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Stress on food funds for Northeast - Union minister upbeat
The
Centre today said it would push for better utilisation of schemes for food
processing industries in the Northeast but hinted that the onus of implementing
the centrally sponsored schemes lay on the states.
“The
utilisation of the central schemes for food processing industries in the
Northeast has been less than 50 per cent. However, our ministry has in the past
five months ensured as much as 50 per cent utilisation,” Union minister for food
processing industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal said during an interactive session
organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce here today.
Under
the National Mission on Food Processing, the states have the liberty to use
their share of funds, be it on food processing, skill development or setting up
cold storage, the minister said.
“They
can also requisition additional funds once the allocated funds under a scheme
are utilised. So the more they use, the more they get,” she said.
The
minister said she had asked the state national mission directors of the region
to ensure that the funds under the central schemes are properly utilised.
She
called upon investors and entrepreneurs in the Northeast to avail of the
facilities in the mega food park coming up in Nalbari district.
“Our
government plans to set up food parks in all the districts in the next five
years to reach out to the farmers. In fact, we have taken up the mega food park
scheme in a big way to ensure zero or minimum wastage of what is produced and that
the farmers get their due. This will ensure that there is availability and the
prices remain under control,” she said.
The
Northeast, the minister said, is the future of India as far as organic food is
concerned. “Organic production has a huge national and global market and only
the Northeast has the potential to meet this demand,” she said.
“At
the same time, the states must ensure that every farmer household is like a
self-help group, where the father produces, mother processes and children market
the items,”
Badal
said.
Industry
body Finer, during the course of another interactive session here, submitted a memorandum
to the minister requesting the Centre to address issues regarding uplift of the
food processing sector in the Northeast.
North East food processing sector part of PM Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' mission
The
North East's Food Processing sector was a part of Prime Minister
Narendra
Modi's 'Make in India' mission, Union Food Processing Industries Minister
Harsimrat
Kaur Badal today said
''Organic
production has a very huge national and international market today and only
North East India has the potential to meet this demand through organised
production'', Badal said at the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Exclusive
Interactive Session here.
''I am
happy to inform you the North East Food Processing Industry is part of Prime
Minister Modi's 'Make In India' mission'', she said.
Badal
said this was her maiden visit to the North East and ''I am here to hear from
the industry captains, entrepreneurs, growers of the food processing and allied
sector and address their issues''.
''I
was surprised to find very little utilization of funds when I took charge of
the ministry but in five months I have ensured use of 50 per cent funds in a
proper way'', the minister added.
She
urged entrepreneurs to make maximum use of the National Mission on Food
Processing.
Mega
Food Parks have been conceptualized with all common infrastructure of a food
processing industry under a hub like the North East
Mega
Food park in Tihu and ''our Government plans to set up food park in all the
districts in next five years'', Badal said.
She
also expressed concern on food waste in India and emphasized on the need for
scientific and proper use of the infrastructure.
''Farmers
are the future of Food Processing Industry and our ministry will ensure that
food grown and produced reach consumers without wastage. This is what I call
'Khet to Thali' and we are committed to it'', she added.
NE India urged to focus on organic farming
In
an interactive session titled “Towards formulating the action agenda for the
betterment of the North Eastern Food Processing Sector “hosted by Indian
Chamber of Commerce (ICC, Union Minister for Food Processing Industries,
Harsimrat Kaur Badal said today that Northeast region should focus on producing
organic farming.
She
said, “Organic production has a very huge national and international market
today and only North-eastern region has the potential to meet this demand through
organised production. I am happy to inform you that Food Processing Industries
in the North East is part of PM Modi’s ‘Make in India’ mission.”
Badal
was on her maiden visit to the region. Calling on the entrepreneurship to make
maximum use of national mission on Food Processing, Badal said, “Mega Food Park
is conceptualized to have all common infrastructures of a food processing
industry under a hub like the North East Mega Food Park in Tihu and our
government plans to set up Food Park in all the districts in next five years.”
Raising
concern on the food waste in India, the minister emphasized on scientific and
proper use of the infrastructures like Mega Food Park and help the farmers and
growers in a right way.
She
said, “Farmers are the future of food processing industry and our ministry will
ensure food grown and produced reaches the consumers without wastage that is
what I call ‘Khet to Thali’ and we are committed to it.”
Badal
too met the State Mission Directors of the North Eastern Region on the progress
of the projects under NMPI. J P Meena Additional Secretary MoFPI addressed and
made a detailed presentation on NMPI schemes for North East.
Food processing sector in North-East part of PM’s Make in India: Badal
Food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal informed
the invitees at an interactive session titled ‘Towards formulating the action
agenda for the betterment of the North-Eastern food processing sector’ that
food processing industries in the north-east were a part of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s Make in India mission.
The session took place in Guwahati on Tuesday, and was organised
by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The minister said that organic
production had a very huge demand in both the national and international
markets, adding that only the north-eastern states had the potential to meet
this demand through organised production.
“This is my maiden visit to the north-east, and I must thank ICC,
the most proactive chamber in eastern India, for facilitating thisexclusive
interactive session with you this afternoon. I am here to hear from the
industry captains, entrepreneurs, growers and entrepreneurs of the food
processing and allied sector and address the issues,” Badal said.
“I was surprised to see very little utilisation when I took over
the ministry. In the past five months, I have ensured the use of 50 percent
funds in a proper way,” she added. Calling on entrepreneurs to make the maximum
use of the National Mission on Food
Processing (NMFP), Badal said, “Mega food parks have been
conceptualised to have all the facilities of a food processing industry under
one hub.”
“One of them is the North-East Mega Food Park in Tihu. Our
government plans to set up food parks in all the districts over the next five
years,” she added. Expressing her concern about the fact that the food wasted
in India is almost equivalent to the consumption in the United Kingdom, she
emphasised on the scientific and proper use of such facilities as mega food
parks and help the farmers and growers in a right way.
Badal said, “Farmers are the future of the food processing
industry. Our ministry would ensure that the food grown and produced reaches
the consumers without wastage. That is what I call khet to thali (farm to
plate), and we are committed to it.” Earlier she met the mission directors of
the north-eastern states to discuss the progress of the projects undertaken
under the National Food Processing Mission schemes.
J P Meena, additional secretary, Ministry of Food Processing
Industries (MoFPI), made a detailed presentation on NMFP schemes for the
north-east. Sanjay Budhia, past president, ICC, delivered the welcome address,
and Reedhima Thackkar, chairperson, Agro and Food Committee, delivered the
keynote address.
Food processing part of PM's 'Make in India' mission
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Trust of India Guwahati,
November 11 2014: The North East's Food Processing sector was a part of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' mission, Union Food Processing
Industries Minister Harsmirat Kaur Badal today said. "Organic production
has a very huge national and international market today and only North East
India has the potential to meet this demand through organised production",
Badal said at the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Exclusive Interactive
Session here. "I am happy to inform you the North East Food Processing
Industry is part of Prime Minister Modi's 'Make In India' mission”, she said.
Badal said this was her maiden visit to the North East and "I am here to
hear from the industry captains, entrepreneurs, growers of the food processing
and allied sector and address their issues". "I was surprised to find
very little utilization of funds when I took charge of the ministry but in five
months I have ensured use of 50 per cent funds in a proper way", the
minister added. She urged entrepreneurs to make maximum use of the National
Mission on Food Processing.
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