Govt. mulling ways to boost yield from poppy

Question 1

context?

Answer 1

Government partnering with private sector to commence production of concentrated poppy straw from India’s opium crop to boost the yield of alkaloids.

Question 2

What is alkaloids?

Answer 2

Alkaloids are a class of basic, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at least one nitrogen atom. -> used for medical purposes

Question 3

Cultivation of opium?

Answer 3

Only a few countries are permitted

-India currently only extracts alkaloids from opium gum at facilities controlled by the Revenue Department in the Finance Ministry.