State’s 3rd mega food park opens in Phagwara

After Fazilka and Ludhiana, Punjab has a third mega food park at Phagwara. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Rameswar Teli virtually inaugurated Sukhjit Mega Food Park and Infra Ltd.

Set up at an investment of Rs 135 crore in Phagwara, Sukhjit Mega Food Park and Infra Ltd will create a huge demand for maize and would also give impetus to food processing industries.

The food park has a cold store and IQF facilities, multi-vegetable processing line, deep freezers, silos, dry warehousing facility, sorting grading facility, etc. 

About Mega Food Parks scheme:

Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme in the country since 2008.

It aims at providing a mechanism to link agricultural production to the market by bringing together farmers, processors and retailers.
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.
Funding: 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:

The Scheme has a cluster based approach based on a hub and spokes model.

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).