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The '''Ministry of Food Processing Industries''' ('''MOFPI''') is a ministry of the [[Government of India]] responsible for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to food processing in India. The ministry was set up in the year 1947, with a view to develop a strong and vibrant food processing industry, to create increased employment in rural sector and enable farmers to reap the benefits of modern technology and to create a surplus for exports and stimulating demand for processed food.<ref>{{cite web|title=MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING & INDUSTRIES|url=http://mofpi.nic.in/ContentPage.aspx?CategoryId=112|access-date=2012-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504181732/http://mofpi.nic.in/ContentPage.aspx?CategoryId=112|archive-date=2012-05-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ministry is currently headed by [[Pashupati Kumar Paras]], a Cabinet Minister.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/president-accepts-harsimrat-kaur-badals-resignation/article32636019.ece</ref><ref>https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/narendra-tomar-replaces-harsimrat-badal-as-ministry-of-food-processing-industries-142897</ref><ref>http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=400123</ref><ref>https://www.aajtak.in/india/news/story/modi-cabinet-reshuffle-now-new-ministers-portfolio-inside-details-ntc-1286673-2021-07-07</ref>

== List of Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 700px"
! width="200px" |Name
! colspan="2" width="100px" |Tenure
! colspan=2|Political Party
!Prime Minister
|-
|[[Jagdish Tytler]]
|25 June 1988
|02 December 1989
|rowspan=1|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="1" |[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|[[Sharad Yadav]]
|06 December 1989
|10 November 1990
|rowspan=1|[[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="1" |[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|[[Hukumdev Narayan Yadav]]
|21 November 1990
|21 June 1991
|rowspan=1|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="1" |[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|[[Giridhar Gamang]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|21 June 1991
|17 January 1993
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="3" |[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|[[Tarun Gogoi]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|17 January 1993
|15 September 1995
|-
|[[Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|15 September 1995
|16 May 1996
|-
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|16 May 1996
|01 June 1996
|rowspan=1|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="1" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|[[Dilip Ray]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|06 July 1996
|25 December 1997
|rowspan=2|[[Janata Dal]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="1" |[[H. D. Deve Gowda]] [[I. K. Gujral]]
|-
|[[S. Jaipal Reddy]]
|25 December 1997
|18 March 1998
| rowspan="1" |[[I. K. Gujral]]
|-
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|19 March 1998
|03 February 1999
|rowspan=3|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="5" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|[[Pramod Mahajan]]
|03 February 1999
|13 October 1999
|-
|[[Chaman Lal Gupta]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|13 October 1999
|01 July 2002
|-
|[[N. T. Shanmugam]]
|01 July 2002
|17 January 2004
|rowspan=1|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|[[Rajnath Singh]]
|17 January 2004
|22 May 2004
|rowspan=1|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|[[Subodh Kant Sahay]] ''(MoS, Independent Charge till 28 May 2009)''
|23 May 2004
|19 January 2011
|rowspan=1|[[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="2" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|[[Sharad Pawar]]
|19 January 2011
|26 May 2014
|rowspan=1|[[Nationalist Congress Party]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|[[Harsimrat Kaur Badal]]
|26 May 2014
|18 September 2020
|rowspan=1|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="3" |[[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
|18 September 2020
|07 July 2021
|rowspan=1|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|[[Pashupati Kumar Paras]]
|07 July 2021
|Incumbent
|rowspan=1|[[Lok Janshakti Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Lok Janshakti Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|}

== List of Ministers of State ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Ministers of State For Food Processing Industries
! [[Minister of state]]
! Portrait
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! Days
|-align=center
|[[Sanjeev Kumar Balyan]]
|[[File:Sanjeev Kumar Balyan.jpg|75px]]
|Rowspan=5|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Rowspan=5 bgcolor=#FF9933|
|26 May 2014
|9 November 2014
|{{Age in days|2014|05|26|2014|11|9}} days
|- align=center
|[[Niranjan Jyoti|Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti addressing at the concluding ceremony of the World Food India-2017, organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, in New Delhi.jpg|100px]]
|9 November 2014
|30 May 2019
|{{Age in days|2014|11|9|2019|05|30}} days
|-align=center
|[[Rameswar Teli]]
|
|30 May 2019
|7 July 2021
|{{Age in days|2019|05|30|2021|07|07}} days
|-align=center
|[[Prahlad Singh Patel]]
|
|7 July 2021
|Incumbent
|{{Age in days|2021|07|07}} days

|}

== Functions of the ministry ==
* Policy support and developmental
* Promotional and technical
* Advisory and regulatory

== Goals of MOFPI ==
* Better utilization and value addition of agricultural produce for enhancement of income of farmers.
* Minimizing wastage at all stages in the food processing chain by the development of infrastructure for storage, transportation and processing of agro-food produce.
* Induction of modern technology into the food processing industries from both domestic and external sources.
* Maximum utilization of agricultural residues and by-products of the primary agricultural produce as also of the processed industry.
* To encourage R&D in food processing for product and process development and improved packaging.
* To provide policy support, promotional initiatives and physical facilities to promote value added exports

== Roles of MOFPI ==

The strategic role and functions of the Ministry fall under three categories:
* Policy support developmental & promotional
* Technical & advisory
* Regulatory.

