Golden Leaf Award 2019

(Ministry of Commerce & Industry)

 

WHAT

Tobacco Board of India has been awarded the Golden Leaf Award in the Most Impressive Public Service Initiative category for the year 2019, for its efforts to initiate various sustainability (green) initiatives in Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco cultivation in India.

 

Tobacco Board got this award for its initiatives on :

• Natural farming in tobacco cultivation for the production of organic tobaccos
• Improving the soil health through green manuring
• Introduction of 365 days green cover in tobacco cultivation
• Promotion of advanced nursery technologies- Green Tech nurseries
• Elimination of Non-Tobacco Related Material (NTRM)
• Elimination of pesticide residues in tobacco by encouraging residue-free tobacco cultivation
• Energy conservation initiatives resulting in energy savings of 25%
• Development of greenery through mandatory planting of trees by tobacco farmers
• Tobacco trade and educating and guiding farmers on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP).

 

GOLDEN LEAF AWARD

The Golden Leaf Awards were created to recognize professional excellence and dedication in the tobacco industry by Tobacco Reporter, an international magazine in the year 2006.

Awards are granted on an annual basis to companies that have achieved outstanding performance in five categories –

1. Most impressive public service initiative
2. Most promising new product introduction
3. Most exciting newcomer to the industry
4. Most outstanding service to the industry
5. Most committed to quality award.

 

TOBACCO BOARD OF INDIA

• Tobacco Board is a statutory body established under Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• The main functions of the Board include regulating the production and curing of Virginia tobacco in India, implementation of extension and developmental activities for improving the yields and quality of tobacco, facilitating sale of tobacco through e-auctions on the auction floors of the Board, undertaking various grower welfare measures and export promotion of tobacco and tobacco products.

 

 

BACKGROUND

In 2014, the Tobacco Board of India won a Golden Leaf Award in the Most Impressive Public Service Initiative category for its implementation of an electronic auction system, which has made the marketing of flue-cured tobacco in India more transparent and accountable.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

India is the world’s fourth-largest producer of FCV tobacco.

 

Source: PIB

 

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