CSIR tableau showcases ‘purple revolution’

Srinagar, January 27

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Republic Day Tableau highlighted “purple revolution” ushered through lavender cultivation in Jammu and Kashmir.

“CSIR’s scientific interventions have led to the phenomenal growth of lavender cultivation and development of lavender products taking lavender from lab-to-market and creating several agri-start-ups in J&K. The Tableau also showcased India’s first women friendly, compact, Electric Tractor developed by CSIR. The visually enchanting Tableau aligns with the Viksit Bharat theme of the Republic Day Parade 2024,” a government statement said.

“CSIR developed an elite variety of lavender suitable for cultivation in temperate regions of J&K and provided free saplings and end-to-end agro-technologies to farmers and also installed distillation units for essential oil extraction in several regions of J&K. The success of Lavender cultivation in J&K earned it the sobriquet, ‘Purple Revolution,” the statement reads.

“The front section of Tableau represented ample cultivation of lavender and an empowered 21st century woman farmer figurine from J&K. The middle section showcased scientific interventions by CSIR scientists and providing quality planting materials to a farmer.”

Under agro-mechanical technology, the indigenously developed India’s first women-friendly compact electric tractor of CSIR, PRIMA ET11, was showcased.