Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a new advisory on 11th December, 2012 relating to sale of new or existing proprietary food products. As per Section- 22 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSSA), “no person shall manufacture, distribute, sell or import any novel food, genetically modified articles of

To implement various Schemes for promotion and development of Food Processing Sector, the Government has made a plan allocation of Rs. 5990 crore during the XII Plan.
The Government had launched a Centrally Sponsored Scheme – National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) during 2012-13, the first year of the XII Five Year Plan. The major programmes/Schemes

In order to assist the entrepreneurs and agro-processing industries, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MFPI) implemented the Scheme for Technology Upgradation/ Establishment/Modernization of Food Processing Industries during 11th Plan. The Scheme is specifically aimed at creation of new processing capacity and up-gradation of existing processing capabilities for various sectors like Milk, Fruit & Vegetables, Meat,

As per National Account Statistics (NAS) data, food processing industries generated output worth Rs. 6,66,662 crore in 2010-11. It was Rs. 6,02,477 crore in 2009-10, Rs. 5,46,050 crore in 2008-09 and Rs. 4,74,580 crore in 2007-08. The annual growth rate of production by food processing industries in 2010-11 is 10.7%.
This information was given in Lok

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MFPI), with an intention to make concerned efforts for growth and development of food processing sector, is encouraging State Governments to frame Food Processing Policies aiming at creating rural infrastructure, raising level of food processing, generating farm level employment and over all enabling environment keeping in view the requirements of

The stock position of foodgrains in the Central Pool as on 1.2.2013 was 661.93 lakh tons comprising of 308.09 lakh tons of wheat and 353.84 lakh tons of rice. Government of India makes allocation of foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) on the basis of 1993-94 poverty estimates of Planning Commission and March 2000

India is likely to produce 250.14 million tonnes of foodgrains during 2012-13 (includes kharif 2012 and rabi crops in the field at present). This, despite a drop of 7 million tonnes in production during kharif, owing to erratic monsoons.

As per the second advance estimates of crop production released today by

Union Minister of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Shri Sharad Pawar today informed Members of Parliament that in order to attain the projected demand of 280 million tonnes of food grains by the year 2020-21, farm power availability in the country has to be scaled up to at least 2.0 Kw/ha by the end of

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries in coordination with Small Farmers` Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) under Ministry of Agriculture is implementing Mini Mission-IV under Horticulture Mission for North-East & Himalayan States. Under the Mini Mission-IV component of this scheme, assistance at higher rates i.e. @ 50% upto Rs. 4 crore for setting up of new food

If there is one sector that has been growing faster than agriculture as well as manufacturing sectors, has the potential to create jobs in the rural areas, bridge the gap between the price paid by the consumer and that received by the farmer and create value addition and earn foreign exchange by export of value-added