Centre Drawing Up New Plan To Push Exports Of Farm Goods & Processed Foods

New Delhi: The govt is dedicated to decreasing logistical limitations and adorning marketplace get admission to for Indian agri and processed meals merchandise, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal stated at a high-level Chintan Shivir, organised via the Agricultural & Processed Food Products Authority (APEDA) right here on Sunday. 

In his cope with, Barthwal identified that “Academia and research institutions must be a part of multisectoral consultations so that research and development can be a major focus for innovation and sustainability in agri exports”.

He emphasized that agricultural manufacturing and productiveness are each the will of the hour and reaffirmed the ministry’s dedication to additional planned at the concepts and techniques mentioned all the way through the classes.

The consultative discussion introduced in combination senior officers from the Union govt, Central Ministries, representatives from state governments, coverage professionals, trade leaders from agri commerce and processed meals sector to planned on methods for reinforcing exports.

In his opening remarks, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) Secretary, Subrata Gupta, highlighted the significance of infrastructure construction and cost addition to verify sustainable export expansion.

He emphasized that there’s a wish to increase infrastructure, sanitary and phytosanitary requirements at par with global norms, tariff plans and extra synergy between the Union govt, state governments, more than a few departments, and trade stakeholders. He recognized key doable merchandise and sectors for processed meals exports like alcoholic drinks, nutraceuticals and value-added merchandise.

This Chintan Shivir was once additionally attended via Special Secretary, Department of Commerce Rajesh Agrawal, Additional Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Varsha Joshi, and different senior officials of the Union and state governments, policymakers and trade leaders.

Agrawal emphasized the wish to have a extra synergetic way among more than a few stakeholders to take new agricultural, processed meals, and value-added merchandise to new geographies.

A complete of 14 states, particularly Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, participated within the high-level assembly.

Industry leaders of the agri and processed meals sectors have been represented via LT Foods, KRBL, Amul, Organic India, ITC, Meatzza, Suguna Foods, Kaybee, TPCI, Organic India, Allanasons, Fair Exports, and HMA Exports, among others, participated within the discussion.

The Shivir was once divided into 5 parallel technical breakout classes that specialize in explicit agri-trade commodities and the processed meals sector, which incorporated basmati and non-basmati rice, animal merchandise, horticulture and processed meals, in addition to natural merchandise.