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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)

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Food processing sector contributes to 5% of Agriculture gross value addition of India. Food processing sector is a labour intensive sector and ensure employment opportunities. PLI scheme for food processing: 1) Incentive for value addition in millet sector. 2) Building brand for India's agriculture product in foreign marketIncentive for marketing and promotion. Success of PLI added scheme in food processing: 1) Increased agriculture export: Agriculture use export: $ 50 billion in FY24. 2) Increased Value addition: Food processing sector prove % agriculture output.

3Employment: Establishment of food processing parks such as Patanjali in Haridwar etc. → Generate employment for millions of workers. 4) Global competitiveness: NPEDN organising buyer-seller meeting, buyer-seller meeting. Export of GI Tag product from North East India. Issues faced by food processing sector: 1) Rejecting consignment: Wheat rejected by Turkey, Masalas by EU due to residual items. 2) Limited procuring: compared to Brazil, on USA. 3) Lack of infrastructure: Cold storage infrastructure limited in few states. 4) Lack of logistic infrastructure: Delays in port clearances, lead to food wastages. 5) Lack of quality testing labs in rural areas: for ensuring quality maintainable. 6) High food wastages: FAO 25% total wastage in India.

Further Measures required: 1) Higher incentives: Cover more food programs such as spices and pulses etc. 2) Focus on Horticulture export such as almonds and litchis etc. 3) Better infrastructure: Namo KISAN Kail facility and dedicated port corridors. 4) PM Formulation of food processing sector scheme to ensure formal linkages. Thus PLI has increase food processing sector in India but more reforms and legalized for greater unlocking and export of niche sector items.

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Thus PLI has increase food processing sector in India but more reforms and legalized for greater unlocking and export of niche sector items.

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Jayant Garg

AIR 642024

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Agriculture and Food Security

Food processing

Production Linked Incentive Scheme for food processing

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