To commemorate 75 years of India’s independence, the Government of India is celebrating the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.’ As a part of the celebration, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) organised ‘Food Processing Week 2.0’ from 25th to 30th April, 2022 under ‘Kisan Bhagidari, Prathmikta Hamari’ Campaign by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare under the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

In this direction, Union Minister for M/o Food Processing Industries, Pashupati Kumar Paras virtually inaugurated 75 food processing projects of Central Sector Scheme – Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana in New Delhi.

The total cost of these projects is about Rs.1238 crores, and the Ministry has provided financial support through grant of Rs. 309 crores for these projects. These projects will provide direct and indirect employment to about 36,000 people and benefit about 4 lakh 63 thousand farmers.

Paras thanked the promoters of these projects for developing state-of-the-art processing facilities, which will prove to be a milestone in the development of the food processing sector and will greatly benefit the farmers, producers, processors and consumers of the surrounding areas. He also mentioned that as a result of growing urbanization and middle class, there is a constant demand for nutritious processed foods and food processing has the potential to transform India’s rural economy.