Set up for dal processing and fruit & vegetable processing
The first Common Incubation Centre under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme was recently inaugurated by Thiru. P. Moorthy, Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration, Government of Tamil Nadu, Thiru. T. M. Anbarasan, Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of Tamil Nadu and Thiru. M. R. K. Panneerselvam, Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu at Krishi Vigyan Kendra Madurai, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. The Common Incubation Centre has been set up for dal processing and fruit & vegetable processing.
The inauguration took place during the two-day ‘Millet Fair cum Exhibition’ in Madurai, Tamil Nadu which was held from 6-7 March, 2023. The event was organised as part of the Millet Mahotsav series, in collaboration with the Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business, Government of Tamil Nadu.
The two-day event was aimed at providing the micro food processing enterprises with a platform to interact with leading industry players through B2B and B2C interactions organised during the Buyer Seller Meet.
17 millet-based brands were launched to encourage micro food processing enterprises to venture into the domain of millet processing. Additionally, a book on Millets by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University was also launched during the event.
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