21/02/2009

Rs 15 crore to be provided for food parks in Bihar

 

Patna, (Bihar Times): The state government has decided to provide grant of Rs 15 crore to entrepreneurs and investors interested in developing food parks in Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur as Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in Fruit and Vegetable clusters.

According to state Industries minister Dinesh Chandra Yadav, the proposed food parks would have common infrastructure and research and development. They would serve to create modern enabling infrastructure for food processing units in the state with farm to market linkages.

He said the initiatives were being made under the Bihar Food Processing Policy, 2009 to boost the agriculture sector.

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