Sustainability in Spice Sector through Progressive, Innovative and Collaborative Interventions for Export Development SPICED
The Spices Board's support scheme for spice exporters, farmers and farmer producer organisations, covering value addition, processing equipment, quality and export promotion.
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- Cost to apply
- Free
- Status
- Open
- Run by
- Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
What you get
- Mission Value Addition pays 33% of machinery cost for high end value addition such as oleoresins, extracts and oils, up to ₹2 crore per exporter over the plan period
- 33% of machinery cost for other value addition, such as consumer packs, single spice powders, dehydration and sterilisation, and for new exporters, up to ₹1 crore per exporter
- 75% of equipment cost, up to ₹1.5 crore, for SC and ST exporters and FPO exporters
- In house quality lab equipment at 33%, up to ₹1 crore (75%, up to ₹1.5 crore for SC, ST and FPO exporters)
- For farmers and FPOs, post harvest machines such as pepper threshers, turmeric boilers, spice polishers, cleaners, slicers and driers, applied for on Service Plus
Who can apply
- Open to businesses in food processing, farming, fisheries and livestock and trading.
- The most on offer is ₹2 crore.
- Export programmes are for exporters registered with the Spices Board, applying through its GMS exporters module
- Merchant exporters must convert to manufacturer exporters before assistance is released under Mission Value Addition
- Most assistance is paid back ended, after the equipment is installed
How to apply
- Exporters apply on the GMS exporter module by 30 November 2026
- Farmers and FPOs apply for development programmes on Service Plus by 25 December 2026
In person, Spices Board head office, Kochi, or its regional and field offices for cardamom and post harvest programmes
In Kerala, Spices Board head office at Palarivattom, Kochi, and its regional and field offices
Figures you may see elsewhere
The Spices Board post on X gave 31 August 2026 as the last date, and an earlier copy of the scheme page showed 31 October 2026 for export programmes. The live page on 5 November 2026 shows 30 November 2026.
Worth knowing
SPICED was approved to 2025-26 and has been extended up to 30 September 2026 or until a new 16th Finance Commission scheme is approved. The Spices Board page on 5 November 2026 still invites 2026-27 applications, with last dates of 30 November 2026 for export programmes and 25 December 2026 for development programmes. No successor scheme name was found.
Where we found this
An independent guide by The Company of Four, not a government website. Schemes change often, so check every detail on the official website before you apply. Links marked ↗ open external websites that we do not run, and we are not responsible for their content. Seen something out of date? Tell us and we will look into it.