Model Food Processing Policy

With the release of National Food Processing Policy, India is ushering in an era of Zero Tolerance towards- Post-Harvest Wastage, Delays in Commissioning of Food Processing Projects, and Delays in obtaining Licenses/Statutory Clearances for Food Processing.

The focus of this policy is on building India’s National Food Grid and National Cold Chain Grid and creating Retail Markets in every corner of the country.

Objectives: To reduce wastages, increase value addition, ensure better prices for farmers while ensuring availability of affordable and quality produce to consumers

• To address the challenges of malnourishment and malnutrition by ensuring availability of nutritionally balanced foods
• To make food processing more competitive and future ready through creation of adequate infrastructure facilities along the supply chain, use of modern technology and innovation, promoting traceability, food safety, encouraging optimum capacity utilization of assets and resources
• To position India as the most preferred investment destination for the agribusiness and food processing.
• To generate more opportunities for the development of the agribusiness and food processing industry, and create employment.