Govt unveils scheme for food irradiation units

Enhancing Supplychain

♦ India suffers food loss of Rs1.53 lakh cr ($18.5 bn) annually

♦ Increasing vegetable production, supply chains

♦ Promoting Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), cooperatives and start-ups

New Delhi: The Ministry of Food Processing Industries on Friday invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from prospective entrepreneurs for setting up multiproduct food irradiation units under the Centre’s Integrated Cold Chain scheme announced in the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23. The ministry said that financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid and subsidies will be provided to the eligible projects under the demand-driven Cold Chain scheme. The Ministry of Food Processing has been quick off the blocks in starting the implementation of the scheme, which is aimed at reducing post-harvest losses in the agriculture sector and creating more jobs and incomes in the MSME sector.

The entities are required to submit their proposals online only at https://www.sampada-mofpi.gov.in/ with relevant details (under appropriate headings) under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana.