The Government’s core focus is on foodgrains and ensuring that India emerges as a robust and self-reliant producer of foodgrains.
Keeping that in mind, New Delhi hosted the second edition of ‘World Food India 2023’ a mega food event on Friday. It was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan. During the inauguration, the Prime Minister provided Seed Capital Assistance to over one lakh Self Help Group (SHG) members, reinforcing the support for these groups.
The primary objective was to represent India as the ‘food basket of the world’ and commemorate 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
Addressing the event, the Prime Minister emphasised that the fusion of technology and culinary excellence will shape the future economy. He highlighted the pressing challenge of food security in today’s changing world and underscored the importance of World Food India 2023 in this context.
He said that in the past nine years, the sector has attracted foreign direct investments exceeding Rs 50,000 crores. The Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme in the food processing sector has greatly aided new entrants. Additionally, investments in processing infrastructure in the fisheries and animal husbandry sector, amounting to thousands of crores, were encouraged.
On the first day of World Food India 2023, a total of 16 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) and various industry entities like Mondelez, Kellog, ITC, Innobev, Nedspice, Ananda, General Mills, and Ab Inbev, among others.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, organized a Roundtable discussion on the inaugural day of World Food India 2023 . The event was co-chaired by Union Minister Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras, Ministry of Food Processing Industries and Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal , the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles. The Roundtable brought together senior government officials and CEOs from over 70 leading companies operating in the food processing and allied sectors.
The event has given a launchpad to new start-ups in the food industry. Several companies have launched their ventures at the event. One such new venture is KisaanSay, a marketing company, that offers consumers a range of packaged food products directly from the best farmer enterprises across India.
“We launched our new venture KisaanSay at the World Food India 2023. It was a wonderful platform to engage directly with customers & to interact extensively with industry leaders, during our launch. We got an overwhelming response” Shri Nitin Puri, Founder- KisaanSay.
