Indian Fruit Diplomacy! Tripura sends Queen Pineapple consignment to Dhaka

Agartala, Jul 15: As a gesture of goodwill, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha sent a consignment of 100 packets of Queen pineapple to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a gift continuing with the latter's fruit diplomacy. The Embassy of Bangladesh received the gift consignment at the Integrated Check post on behalf of Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina.

 

 

 

 

Speaking on the occasion, Assistant Director Tripura Horticulture Department Deepak Baidya said, "This complement has not been extended for the first time. This friendly step has been continued for years on both sides. Bangladesh government also sends the most precious Hilsa fish in the high season, September or October, every year." Queen pineapple, gets exported to Saudi Arabia, Japan, and the UK these days for its unique taste and demand.

 

 

 

 

 

Queen pineapple is spiny, golden yellow in colour. It has pleasant aroma and flavour. Its sweetness and unique aroma differentiates it from pineapples of other states of Northeast region. It had received Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2015 and was helped by North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation, a central public sector unit in getting it. APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority), an apex organization under Ministry of Commerce and Industry has helped export Kew variety of pineapples from Tripura to West Asia.