Chamoli has Valley of Flowers, Hemkund Sahib, plus dense forests with medicinal plants. A small medicinal-plant cultivation-and-aggregation cluster plus a curated tour service captures both wellness and tourism economies.
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Chamoli's high-altitude forests host the Valley of Flowers (UNESCO World Heritage), Hemkund Sahib, and one of India's richest concentrations of medicinal plants — Nardostachys jatamansi, Picrorhiza kurroa, Aconitum heterophyllum. Tourism flow is significant during May-Sep but medicinal-plant cultivation is mostly informal/wild-harvest. A combined cluster running cultivated medicinal plants for the Ayurvedic/wellness supply chain plus curated heritage-and-trek tours captures both streams.
Capex of 8-18 lakh covers cultivation infrastructure (greenhouses, drying), tour vehicles, training, and brand work. The National Medicinal Plants Board provides up to 75% subsidy for medicinal-plant cultivation; NEC's tourism subsidy covers tour-operator capex. Hard parts: cultivation timeline (some species take 3-5 years to first harvest), Forest Department clearances, and building both Ayurvedic-buyer and tour-operator distribution. Start with tours (faster cash flow); cultivation in year 2.
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