To what extent has the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for the food processing industry facilitated value addition, employment generation, and global competitiveness in India's food processing industry? (Answer in 250 words)

Role in facilitating Value addition: AVE Advantages: (1) Past Production Missed linkages (2) Exposure from outside (3) R & D in EPI (4) Increased Budget to increase quality of EPI SVE (Dis-advantages): (1) R & D insignificant only (0.5%) of agri GDP. (2) Capacity Building lactose ensures farmers (3) Too much focus on HNV products have reduced diversity in food products

Employment Generation: PVE: (1) Women empowerment (2) Swift from agri to manufacturing (3) Formal job integration (as per EPFO, registration have shifted from GICWC to 120 crore is 5 years) Global Competitiveness: PVE: (1) PLZ members production with export promotion and credit guarantee. (2) has given boost to industries like livestock & fisheries. (3) Horticulture has seen a boom with 30% contribution to Agriculture GDP through collaboration with schemes like CHAIMAN, SAPH, IMIDH, National Horticulture Mission leads to export of fruits upto America. NVE: (1) Quality control: Organic fruit production and vegetables upt uptake with global standards. (2) Certification: IP FTO have lost earned certification compliance thus automatically improves at 'Happen'. (3) Promotion & Marketing: To make the output be presented to the consumer, with an aim to make HFJ contribute to 25% of GDP, museum of PLZ seeming in EPI is crucial.

Horticulture has seen a boom with 30% contribution to Agriculture GDP through collaboration with schemes like CHAIMAN, SAPH, IMIDH, National Horticulture Mission. leads to export of fruits upto America. NVE: (1) Quality control: Organic fruit production and vegetables upt uptake with global standards. (2) Certification: IP FTO have lost earned certification compliance thus automatically improves at 'Happen'. (3) Promotion & Marketing: To make the output be presented to the consumer, with an aim to make HFJ contribute to 25% of GDP, museum of PLZ seeming in EPI is crucial.