Government approves Rs 363 crore for Food Processing Industries

Government approves Rs 363 crore for Food Processing Industries

Union Minister of Food Processing industries Shri Narendra Singh Tomar chaired two Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee meetings considering to increase the level of processing and value addition of horticultural / agricultural produce, which will result in increase in the income of the farmers and create employment at the local level.

In the meeting it is decided that under Creation / Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) scheme, 11 proposals with total project cost of Rs 113.08 Crore including grants-in-aid of Rs 36.30 Crore has been approved in the States of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Mizoram & Gujarat.

While, under Creation for Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Cluster (APC), 9 proposals with total project cost of Rs 250.32 Crore including grants-in-aid of Rs 66.61 Crore has been approved in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Rajasthan.

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