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aking forward its agenda of promoting Lucknow as a major industrial hub, Uttar Pradesh has planned a Mega Food Park spread over 100 acres in the state capital. The land is available with the government and the project cost is estimated at over Rs 150 crore. This would be the third major project
planned in Lucknow after two IT enclaves, namely 'IT City' and 'IT Park' spread over 100 acres and 25 acres respectively. UP Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) Anil Kumar Gupta said 50-60 companies had already applied for setting up units at the proposed Mega Food Park. The project would be set up under the union food processing ministry scheme, wherein the central government would provide incentive. “This matter had been caught in some legal and bureaucratic issues, which we are confident will be resolved by month end,” Gupta informed at an interactive session with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He informed the state government had urged the Centre to allow for second lease by the UP State Industrial
Development Corporation (UPSIDC) for the food processing infrastructure. Industry had long been demanding setting up of food parks in UP for increasing farm income and adding value to agricultural produce. The state has a huge potential of food processing and exports due to high production in both foodgrains and horticulture, including potato, sugarcane, wheat, rice and vegetables. Mega Food Parks could be established for any segment such as fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat/poultry and wine or it could combine different segments. Such units would provide backward and forward linkages covering the entire food processing value chain and implement best practices in post harvest management. According to an official estimate, India would need an investment of almost Rs
1,00,000 crore in food processing to raise its percentage to 25 per cent of the total agricultural produce annually. Experts believe that the 2nd Green Revolution will not be successful unless the imperatives of post harvest management and value addition mechanism in agriculture were adopted. The percentage of food processing industry is as high as 80-85 per cent in developed economies vis-à-vis under 10 per cent in India. Even Thailand and Philippines had benefited much due to their robust food processing infrastructure. Northern states in general have been lax in encouraging investment in food processing industry. The previous Mayawati regime in UP had also not actively sought any central aid in boosting food processing.
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