Video title – Union Minister inaugurates Indus Best Mega Food Park at Raipur, Chhattisgarh

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Mega Food Park
Doubling farmer’s Income

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Mega Food Park
Boosting India’s Food Industry

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One cannot think well, sleep well if one has not dined well. Food is our body’s fuel and realizing the importance of food, the Central government is trying to provide a major boost to the food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage at each stage of the supply chain.

The government is continuously trying to introduce modern technology into the food processing industries from both domestic and external sources. In another significant attempt, Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Narendra Singh Tomar virtually inaugurated the Indus Best Mega Food Park at Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

Union Minister Shri @nstomar in the august presence of MoS Shri @Rameswar_Teli and other dignitaries will Virtually launch Indus Best Mega Food Park (District: Raipur, Chhattisgarh).

📅 June 3, 2021, | 12 noon pic.twitter.com/LN1ll7snUD

— FOOD PROCESSING MIN (@MOFPI_GOI) June 3, 2021

Let’s get to know more about Mega Food Parks

The Mega Food Park aims to ensure value addition, longer shelf life for farm produce, better price realization for farmers, excellent storage facility and an alternate market for farmers in the region.

The park will not only benefit the local farmers, processors & consumers but shall also increase employment opportunities immensely & shall provide an impetus to the growth of the food processing sector. It is expected to provide direct and indirect employment to about 5,000 persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers. Moreover, the modern infrastructure created at the park will also assist the processors and consumers of adjoining areas.

https://twitter.com/nstomar/status/1400364413522038786?s=20 – video

''इंडस बेस्ट मेगा फूड पार्क', कोल्ड स्टोरेज, पैक हाउस और ड्राईवेयरहाउस व अन्य संबंधित खाद्य प्रसंस्करण की आधुनिक तकनीकी सुविधाओं से सुसज्जित है। #MegaFoodPark pic.twitter.com/Ga4IlQzCOS

— FOOD PROCESSING MIN (@MOFPI_GOI) June 3, 2021

So far, 37 Mega Food Parks have been sanctioned and currently, 22 Mega Food Parks are operational in the country.

To incentivize the setting up of agro-processing clusters in the country, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing a scheme under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana. The scheme includes processing or preservation infrastructure like cold storage, pre-cooling chambers, ripening chambers, specialized packaging, food testing laboratory, cleaning/ grading/sorting and packing facilities, steam generation boilers and setting up of warehouses.

Further, the Ministry has been implementing a separate scheme for the development of Mega Food Parks. Let’s get to know more about it.

The Mega Food Park Scheme is based on the “Cluster” approach and envisages the creation of state of art support infrastructure in a well-defined agriculture / horticultural zone. The scheme has funded 41 Mega Food Park projects in different States and Union Territories.

https://mofpi.nic.in/sites/default/files/41_mfps_status_as_on_01.04.2021_3.pdf

Under the Scheme, the Government of India provides financial assistance up to Rs. 50.00 crore per Mega Food Park project. The information regarding the pattern of assistance and release of grants is available on the website of the Ministry.

https://mofpi.nic.in/Schemes/mega-food-parks/pattern-assistance

A strong and dynamic food processing sector plays a vital role in enhancing the shelf life of food products and ensuring value addition to agricultural produce. From farm to market, the Central government is actively participating in the commercialization of agriculture, enhancing the income of farmers and creating surplus for the export of agro & processed foods.

We will keep on updating you with more information, thanks for watching.

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https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1705222
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1724026

Union Minister Shri @nstomar in the august presence of MoS Shri @Rameswar_Teli and other dignitaries will Virtually launch Indus Best Mega Food Park (District: Raipur, Chhattisgarh).

📅 June 3, 2021, | 12 noon pic.twitter.com/LN1ll7snUD

— FOOD PROCESSING MIN (@MOFPI_GOI) June 3, 2021

https://mofpi.nic.in/Schemes/mega-food-parks#:~:text=1.,Park%2C%20Chittoor%2C%20Andhra%20Pradesh
https://mofpi.nic.in/sites/default/files/41_mfps_status_as_on_01.04.2021_3.pdf

A glimpse of 'Indus Best Mega Food Park' equipped with modern technologies established under the aegis of Kisan Sampada Yojana of Ministry of Food Processing Industries in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh.#MegaFoodPark @nstomar @Rameswar_Teli @AgriGoI @PIB_India pic.twitter.com/NxeUdpkD76

— FOOD PROCESSING MIN (@MOFPI_GOI) June 3, 2021