Prahlad Singh Patel: Govt decreasing compliances in meals processing sector: Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel

“The federal government is totally dedicated to supporting the business and discover options to the issues. We additionally have to additional simplify the prevailing schemes by eradicating the bottlenecks and business will play a crucial function on this,” he stated.

The federal government’s focus is on decreasing compliances to assist the business and the sector, he stated.

To spice up the sector, he stated, the federal government has already stepped up incubation centres to assist the business and innovation.

The federal government is taking steady steps to enhance the meals processing sector, together with the introduction of a PLI scheme for the sector, he acknowledged.

He additional stated the federal government is taking measures to not solely cater to the home markets but additionally to world demand for processed meals.

The Indian meals processing sector would be the spine in reaching the USD 5 trillion economic system goal.

“There’s a have to additional strengthen the belief within the customers for processed meals and the federal government together with business must work in the direction of it,” the minister added.

The Indian meals processing business performed an essential function throughout Covid-19, former secretary of Meals Precessing Business Siraj Hussain, who was current on the event, stated.

He additionally careworn bettering and making a marketplace for the first meals processing market.

“Except we encourage the first meals processing market, we won’t be able to determine a direct linkage of the meals processing sector with the farmers,” he added.