As many as 28 projects, with costs worth Rs 320.33 crore, supported with a grant of Rs 107.42 crore by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), were approved under the CEFPPC Scheme by the Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee (IMAC) meeting chaired by Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Narendra Singh Tomar.
These projects spread over 10 states are likely to generate employment for nearly 10,000 people.
The meeting was undertaken to consider projects under the Scheme of creation/expansion of food processing and preservation capacities (CEFPPC) (unit Scheme) under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) for necessary grants-in-aid.
These 28 projects will create a processing capacity of 1,237 tonne daily and are spread across the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam, and Manipur.
These projects include six projects of North-Eastern states with project costs of Rs 48.87 crore supported with a grant of Rs 20.35 crore by MoFPI.