Mega Food Park inaugurated in Assam will generate turnover of Rs 450-500 cr annually
Updated: May 28, 2015 03:20:13pm
New Delhi, May 28 (KNN) A Mega Food-Park has been inaugurated today in Nalbari in Assam, and the project has facilities of fully operational industrial sheds for SMEs, developed industrial plots for lease to food processing units, Dry Warehouse, Cold Storages, Common Effluent Treatment plant, Quality Control Labs and more.
Apart from providing direct and indirect employment to 6000 people, the Mega Food Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs 250 crore in 30-35 food processing units and generate a turnover of about Rs 450-500 Crore annually.
North East Mega Food Park has been set up in 50 acre of land at the cost of Rs 76 crore.
“This project is having facilities of fully operational industrial sheds for SMEs, developed industrial plots for lease to food processing units, Dry Warehouse of 10000 MT, Cold Storages of 3000 MT, Common Effluent Treatment plant, Quality Control Labs etc,” according to an official release.
The Park also has a common administrative building for office and other uses by the entrepreneurs. 6 PPCs are also proposed to be set up at Nagaon, Badarpur, Tinsukia, Barapani, Krishnai and Kajalgaon which will provide facilities for primary processing and storage near the farms, the release added.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries had sanctioned a Mega Food Park to M/s North East Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd at Nalbari.
The Central Processing Centre of the Park at Tihu in Nalbari District of Assam has been completed and was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi and Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal today. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju was also present at the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Badal said that the Mega Food Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs 250 crore in 30-35 food processing units in the Park and generate a turnover of about Rs 450-500 Crore annually.
The Park will also provide direct and indirect employment to 6000 people and benefit about 25000-30000 farmers in the CPC and PPC catchment areas.
Badal said that the modern infrastructure for food processing created at North East Mega Food Park will benefit the farmers, growers, processors and consumers of Assam and adjoining areas immensely and prove to be a big boost to the growth of the food processing sector in the State of Assam.
Rijiju said that the Mega Food Park shall go a long way in helping the farmers of the North East. He said that the NE Region has great potential for Food Processing and the Government has taken many steps to promote the Food Processing sector as well as Organic Farming in the region.
To give a major boost to the food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage and loss at each stage of the supply chain with particular focus on perishables, Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing a Mega Food Park Scheme in the country since 2008.
Financial assistance upto Rs 50.00 Crore is provided for setting up Mega Food Parks for creation of modern infrastructure facilities for food processing along the value chain from farm to consumer. A Mega Food Park is set up in an area of a minimum of 50 acres. Common facilities and enabling infrastructure is created at Central Processing Centre and Infrastructure for primary processing and storage is created near the farm in the form of Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) and Collection Centres (CCs). (KNN Bureau)
Apart from providing direct and indirect employment to 6000 people, the Mega Food Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs 250 crore in 30-35 food processing units and generate a turnover of about Rs 450-500 Crore annually.
North East Mega Food Park has been set up in 50 acre of land at the cost of Rs 76 crore.
“This project is having facilities of fully operational industrial sheds for SMEs, developed industrial plots for lease to food processing units, Dry Warehouse of 10000 MT, Cold Storages of 3000 MT, Common Effluent Treatment plant, Quality Control Labs etc,” according to an official release.
The Park also has a common administrative building for office and other uses by the entrepreneurs. 6 PPCs are also proposed to be set up at Nagaon, Badarpur, Tinsukia, Barapani, Krishnai and Kajalgaon which will provide facilities for primary processing and storage near the farms, the release added.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries had sanctioned a Mega Food Park to M/s North East Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd at Nalbari.
The Central Processing Centre of the Park at Tihu in Nalbari District of Assam has been completed and was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi and Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal today. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju was also present at the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Badal said that the Mega Food Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs 250 crore in 30-35 food processing units in the Park and generate a turnover of about Rs 450-500 Crore annually.
The Park will also provide direct and indirect employment to 6000 people and benefit about 25000-30000 farmers in the CPC and PPC catchment areas.
Badal said that the modern infrastructure for food processing created at North East Mega Food Park will benefit the farmers, growers, processors and consumers of Assam and adjoining areas immensely and prove to be a big boost to the growth of the food processing sector in the State of Assam.
Rijiju said that the Mega Food Park shall go a long way in helping the farmers of the North East. He said that the NE Region has great potential for Food Processing and the Government has taken many steps to promote the Food Processing sector as well as Organic Farming in the region.
To give a major boost to the food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage and loss at each stage of the supply chain with particular focus on perishables, Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing a Mega Food Park Scheme in the country since 2008.
Financial assistance upto Rs 50.00 Crore is provided for setting up Mega Food Parks for creation of modern infrastructure facilities for food processing along the value chain from farm to consumer. A Mega Food Park is set up in an area of a minimum of 50 acres. Common facilities and enabling infrastructure is created at Central Processing Centre and Infrastructure for primary processing and storage is created near the farm in the form of Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) and Collection Centres (CCs). (KNN Bureau)
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