The Indian Cardamom Research Institute (ICRI) under Spices Board India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India has its main Research Station at Myladumpara, Idukki, Kerala. ICRI, with its two Regional Stations at Sakleshpur Hassan District, Karnataka and Thadiankudisai Dindigul District Tamil Nadu, focus on location-specific research interventions for small cardamom growing areas in the Western Ghats. Another Regional Station functions at Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim specifically for research on large cardamom, an important plantation crop of Sikkim, Darjeeling District of West Bengal and other North Eastern States.