Government to set-up 250 small agro-processing clusters pan India

03 Jun 2016 Evaluate

The government plans to set up 250 small agro-processing clusters across the country at an estimated cost of over Rs 5,000 crore. As per information provided by Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the government will provide subsidy of up to Rs 5 crore per cluster and each cluster will require an investment of nearly Rs 20 crore. The Food Processing Ministry will invite expressions of interest from both public and private players.

The setting up of agro-processing clusters will help take processing at doorstep of the farmers so that their income can be raised. The wastages can also be reduced at the same time which will help in checking the rise in prices.

The Ministry expects that the addition of new processing capacity will reduce wastage of fruits and vegetables worth Rs 9,000 crore per annum because the same value of these commodities can now be processed.


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