
Kashmir saffron, which is a flavour and wellbeing rejuvenator and the pride of Jammu and Kashmir, has been given land sign (GI) tag, ensuring the uniqueness of the ranch produce. The acknowledgment was officially distributed in the most recent GI Journal by the GI Registry. The one of a kind qualities of Kashmir saffron are depicted as longer and thicker marks of shame, common dark red shade of marks of shame, high fragrance, unpleasant flavour, synthetic free preparing and high amount of crocin (shading quality), safranal (enhance) and picrocrocin (sharpness), Kashmir saffron is developed and reaped in the Karewas (high terrains) of Jammu and Kashmir by neighbourhood ranchers. The directorate of farming (Kashmir division), Kishtwar is regularly known as ‘The Land of Sapphire and Saffron.’
