date:Aug 08, 2019
g during 2017-18.
This, however, was contrary to the popular belief that the sector is growing at double-digit figures. Further, the ministry, in the past one decade, did not collect any data on the current situation with respect to the percentage of food processing taking place in the country.
The minister, replying to another question on scope of the development of the food processing sector, stated that the extent of food processing in the country was around 6.7 percent in 2010-11.
He said