MEGA FOOD PARKS
- The scheme provides for creation of state of the art infrastructural facilities for food processing sector.
- The scheme envisages financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid at 50% of the project cost excluding land component in general areas and at 75% in North East region (NER) and difficult areas subject to a maximum of Rs.50 crore per project.
NATIONAL MISSION ON FOOD PROCESSING
- The Ministry has launched a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely National Mission on Food Processing to be implemented through state governments.
- Some of the ongoing schemes of the Ministry have been subsumed in the NMEP in addition to the newly proposed components.
- This will not only provide better outreach for the schemes of the Ministry but also allow the Ministry to focus on policy issues relating to food processing sector.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP & MANAGEMENT
- Creation of National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) is certainly the largest initiative of the Ministry in recent years.
- The institute has been set up at Sonepat, Haryana. It is an apex institution for the sector with an overarching mandate on various aspects of the food processing
INDIAN GRAPE PROCESSING BOARD
- This Board located in Pune amidst grape growing area is aimed at making Indian wine a preferred product in both domestic and foreign markets.
