New Delhi: Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday assumed charge as the Minister of Food Processing Industries in Panchsheel Bhawan. The additional charge was given to Tomar after resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal over the contentious farm bills.
The Minister was welcomed by Rameswar Teli, MoS, FPI and Pushpa Subrahmanyam, Secretary, FPI. Senior officials of the ministry were also present. The Minister met all the senior officials and reviewed the schemes of the ministry.
Tomar is currently holding the charge of the Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Minister of Rural Development, and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Speaking on the occasion, Tomar said that Food processing Industry is in the growing stages and MoFPI is making all efforts and contributing towards creation of new opportunities of employment for youth, bringing profits to farmers by offering remunerative prices to them, making the goods available for its consumers, etc.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has a clear goal of attaining these objectives by facilitating and acting as a catalyst to attract quality investments from within India and abroad into this sector with the aim of making food processing a national initiative, he added.
The Ministry aims to enhance farmers' income by better utilisation and value addition of agricultural produce and minimise wastage at all stages in the food processing chain by the development of infrastructure for storage, transportation and processing of agro-food produce.
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