Govt has approved 138 food processing projects: Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Updated: Dec 23, 2015 11:49:50am
New Delhi, Dec 23 (KNN) Under food processing projects which engages a lot of small and medium enterprises, the make in India will prosper and better take off with food processing sector, said Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti.
The Minister announced that the government of the day has already approved 138 food processing projects without revealing the investment in them, hoping that with the execution of the approved projects, the food processing sector is likely to transform in next few years.
A National Conference on Skill Development in Food Processing Sector ‘Bridging the Gap ~ Building the Nation’ was organized by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in which Jyoti was the chief guest.
Referring to skilling, the minister remarked that the skilling is already scaling up in the 11 states and gradually it will expand and cover the rest of India, the advantage of which will definitely percolate down to food processing sector.
“The skilled resource on this front will be absorbed in the proposed mega food parks that will not only drastically curtail the wastage of food products but enable farmers their due”, she said.
In his welcome remarks, President, PHD Chamber, Mahesh Gupta emphasized that to realize the maximum potential in food processing sector, skill development is vital. The government should focusing on skill development in various sectors.
Vice Chancellor, NIFTEM, Ajit Kumar in his observations shared the initiatives of the university for skill development in food processing sector, adding that government’s support in terms of policies and grants for skilling is the need of hour and the forthcoming budget should have special provisioning to further upgrade skills so that it acquires the required momentum. (KNN Bureau)
The Minister announced that the government of the day has already approved 138 food processing projects without revealing the investment in them, hoping that with the execution of the approved projects, the food processing sector is likely to transform in next few years.
A National Conference on Skill Development in Food Processing Sector ‘Bridging the Gap ~ Building the Nation’ was organized by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in which Jyoti was the chief guest.
Referring to skilling, the minister remarked that the skilling is already scaling up in the 11 states and gradually it will expand and cover the rest of India, the advantage of which will definitely percolate down to food processing sector.
“The skilled resource on this front will be absorbed in the proposed mega food parks that will not only drastically curtail the wastage of food products but enable farmers their due”, she said.
In his welcome remarks, President, PHD Chamber, Mahesh Gupta emphasized that to realize the maximum potential in food processing sector, skill development is vital. The government should focusing on skill development in various sectors.
Vice Chancellor, NIFTEM, Ajit Kumar in his observations shared the initiatives of the university for skill development in food processing sector, adding that government’s support in terms of policies and grants for skilling is the need of hour and the forthcoming budget should have special provisioning to further upgrade skills so that it acquires the required momentum. (KNN Bureau)
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