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Its primary function is to promote the export and development of agricultural and processed food products in India. It also monitors the import of sugar. APEDA also functions as the secretariat to the National Accreditation Board (NAB) for the implementation of accreditation of the certification bodies under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) for organic exports.
The bill aimed at granting Institute of National Importance (INI) status to NIFTEM - Kundli and NIFTEM - Thanjavur (formerly Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT)), thus granting them more financial and academic autonomy. [9] The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 15 March 2021 and by the Lok Sabha on 26 July 2021. [10]
The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 15 March 2021 and by the Lok Sabha on 26 July 2021, [12] The National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021 was published in the Gazette of India on 30 July 2021 [13] and the name of IIFPT has been changed to National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and ...
Its purpose was to increase processing of perishables from 6% to 20% and to increase India's share in global food trade by at least 3% up to year 2015. According to an estimate, [ 2 ] the Indian food industry was to grow from $200 million USD to $310 million USD in 2015 by this plan.
The standards have been in force since 1955 by the law of Fruit Products Order, after which the mark is named, [3] [4] but the mark itself got a mandatory status only after the Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006. [5] A FPO license is, in fact, necessary to start a fruit processing industry in India. [6]
Minister of Food Processing Industries 10 Chaman Lal Gupta (1934–2021) MP for Udhampur (MoS, I/C) 1 September 2001 1 July 2002 303 days: Bharatiya Janata Party: Vajpayee III: Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 11 N. T. Shanmugam (born 1947) MP for Vellore (MoS, I/C) 1 July 2002 15 January 2004 1 year, 198 days: Pattali Makkal Katchi – Atal Bihari ...
Rice production in India is an important part of the economy of India. [1] Dry paddy fields in South India Mature rice, Thrissur, Kerala. India is the world's second-largest producer of rice, and the largest exporter of rice in the world. [2] Production increased from 53.6 million tons in FY 1980 [1] to 120 million tons in FY2020-21. [3] Paddy ...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory body under the administration of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.It regulates the manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, and import of food articles, while also establishing standards to ensure food safety. [4]