Food processing sector to treble in coming years: Minister
The Dollar Business Bureau The food processing sector in India is likely to treble in the coming years due to higher economic growth and the initiatives taken like the 100% FDI in marketing of food items taken by the Government, Harsimrat Kaur Badal said yesterday at an event. She was speaking at an industry event, when she said that presently the size of India’s food processing industry is about 1.5 lakh crore. This will treble in the coming years. Retailers, processors ad manufacturers will be the key drivers for facilitating the growth story she said. Kaur also said that her ministry is facilitating the ease of doing business and creating investor-friendly policies and schemes to give a fillip to the food sector. "Indian food ...