It is concerned with the formulation & implementation of policies and plans for all the industries under its domain within the overall national priorities and objectives. Its main focus areas include—development of infrastructure, technological up gradation, development of backward linkages, enforcement of quality standards and expanding domestic as well as export markets for processed food products.

The Ministry acts as a catalyst and facilitator for attracting domestic & foreign investments towards developing large integrated processing capacities, by creating conducive policy environment, including rationalization of taxes & duties. It processes applications for foreign collaborations, Export Oriented Units (EOUs) etc. and assists/guides prospective entrepreneur in his endeavour.

Post liberalization, it has approved a large no. of joint ventures, foreign collaborations, industrial licenses and 100% EOU proposals in different food processing areas and has taken major policy initiatives to facilitate an accelerated growth of the industry. The functions of the Ministry can be broadly classified as follows:

=== Policy support ===
* Formulation and implementation of policies for food processing industries within overall national priorities and objectives.
* Facilitating the creation of a conducive policy environment for healthy growth of the food-processing sector.
* Promoting rationalization of tariffs and duties relating to food processing sector.

=== Developmental ===
* Assistance under various plan schemes such as [[Mega Food Parks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mofpi.nic.in/mofpiweb/mfp.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901201152/http://mofpi.nic.in/mofpiweb/mfp.aspx |archive-date=2016-09-01 }}</ref>
* Widening the R&D base in food processing by involvement of various R&D institutes and support to various R&D activities relating to development of product, process and packaging with special emphasis on traditional technologies.
* Human resource development both for entrepreneurs as well as workers engaged in the food processing industry by up gradation of their skills.
* Assistance for setting up analytical and testing laboratories, active participation in the laying down of food standards as well as their harmonization with international standards.

=== Promotional ===
* Assistance for organization of workshops, seminars, exhibitions and fairs etc.
* Assistance for studies / surveys etc.
* Publications and films.

=== Regulatory ===

Earlier the regulatory responsibilities of MoFPI were to implement Fruit Products Order (FPO), However, by the enactment of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, these regulatory responsibilities are transferred to Food Safety Authority of India, New Delhi which is under control of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hashmi|first=Imran|title=FSSAI|url=http://www.fssai.gov.in/|publisher=Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>

== Subjects of the Ministry ==
* Fruits and vegetable processing industry
* Food grain milling industry like SOEI FOODS
* Dairy products
* Processing of poultry and eggs, meat and meat products
* Fish processing
* Bread, oilseeds, meals (edible), breakfast foods, malt extract, protein isolate, high protein food, weaning food and extrude/other ready to eat food products.
* Beer, including non-alcoholic beer
* Alcoholic drinks from non-molasses base
* Aerated waters / soft drinks and other processed foods
* Specialized packaging for food processing industries
* Technical assistance and advice to food processing industry

== Relevant agencies ==

For achieving its objectives, the Ministry, apart from various Ministries of the Government of India like Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Health interacts with various State Governments through their Ministries / Ministry of Food Processing Industries or nominated nodal agencies which are responsible for implementing programs relating to this sector in the concerned State Governments.

The Ministry also interacts with various promotional organizations like
* [https://apeda.gov.in/apedawebsite/ Agricultural & Processed Food and Export Development Authority (APEDA)]
* [[Marine Products Export Development Authority|Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913123955/http://www1.indiacoffee.org/login.php Coffee Board]
* [[Tea board of india|Tea Board]]
* [http://www.cashewindia.org/ Cashew Board]
* [[National Research Development Corporation|National Research Development corporation (NRDC)]]
* [http://www.ncdc.in/ National Cooperative Development Corporation]
* [http://nhb.gov.in/ National Horticulture Board]
* [http://fifi.in/ Forum of Indian Food Importers] President, Forum of Indian food Importers Amit Lohani

== References ==
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==External links==
* खाद्य प्रसंस्करण उद्योग मंत्रालय MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES [http://mofpi.nic.in]
* National horticulture board [http://nhb.gov.in]
* AGRICULTURAL & PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY [http://www.apeda.gov.in]
* CASHEW EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL OF INDIA [http://www.cashewindia.org]
* NCDC [http://www.ncdc.in]
* Coffee board of India [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913123955/http://www1.indiacoffee.org/login.php]
* Food Processing Industry in India [http://www.gktoday.in/blog/food-processing-industry-in-india]

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[[Category:Government ministries of India|Food Processing Industries]]
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