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New Delhi : 28 projects with project cost of Rs 320.33 crore, supported with a grant of Rs 107.42 crore by MoFPI, were approved under the Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) Scheme by the Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee (IMAC) meeting chaired by Union Minister, FPI, Narendra Singh Tomar. These projects spread over 10 states are likely to generate employment for nearly 10,000 people.
Union Agriculture and FPI Minister Narendra Singh Tomar chaired the IMAC meeting through video conference to consider projects under the Scheme of Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (Unit Scheme) under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) for necessary Grants-in-aid. Rameswar Teli, MoS FPI, was also present atthe meeting. Promoters of the scheme attended the meeting virtually, according to a PIB release.
These 28 projects will create a processing capacity of 1,237 MT daily and are spread across the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharastra, J&K, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam, and Manipur. The 28 projects include 6 projects of north Eastern states with project costs of Rs 48.87 crore supported with a grant of Rs 20.35 Crores by MoFPI.