Food Processing Industry in India
📊 High-Yield Data & Statistical Fact Sheet
| Global Standing | - India ranks 5th globally in food production, consumption, and processed food exports. |
| FDI Automatic Route (100%) | - Permitted for food processing manufacturing units. |
| FDI Government Route (100%) | - Permitted for retail trading (including e-commerce) of domestically produced food products. |
| Perishable Wastage Gap | - Horticulture & marine supply chain wastage stands at ~30% due to farm-gate cold chain deficits. |
| FSSAI Regulator | - Established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. |
1. STRUTTING STAGES & TECHNOLOGICAL VALUE-ADD
| Primary Processing Stage | - Cleaning, grading, sorting, hulling, milling without changing chemical structure. |
| Secondary Processing Stage | - Physical/chemical transformation into complex foods (baking, oil pressing, cheese fermenting). |
| Food Irradiation (Cobalt-60) | - Exposes food to ionizing gamma radiation to sterilize microbes, destroy pathogens, inhibit sprouting (onions/potatoes), and delay ripening without heat. |
2. NITI LEASING, CORPORATE SCHEMES & NIFTEM
| APEDA Nodal Agency | - Functions under Ministry of Commerce & Industry to promote processed food exports. |
| PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana | - Umbrella scheme providing farm-gate-to-retail supply chain infrastructure (Mega Food Parks, cold chains, agro-processing clusters). |
| PMFME Scheme | - Targeting formalization of 2 Lakh micro-units under "Vocal for Local" with credit-linked subsidies. |
| NIFTEM & IIFPT | - Declared Institutions of National Importance for food tech R&D and quality standards. |