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PM FME scheme golden opportunity for micro food entrepreneurs: Minister

for Food Processing Industries MoS Rameswar Teli said the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme offers golden opportunities to micro food entrepreneurs

Govt prepares road map, identifies 8 sectors to ease compliance burden

Single-window clearance by mid-April

Centre offers processed moong, urad to states at subsidised rate for retail

Moong will be offered at Rs 92 per kg and urad at Rs 84-96 per kg, much lower than prevailing retail market prices, she said

Boost to food processing

Fiscal constraints should not impede the new scheme

Farm-to-fork fails to take off as dependence on mandis continues

Despite government effort, food companies, retailers continue to depend mainly on mandis for procurement

Hungry for more

Food processing should be treated on a par with agriculture

How the emotional subject of food has entered the political discourse too

Food has always been an emotional subject, arousing fierce opinions and defiant defences

Harsimrat-led panel clears Rs 271-cr projects to boost food processing

An inter-ministerial approval committee, headed by Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, on Monday cleared projects worth Rs 271 crore to boost processing and preservation capacities. The projects were sanctioned under the Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) scheme, an official statement said. During the meeting, detailed presentations were made by the respective programme management agencies (PMAs) on the proposals and subsequent clarifications submitted by the applicant. The panel examined if the applicants have complied with the basic eligibility criterion, total project cost, eligible project cost and means of finance. "The emphasis is to create direct employment for the youth as well as contribute towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal to double farmers' income by 2022," Badal said. While clearing the new projects worth Rs 270 crore, Badal has given focus on rural areas and generating direct employment. "The projects would .

Entry of Adani Wilmar intensifies competition in ready-to-cook segment

Edible oil company Adani Wilmar recently threw its hat into the ring with a handful of ready-to-cook khichdi variants

Approved 187 new cold chain projects in last 5 years: Govt tells Lok Sabha

Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Tuesday said that under the scheme for integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure, 292 projects have been approved so far.

Expect $28-bn FDI in food processing this year: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Badal said the upswing of violence at the international border will not affect talks on the Kartarpur corridor in Punjab

Investment in food processing to surpass Rs 65,000 crore: Badal

Of the total, more than 40 per cent of the investment has been committed by domestic players like ITC

Japanese firms ready to cook up a storm

Around 10 major Japanese food processing companies have shown interest in either investing in India or sourcing raw materials from here through contract farming or otherwise. The names include Ise Foods, Marubeni Corporation, Kagome and House Foods Groups. There is also interest for establishing mega egg processing units and importing high-quality machines for mechanised deboning of chicken.Officials said the assurance to either invest in India or expand the sourcing came during a meeting between the companies and the Indian government, represented by food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, in Tokyo on Thursday. "As compared to Western countries which are more interested in packaging and retailing of food products in India, I found the Japanese were keen on setting up a manufacturing base in India, from where they could meet their own demand and also re-export," she told this newspaper over the telephone. After passage of the law on a national goods and services tax here, ...

Chart: Indian food processing

Here is a look at how the market is shaping up

Indian food processing industry to attract $33 bn investment by 2024: Study

Industry is pegged close to $ 121-130 billion, according to Assocham-Grant Thorton study

Harsimrat Kaur Badal calls meeting to discuss food processing sector issues

Meeting assumes significance as the government is considering certain relaxations in the FDI policy for the food processing sector

FDI in food processing: India to organise roadshow in London

Government recently allowed 100 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail for food products produced and processed in India

Govt allows 100% FDI in trading of food products

Food processing sector has attracted $5,285.66 million FDI during April 2012 to December 2015

NGO policing may harm the industry: Assocham

The association was responding to the recent report of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) which claimed to have found harmful chemicals in breads in the country

Govt aims to increase food processing sector 2.5 times in 10 years

Agri minister says national e-mandi to reduce post harvest loss, raise farmers' income