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21 projects inaugurated during Food Processing Week with investment of 416.59 cr

Updated: Sep 14, 2021 07:59:35am
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21 projects inaugurated during Food Processing Week with investment of 416.59 cr

New Delhi, Sept 14 (KNN) With the aim to provide modern infrastructure facilities for Food Processing Industries along the value chain from farm to the market, 21 food processing projects costing Rs 416.59 crores inaugurated during "Food Processing Week".

The Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Pashupati Kumar Paras and Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the projects. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries organized "Food Processing Week" from 6th September 2021 to 12th September 2021 as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

The total cost of these projects is Rs. 416.59 crores, and the Ministry approved a grant-in-aid of Rs. 104.21 crore for these projects. These projects will ensure value addition, a longer shelf life for farm produce, better price realization for farmers, an excellent storage facility and an alternate market for farmers in the region.

These projects will also provide direct and indirect employment to about 7,500 persons and benefit about 32,000 farmers in the CPC and PPC catchment areas.

During the pandemic, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, launched the PMFME scheme for micro and unorganized entrepreneurs in the food processing sector.

Under the PMFME scheme, Seed Capital was released to the members of self-help groups in various states. During the Food Processing Week, 4,709 members of SHGs across the country were provided financial assistance amounting to over Rs. 13.41 crores as seed capital.

Along with this, a total number of 7 online-offline webinars and workshops on processing and value addition were organized by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries on food products like honey, milk, bakery etc. under 'One District One Product'.

The success story of the PMFME Scheme beneficiaries were also published on the Ministry's website in the 'Atmanirbhar Enterprises' series. Tales of 7 entrepreneurs and their ventures were shared with the readers and were highly appreciated.

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries also carried out an awareness campaign on processed food products on social media throughout the last week, the sole purpose of which was to eradicate the misconceptions related to processed food among the common people. Social media posts, in the form of infographics and videos, were widely shared.

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