New Delhi, Nov 5 (KNN) The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has approved the operationalization strategy for Operation Greens today.

Operation Greens was announced in the Budget speech of 2018-19 with an outlay of Rs 500 crores to stabilize the supply of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops and to ensure availability of TOP crops throughout the country round the year without price volatility.

Approving the measures, the Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries said “Price volatility of TOP crops wreaks havoc in the households of this country. This is a revolutionary scheme which has evolved after sustained dialogue with all stakeholders and we have decided the strategy to stabilize prices of TOP crops and to make sure that TOP crops reach all households in the country around the year.”

Badal added “Our government has laid down special measures and grants-in-aid under the scheme to ensure enhanced production of TOP crops and to augment value chain”.

The strategy will comprise of a series of measures such as Short term Price Stabilisation Measures as well as Long Term Integrated value chain development projects.