{"id":334067,"date":"2025-04-24T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=334067"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:41:09","slug":"tobacco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tobacco\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>-The Government has amended the Tobacco Board Rules, 1976, extending the registration validity for Virginia tobacco growers from 1 year to 3 years.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-334363 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tobacco.png?resize=504%2C334&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tobacco\" width=\"504\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tobacco.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tobacco.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tobacco.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tobacco.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Tobacco<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Origin<\/strong>: Thought to have originated in South America.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agro-Climatic Requirements<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Temperature<\/strong>: Ideally between 20\u00b0C to 27\u00b0C<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rainfall<\/strong>: Requires a minimum of 500 mm; not suitable above 1200 mm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soil<\/strong>: Prefers sandy or sandy loam soils<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frost-free period<\/strong>: Between 90 and 120 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tobacco Production in India<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India\u2019s Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>2nd largest producer of tobacco<\/em> globally (after China)<\/li>\n<li><em>4th largest exporter of unmanufactured tobacco<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Producing States<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Gujarat<\/em> (accounts for nearly 30% of national output)<\/li>\n<li>Also grown in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tobacco Board of India<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <em>statutory body<\/em> formed under the Tobacco Board Act, 1975<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administered by:<\/strong> Ministry of Commerce and Industry<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters<\/strong>: Guntur, Andhra Pradesh<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions of the Board<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Monitors Virginia tobacco markets<\/em> to provide fair and remunerative prices to growers and control market volatility<\/li>\n<li><em>Establishes auction platforms<\/em> for the sale of Virginia tobacco by registered growers<\/li>\n<li><em>Supports research<\/em> (scientific, technological, and economic) for the industry&#8217;s growth<\/li>\n<li>Conducts <em>extension and development activities<\/em> to promote sustainable tobacco farming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News-The Government has amended the Tobacco Board Rules, 1976, extending the registration validity for Virginia tobacco growers from 1 year to 3 years. About Tobacco Origin: Thought to have originated in South America. Agro-Climatic Requirements Temperature: Ideally between 20\u00b0C to 27\u00b0C Rainfall: Requires a minimum of 500 mm; not suitable above 1200 mm Soil: Prefers&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tobacco\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tobacco<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":334363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-334067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tobacco.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}