- Ravneet Singh Bittu; Minister of State, Ministry of Food Processing Industries
India rama food processing sector hmasawnna hi , Viksit Bharat(Developed India) -a hmasawnna kan entirna pui ber pawl a ni a. Economy-a thawhhlawk mai ni tawh lovin, he sector hi India hmasawnna chanchin lungphum atan chak takin a inthlak chho mek a ni. Hon’ble Prime Minister kaihhruaina visionary hnuaiah chuan policy, hmalakna leh infrastructure hmasawnna te inzawmkhawm thiam tak chuan he sector hi sang tharah a hruai a, khawvel pum huapa chakna hlauhawm takah a chantir ta a ni. Tunah hian India hian economy ṭhang chak tak, USD tluklehdingawn 3.7 man a nei tih a chhuang a, kum 2047-a ram zalenna kum zabi khat tlin hunah chuan USD tluklehdingawn 30-35 economy thlen theihna tur thil tum lian tak a nei a ni.
India ram inthlak danglamna bulpui ber chu agro-climatic diversity hautak tak a ni a, hei hian kan loneitute chu thlai chi hrang hrang mak tak tak chin theihna a pe a ni. Khawvel pum huapa pulses, millets, milk, wheat, rice, leh thei leh thlai chi hrang hrang siam chhuahna lama hmahruaitu a nih angin India hian value addition atana resource base danglam bik a nei a ni. He agriculture tamna hi kan loneitu taima tak takte uluk taka enkawl hian thil thar leh entrepreneurship thlipui a siam a, food processing sector hlawhtling tak a siam a ni.
He sector hi India ram economy hmasawnna lungphum a lo ni ta a, hnathawhna siamna, technology lama hmasawnna, leh market opportunity thar siamna hmanga hmasawnna a thlen a ni. India hian khawvel economy sang ber ber zingah hnathawk tam ber leh naupang ber a nih thu a chhuang bawk a, hei hian he inthlak danglamna chak tak hi a tichak zual hle. Processing technology hmasawn tak takte hmang tangkaiin, he industry hian buh seng hnua hloh zat tihtlem te, thil siam chhuah hun chhung pawhsei te, loneitute’n an thawhrimna avanga hlawkna tha zawk an hmuh theihna tura hmalaknaah te a thawhhlawk hle a ni.
India rama food processing sector a lo thang zel a, international quality standard a tlin mai bakah khawvel pum huapa consumer-te duh zawng leh duhdan danglam rengte phuhruk turin a thil thar hrang hrang a siam bawk. Chutiang chuan agriculture leh ei leh in siamna inzawmna nghet tak chu sum leh pai lama hmasawnna engine chak tak a lo ni ta a ni. Kan loneitute leh agriculture-te’n hnam hmalam hun siam tura an chanvo pawimawh tak chu a tarlang a, India rama loneih thil tharte chu khawvel hmun hrang hrangah hlutna leh quality tihsan a nih theih nan a enkawl a ni. He inzawmna hmang hian, hnathawktu nung leh thalai tak takte thlawpna hmang hian, India ram hmalam hun hlim leh nghet tak lam pan tura inpeih, khawvel pum huapa inelna nei thei sector lo piang chhuak kan hmu a ni.
COVID-19 hri leng kha he sector hi nasa takin sawi danglam mahse, a hlawhtlinna ropui tak a pholang a, processed foods mamawhna sang zel nen rang takin a insiamrem thei a ni. Ready-to-eat, ready-to-cook, leh value-added products lama inthlak zauh zauh hian ei leh in lama harsatna leh ei leh in lama he sector-in a chanvo pawimawh tak a neih thu a sawi uar hle. India rama ei leh in leh nutritional security lama harsatna awmte sutkian nan food processing sector chak tak a pawimawh hle a, awlsamna, shelf life rei zawk leh hmun hla zawka kal theihna tur kawng tha zawk a awm a ni. Loneitute tan thil man tihhlawhtlinna tha zawk a siam bawk a, market opportunity a tipung bawk a, GDP-ah nghawng lian tak a nei a, eizawnna a pui bawk.
A hmasa berah chuan Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) a awm a, PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) ang chi flagship programme-te chu a hlawhtlinpui a ni. He hmalakna hian infrastructure hmasawnna tak tak siamin, farm gate atanga retail thlenga supply chain management tihchangtlunna hmangin he sector hi a in thlak danglam mek a ni. Heng hmalaknate hi tihlawhtlingtuin, PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme hian technology tihchangtlunna, theihna tihpun, leh marketing lama puihna hmangin micro food processing unit te hmasawnna a tichak a ni. Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLIS) hian ram chhunga thil siamchhuah leh export lama hmasawnna a tichak zual a, incremental sales nena inzawm sum lama lawmman a pe a ni. Tin, NABARD hnuaia Special Infrastructure Fund INR 2000 crore hian sector infrastructure tihchakna kawngah hmun pawimawh tak a chang a ni.He coordinated approach hian food processing industry leh a kaihhnawih sector-te chawisang tura ruahmanna zau tak a tarlang a, hmasawnna nghet, inzawmkhawm, leh hmalam hun thlir thei tur a ni kawng.
India economy thang chak tak leh demographic dividend hian food processing sector tan hmun sang thar a thlen theihna tur hun remchang danglam tak leh a hmaa a la awm ngai loh a siam a ni. Sorkar-in hmalam hun thlir chunga sumdawnna lama hmasawnna tur a siam, strategic tax incentives, ease of doing business hmalakna tihchangtlun, leh infrastructure tihhmasawn nasa tak te hian investment leh growth atana boruak puitling tak a siam a ni. He supportive landscape hian khawvel ngaihven a hlawh mai bakah India chu food processing industry-a thil thar siam leh tihpunna hmunpui (dynamic hub)-ah a dah bawk.
Kum 2023-a edition hmasa hlawhtlinna ropui tak hnuah Ministry chuan World Food India 3rd edition chu 19th atanga 22nd September 2024 thleng a buatsaih dawn a, he hunah hian food industry kawng tinrenga stakeholder-te chu an inkhawm ang a, ngaihdan inthlengin, hun remchang an dap ang , leh he sector pawimawh tak hmasawnna zawng zawngah hian an thawhhlawk hle. Khawvel pum huapa ei leh in ecosystem hrang hranga thil siamtu, thil siamtu, investor, policy siamtu leh pawl hrang hrangte inkhawmna chi khat a ni ang.
World Food India 2024 hi stakeholder-te inkhawmna hmun a ni a, thil thar zawn chhuahna, thawhhona siam leh ei leh in hmalam hun nghet tak neih theihna tur kawng siamna hmun a ni. Kan hmaa hun remchang awmte chu hmang tangkaiin, value chain huam chhunga stakeholder zawng zawngte hlawkna tur ei leh in kalphung hlawhtling zawk leh chhe thei lo zawk lam pan ila.In this moment of convergence, we are not merely advancing an industry, embracing a shared vision of a future thil thar siamna, chhunzawm zelna leh hausakna hian kan hnam kil tin a chawisang a ni.