Tomar address the CII Northern Region Food Processing Summit 2021
Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Food Processing Industries, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the 3rd edition of the Northern Zone Food Processing Summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) through video conference.
Calling for cooperation to take the benefits of the government initiatives to all the farmers, Tomar said that the Ministry of Food Processing Industries is working on these initiatives in a planned manner. He urged CII to conduct a comparative study on the available food grains and horticulture resources in the country with their processing so that the Government of India could devise a strategy to fill the gaps.
Tomar also said that the Government of India has taken several initiatives to harness the food and horticulture potential of the country to encourage investment and development in the agriculture sector as well as to provide a better environment to the existing enterprises. He added that the Government is also committed to the development of the food processing sector.
Tomar said that the Ministry of Food Processing Industries has launched the Prime Minister formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan with an aim to enhance the competitiveness of existing individual micro-enterprises in the unorganised sector. The scheme focuses on supporting groups engaged in agri-food processing such as Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs) and producer cooperatives across their value chain.