Year End Review 2024 – Achievements & Initiatives of Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Year End Review 2024 – Achievements & Initiatives of Ministry of Food Processing Industries
The food processing sector plays an important role in increasing farm income and creating off-farm jobs, reducing post-harvest losses in agriculture and allied sector production through on- and off-farm investments in preservation and processing infrastructure. Accordingly, Ministry of Food Processing Industries has undertaken several initiatives to give impetus to development of food processing sector in the country and has made significant achievements in its schemes during the year of 2024.
The notable achievements over past year are as follows: –
Other remarkable achievements over past year are as follows: –
Government of India has allocated B.E. of Rs. 3290.00 Crore to Ministry for development of Food Processing Sector in the Year 2024-25, which marks an increase of about 30.19 % from Revised Estimate (R.E.) of Rs. 2527.06 Crore in 2023-24.
17 Proposals of marketing and branding have been approved including 2 National Level Proposals (NAFED Phase 1 and Phase 2) and 15 State Level Proposals.
4. Ministry has provided financial assistance and logo support to various eligible organizations for organizing seminar, workshop, conference, exhibitions etc. across the country to create awareness among various stakeholders on schemes of the Ministry and to encourage investment for the development of food processing sector. Total 74 events have been organized in districts viz. Mumbai (Maharashtra), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Siliguri (West Bengal), Kohima (Nagaland), Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Delhi, Mon (Nagaland), Jamnagar (Gujarat), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Perambalur (Tamil Nadu), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Guwahati (Assam), Hyderabad (Telangana), Kochi (Kerala), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Agartala (Tripura), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Aizawl (Mizoram), Patna (Bihar), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Kolkata (West Bengal), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Ludhiana (Punjab), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Shillong (Meghalaya), Rayagada (Odisha), Ukhrul (Manipur), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Gaya (Bihar), Unjha (Gujarat), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Rajkot (Gujarat), Silchar (Assam), Gangtok (Sikkim), Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Pune (Maharashtra).
5. Activities/Achievements under “World Food India-2024”-
- Increase in sectoral assistance through Ministry budget-