Anand likely to get mega food park: Sahai

The land of white revolution, Anand district in Gujarat, is likely to get a mega food park over the next few months, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai said here today.

Sahai also announced that Central Gujarat comprising districts of Anand, Kheda, Nadiad, Valsad and Navsari would be declared as a food processing corridor to focus investments in the region.

The union minister was speaking at a function organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), CII and Ministry of Food Processing Industries to highlight the investment opportunities in the food processing sector. Speaking on the occasion Sahai said, “Anand in Gujarat is likely to get a mega food park. I could visit in next 3-4 months for inaugurating this park.”

The centre releases fund of Rs 50 crore for development of such mega food parks. The union Ministry of Food Processing Industries is promoting such parks to boost country's growing food processing sector.

The scheme is expected to facilitate achievement of Vision 2015 of the Ministry to raise processing of perishables in the country from the existing 6 per cent to 20 per cent, value addition from 20 per cent to 35 per cent and the share in global food trade from 1.5 per cent to 3 per cent by the year 2015.