The objectives of this policy are: To make Rajasthan a destination for investors and processors, both global and domestic; To evolve strategies to strengthen the marketing infrastructure through improvement of density of regulated market yards equipped with grading, cleaning and packaging facilities, market information and auction systems in which private sector investment will be encouraged; Cre

The Draft Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2009
have been prepared in consultation with various stake holders and after through deliberations in a series of meetings in the Food Safety Standards Authority of India. These Rules include qualification of the enforcement

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BHUBANESWAR: If things go as planned, Orissa prisons may show the way in organic farming.

In fact, the open air jail at Jamujhari, which boasts of 111 acre farm land, already is into organic farming.

APEDA chairman Asit Tripathy addressing stakeholders at a training programme on the soon to be launched Traceability system for organic products, in B

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Mumbai: With the global economy beginning to perk-up, India's food processing industry is expected to benefit from this and grow to around $260-billion from the present USD 200-billion in the next 6-years, an industry expert said.

BHUBANESWAR: Industries Minister Raghunath Mohanty has demanded that a wing of the Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI) should be set up here for dissemination of technology information among the prospective entrepreneurs.

Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday called for the rationalisation and simplification of tax structure for the food processing industry that has the potential to transform rural economy.

Lamenting high level of wastage and very low value addition in farm products in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for rationalisation of tax structure for the food processing industry

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