.
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| Pic: UP Govt |
District wise Products from each district of state
District Products
Agra Leather
Products
Aligarh Locks and Hardware
Ambedkar Nagar Textile
Products
Amethi Moonj Products
Amroha Musical Instruments
Auraiya Food Processing (Desi Ghee)
Ayodhya Jaggery
Azamgarh Black Pottery
Baghpat Home Furnishing
Bahraich Wheat-Stalk Handicrafts
Ballia Bindi (Tikuli)
Balrampur Food Processing (Pulses)
Banda Shazar Stone Craft
Barabanki Textile Products
Bareilly Zari-Zardozi
Basti Wood Craft
Bhadohi Carpet (Dari)
Bijnor Wood Craft
Budaun Zari-Zardozi
Bulandshahar Ceramic Product
Chandauli Zari-Zardozi
Chitrakoot Wooden Toys
Deoria Decorative Products
Etawah Textile
Products
Etah Ankle
Bells (Ghungroo), Bells and Brass Products
Farrukhabad Textile
Printing
Fatehpur Bedsheets and Iron Fabrication Works
Firozabad Glassware
Gautam Buddh Nagar Readymade Garments
Ghazipur Jute Wall
Hanging
Ghaziabad Engineering Goods
Gonda Food
Processing (Pulses)
Gorakhpur Terracota
Hamirpur Shoes
Hapur Home
Furnishing
Hardoi Handloom
Hathras Hing
Asafoetida
Jalaun Handmade
Paper Art
Jaunpur Woollen
Carpets (Dari)
Jhansi Soft Toys
Kannauj Perfume
(Attar)
Kanpur Dehat Aluminum
Utensils
Kanpur Nagar Leather
Products
Kasganj Zari
Zardozi
Kaushambi Food
Processing (Banana)
Kushinagar Banana
Fiber Products
Lakhimpur Kheri Tribal
Craft
Lalitpur Zari
Silk Sarees
Lucknow Chikankari
& Zari Zardozi
Maharajganj Furniture
Mahoba Gaura
Stone Craft
Mainpuri Tarkashi
Art
Mathura Sanitary
Fittings
Mau Powerloom
Textile
Meerut Sports
Products
Mirzapur Carpets
Moradabad Metal
Craft
Muzaffarnagar Jaggery
Pilibhit Flute
Pratapgarh Aamla
Products
Prayagraj Moonj
Products
Raebareli Wood
Work
Rampur Applique
Work along with Patch Work, Zari Patchwork
Saharanpur Wood
Crafting
Sambhal Handicraft
(Horn-Bone)
Sant Kabir Nagar Brassware
Craft
Shahjahanpur Zari
Zardozi
Shamli Iron
Arts
Shravasti Tribal
Craft
Siddharthnagar Kala
Namak Rice
Sitapur Carpet
(Dari)
Sonbhadra Carpets
Sultanpur Moonj
Products
Unnao Zari Zardozi
Varanasi Banarasi Silk Saree
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