Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Smt Anita Praveen chaired a roundtable interaction with senior officials from central ministries and departments on 15th December, 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi. This was the third session in the series of roundtable interactions which are being held with key stakeholders such as major agri-food companies, resident commissioners of States and UTs. The ...

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing an umbrella scheme, namely, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) since 2017-18 across the country. PMKSY is a comprehensive package of sub-schemes viz. (i)  Mega Food Parks, (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, (iii) Food Safety & Quality Assurance Infrastructure, (iv) Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation ...

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation brings out data on various aspects of registered manufacturing sectors including food processing sector through the Annual Survey of Industries. As per the latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2019-20, 41481 food processing units existed in the country.  The State-wise details are attached as Annexure. As per Directorate of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS) ...

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation releases data on various aspects including employment of registered manufacturing sectors including food processing sector through the Annual Survey of Industries(ASI). As per the latest Annual Survey of Industries 2019-20, food processing sector contributed 12.22% of total persons engaged in the registered manufacturing sector. The details of employment in food processing sector for last ...

Ministry of Railways is undertaking techno-economic feasibility studies for redevelopment of Stations. Based on the outcome of these feasibility studies, stations are planned to be taken up for redevelopment in phases, especially the stations located in major cities and important tourist destination. Work for redevelopment has been taken up at 43 stations while 21 stations are at different stages of ...

Ministry of Railways has taken up construction of two Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) viz. Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) from Ludhiana to Sonnagar (1337 Km) and the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) to Dadri (1506 Kms.). So far, 1610 km out of total sanctioned length of 2843 km of DFC has been completed. The ...

On mission mode, Indian Railways’ Freight loading for first eight months of this financial year 2022-23 crossed last year’s loading and earnings for the same period. On cumulative basis from April –Nov. 22, freight loading of 978.72 MT was achieved against last year loading of 903.16 MT during the same period, an improvement of 8%. Railways have earned Rs 105905 ...

The Government has taken various policy measures and reforms to support food processing sector as indicated below: Inclusion of food & agro-based processing units and cold chain as agricultural activity under Priority Sector Lending (PSL) norms in April 2015. As a measure towards of ease of doing business, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) through notifications in ...

The contribution of the food processing sector has increased continuously with Gross Value Added (GVA) in food processing sector from Rs.1.34 lakh crore in 2014-15 to Rs. 2.37 lakh crore in 2020-21 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9.97%. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries(MoFPI) implements various schemes with an objective of overall growth and development of the ...

Ministry of Railways has taken up construction of two Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) viz. Eastern   Dedicated   Freight   Corridor   (EDFC)   from   Ludhiana   to   Sonnagar (1337 Km) and the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) to Dadri (1506 Kms.). So far, 1110 km out of total sanctioned length of 2843 km of DFC has been completed. The ...