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Monday 16 November 2015

Indian State of Telangana to benefit from Centre's Mega Food Parks

As part of its Mega Food Park Scheme, The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India has laid the foundation stone of the first Mega Food Park in the newly formed State of Telangana
at Nizamabad. The Ministry has also sanctioned two more Mega Food Parks to be set-up in Khammam & Mahboobnagar districts of Telangana.

The Ministry is focusing on boosting the Food Processing Sector so that agriculture sector grows exponentially and becomes the engine of growth to drive the “Make in India” initiative of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

Keen on the creation of modern infrastructure for food processing and encouraging private investment, the Ministry is planning to create a value chain from the farm to the market with strong forward and backward linkages through a cluster-based approach.

The first Mega Food Park in Telangana promoted by M/s Smart Agro Food Park Pvt. Ltd; will be set up with the project cost of Rs. 108.95 crore in an area of 78 acres. The Mega Food Park will have strong backward linkage and three Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) will be set up at Medchal, Medak and Nalgonda. On completion, the park will have facilities of 5000 MT Multi Commodity Cold Storage, 5000 MT Raw Material Warehouse, 5000 MT Finished Good Warehouse, 5000 MT Grain Silos, 500 MT Deep Freeze, 20 MT/day Turmeric Processing Facility and modern food testing lab.

The Park is expected to provide direct and indirect employment to about 6000 people and benefit about 30,000 farmers in its catchment area.