The Board has a full-fledged Electronic Data Processing department. Most of the activities of the Board have been computerized. The Board has launched its Website at www.indianspices.com containing all information on Indian spices and the Board`s activities.

Information available in Database are given below.


Marketing Department

  1. Details of Registered Exporters/ RCMC holders, Dealers and Auctioneers.

  2. Details of Registered Exporters awarded with Brand Registration, Spices House & Logo Certification

  3. Details of Container samples collected, shipment details and its analytical results

  4. Domestic/International Trade Enquiries received for Spices and prices for major spices.

  5. Profiles on Spice Commodity/ Country


Trade Information Services

  1. Export/Import Details of Spices & Spice products from/into India

  2. Auction details (dates/prices/location) of cardamom

  3. Domestic/International prices of Spices from different sources

  4. Details of Area and production of Spices cultivated in India

  5. List of Leading Suppliers of Spices and Spice products


Library

  1. Catalogue of Books and Publications


Finance and Personnel

  1. Budget /account wise Receipts and Expenditure

  2. Location wise details of Regional/Divisional offices of the Board

  3. Personnel information

  4. Details on Leave/Salary of Officers and staff

  5. Details on interest bearing loans availed

  6. Details of IT returns

  7. EPF subscription of casual labourers


Quality Lab

  1. SOPs, MOAs, MOCs and other Quality Records

  2. Details of Sample receipts, work allocation, analytical results and its deliver

  3. List of spices vs parameters, sub parameters, fees, requirements quantity and time for analysis.

  4. Details of Analytical Procedures followed

  5. Catalogue for documents control

  6. List of suppliers

  7. List of Exporters/Customers from whom samples are received for Analysis

  8. Equipment calibrations and services

  9. Details of payments collected for analytical purpose

  10. Details of consumable issue, receipt & stock


Tissue Culture Lab

Production and stock details of TC plants


Publicity

Details of Subscribers of Boards publications


EDP

IT equipments and its configurations: Location /category wise.        

Software packages have been developed and implemented in the following areas:-

  1. Trade Information Service

  1. India's spices exports

  2. World Import

  3. Prices in domestic and international markets

  4. Area and production

  5. Trade Directories: Exporters, Dealers, Auctioneers, Importers, Suppliers, Planters etc.

  6. Registration and licensing

  7. Electronic Auction of small cardamom.

  8. Pre-shipment sampling

  9. Monitoring receipt, analysis and delivery of Spice samples received for quality evaluation.

  10. Analysis of analytical data of the Quality Evaluation Lab to assess the incidence of physical, chemical and microbial contaminants.

  11. Financial Accounting and Pay roll.

  12. Interest bearing loans like GPF, HBA etc.

  13. Personnel Information, leave accounting and income tax assessment.

  14. Library Cataloguing, circulation and control of external documents.

  15. Market Survey Analysis.

  16. Area and Production Surveys.

  17. Maintenance of subscriber addresses, monitoring of subscription expiry and mailing of periodical publications.

  18. Receipt and issue of consumables and maintenance of assets.

  19. Maintenance and accounting of provident fund and pension scheme for casual labourers.