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Policy Statement
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West Bengal Food Processing Industry Policy
To develop the Food Processing Sector, the State will endeavour to :
- augment export of both primary agricultural-horticultural produce and processed food products,
- produce and supply safe, hygienically processed balanced nutritious food to the domestic and export market,
- avoid wastage of primary agricultural-horticultural produce at all stages of production, encourage technology for up gradation and strive to create a brand image of the processed food products from West Bengal,
- create symbiotic partnership between farmers’/growers’ cooperatives/ groups with the processing industries,
- produce raw materials conducive for processing and export through integration of research and extension facilities in all sectors of raw material production,
- dovetail policies and programmes of all the Depts. of the State Government responsible for agriculture and allied activities,
- encourage investors for creation of infrastructures of common facility and marketing.
- develop human resource base through Entrepreneurship Development Programme including information, education and communication.
- provide incentive in setting up of food processing industries
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