World Food India 2017

Ensuring food safety is a public health priority and an essential step towards achieving food security

With agriculture being the backbone of the food processing sector, minister Radha Mohan Singh today called upon investors both global and Indian to leverage opportunities in the country's farm, dairy, poultry and fisheries sectors.The industry on its part responded by highlighting the challenges it faces including a high GST rate for some items and high cost of funds in comparison to agriculture, but assured that it is willing to partner with the government to ensure that the sector grows at a fast clip."...the world is eager to study and adapt our growth strategy and the government is implementing various schemes to promote these sectors in order to double farmers' income by 2022," Singh said at the World Food India 2017 event here.He added that India has moved ahead from a country facing food shortages to becoming a food exporter.He said there are investment opportunities here as India is the world's largest milk producer, second largest fruits and vegetable producer, third in the ..

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Yoga guru Ramdev Baba put crowning 'tadka' in the dish which was steam-cooked in a giant wok weighing around 1,200 kg

In investments, PepsiCo led the pack with a commitment worth Rs 13,340 cr, followed by rival Coca-Cola (Rs 11,000 cr)