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In a jam packed hall of Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated the international mega food event, ‘World Food India 2017’. While addressing the crowd, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries, termed this event as an historic step to further enhance Indian food sector.
“Today is a historic day. 7,000 stakeholders from almost 60 countries have come under one roof,” Badal said.
“Over 11 billion dollars worth of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) are to be signed over the next three days,” she added.
This mega three-day event is organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries under the guidance of Badal.
Speaking on the occasion, PM said, “I am happy to be a part of this august gathering of global leaders and decision makers of the food processing sector. I welcome you all to World Food India 2017.”
“This event will provide you a glimpse of the opportunities that await you, in India. It will showcase our potential in the food processing value chain. It will provide a platform to connect with various stakeholders, and collaborate for mutual prosperity. And, it will present to you, some of our most delightful cuisine, which has stimulated taste buds across the world,” he added.
Speaking about the India’s agriculture’s strength, Narendra Modi said that India’s strengths in agriculture, are many and diverse. The second largest arable land area, and as many as 127 diverse agro-climatic zones, give us global leadership in a number of crops like bananas, mangoes, guavas, papayas, and okra. We are second, globally, in terms of production of rice, wheat, fish, fruits and vegetables. India is also the world’s biggest milk producer. “Our horticulture sector has shown an average growth rate of 5.5 per cent annually over the last ten years”, he informed.
Badal further said that under Prime Minister Modi’s guidance, India has geared up for a revolution in the food processing sector and it was clear that the global companies were eagerly looking towards India for collaboration.
“As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and having a 1.3 billion population base, a 600 billion dollar retail sector is said to treble to 1.3 trillion by 2020 and 70 per cent of this sector in food retail. India is the third largest economy in terms of purchasing power and our demand for food is said to double over the next five years,” Badal said.
This is the first time that India is hosting such an event for the food processing sector. The event will witness specially curated experiential platform by renowned chef Sanjeev Kapoor, who will showcase Indian and foreign cuisines using Indian ingredients, flavours and fragrances.