In a significant development for the agricultural sector, Kishtwar saffron has been awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) tag

Even in the world of spices, saffron is the most prominent. And real saffron can cost more than INR 350,000, or $ 4,400 per kilogram. Used for thousands of years as a spice, as a colourant and as a medicinal element

At a time when outdoor saffron in Kashmir is facing three major challenges—lack of irrigation facilities, conversion of saffron land, and shortage of saffron corns, farmers in Kashmir's Saffron bowl