The West Bengal Government has received investment proposals worth Rs 500 crore in the food processing industry over the past year.
“The State Government has investment proposals worth Rs 500 crore in the food processing sector, including proposals for setting up food parks,” State Minister for food processing industry, Ujjwal Biswas, told reporters on Friday.
Infrastructure Subsidy
He was inaugurating the three-day international food and hospitality exhibition, Foodtech India 2012, in the city. About 75 companies, including some international brands, are participating in the exhibition.
Entrepreneurship training
The minister said the Government would offer a subsidy of up to Rs 50 lakh to develop infrastructure for the bakery industry.
According to him, plans are on to kick-off an entrepreneurship training programme for the micro and small food processing enterprises.
“We are prepared to start this training in 100 blocks as a pilot project,” Biswas said.