80,000 people to get employment from 10500 units: MP Minister

Bhopal, Jul 12 (KNN) State Horticulture and Food Processing Minister Bharat Singh Kushwah has said that 80,000 people will get employment from 10500 units.

Kushwah said this on Friday during a conference organized by PHDCCI MP & MP State Agro Development Corporation Ltd.

He said that development of farmer is necessary to make self-reliant India and self-reliant Madhya Pradesh.

''Madhya Pradesh is the leading state in food processing,'' he added.

Addressing the representatives of the banks, the Chief Guest Kushwah, said that the banks should take an active part in this virtuous work because this would double the income of our farmer brothers as well as the state following which the economy of the country will also get stronger.

The minister further said that the processing industry will be set up where the farmer is producing the crop and one district will produce one product. If this concept is worked on, it will improve the rural economy and generate employment on the local star.

''After Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh has received maximum number of applications regarding food processing units,'' he added.

The special guest of the program, Kalpana Shrivastava, IAS, Principal Secretary, Horticulture and Food Processing, Madhya Pradesh, in her remarks, highlighted the possibilities of horticulture and food processing in the state.

In the program, Commissioner Horticulture and Food Processing Madhya Pradesh Manoj Kumar Agrawal and Shrikant Bhanot, IAS Managing Director MP Agro explained in detail about the Prime Minister's Formulation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises and answered the questions raised by bank representatives and industrialists regarding the scheme.