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Government Of India Scheme Notes – Ministry Of Food Processing Industries – For W.B.C.S. Examination.
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1. Operation Greens
• Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has approved the
operationalisation strategy for Operation Greens.Continue Reading Government Of India Scheme Notes – Ministry Of Food Processing Industries – For W.B.C.S. Examination.
• The Strategy will comprise of a series of measures as decided by the Ministry: Short term Price Stabilisation Measures:
o (NAFED) National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of
India Ltd will be the Nodal Agency to implement price stabilisation
measures.
o MoFPI will provide 50 percent of the subsidy on transportation of
Tomato Onion Potato (TOP) Crops from production to storage; and
hiring of appropriate storage facilities for TOP Crops.
• Long Term Integrated value chain development projects:
o Capacity Building of FPOs & their consortium.
o Quality production.
o Post-harvest processing facilities.
o Agri-Logistics.
o Marketing / Consumption Points.
o Creation and Management of e-platform for demand and supply
management of TOP Crops.
• About Operation Greens:
o Operation Greens was announced in the Budget speech of 2018-19 with
an outlay of Rs 500 crores to stabilize the supply of Tomato, Onion and
Potato (TOP) crops and to ensure availability of TOP crops throughout
the country round the year without price volatility.
• Major objectives of “Operation Greens” are as under:
o Enhancing value realisation of TOP farmers by targeted interventions to
strengthen TOP production clusters and their FPOs, and
linking/connecting them with the market.
o Price stabilisation for producers and consumers by proper production
planning in the TOP clusters and introduction of dual use varieties.
o Reduction in post-harvest losses by creation of farm gate
infrastructure, development of suitable agro- logistics, creation of
appropriate storage capacity linking consumption centres.
o Increase in food processing capacities and value addition in TOP value
chain with firm linkages with production clusters.
o Setting up of a market intelligence network to collect and collate real
time data on demand and supply and price of TOP crops.
• Significance of Operation greens:
o Operation Green (OG) wants to replicate the success story of Operation
Flood, in fruits and vegetables, starting with three basic vegetables—
tomatoes, onions and potatoes (TOP).
o The main objective of OG isto reduce price volatility in these
commodities, and thereby helping farmers augment incomes on a
sustainable basis, as also provide these basic vegetables to consumers at
affordable prices.
2. Mega Food Park
• Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme in the country.
• The Scheme of Mega Food Park aims at providing a mechanism to link
agricultural production to the market by bringing together farmers, processors and retailersso asto ensure maximizing value addition, minimizing wastages, increasing farmers’ income and creating employment opportunities particularly in rural sector.
• These food parks give a major boost to the food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage at each stage of the supply chain with particular focus on perishables.
• A maximum grant of Rs.50 crore is given for setting up a MFP, in minimum 50 acres of contiguous land with only 50% contribution to the total project cost.
• Mode of operation:
o The Scheme has a cluster based approach based on a hub and spokes
model.
o It includes creation of infrastructure for primary processing and storage
near the farm in the form of Primary Processing Centres(PPCs) and
Collection Centres(CCs) and common facilities and enabling
infrastructure at Central Processing Centre (CPC).
o The PPCs are meant for functioning as a link between the producers and
processors for supply of raw material to the Central Processing Centres.
o CPC has need based core processing facilities and basic enabling
infrastructure to be used by the food processing units setup at the CPC.
The minimum area required for a CPC is 50 acres.
o The scheme is demand-driven and would facilitate food processing units
to meet environmental, safety and social standards.
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