date:Aug 28, 2012
e partnership. It also mentioned that the ministry aimed to establish about 30 mega food parks, set up integrated cold chains, modernise abattoirs, set up quality control laboratories, research and development (RD) units, and upgrade quality and hygiene of street food.
This scheme was introduced under former food processing minister Subodh Kant Sahai, who is now holding the tourism portfolio. Later, the food ministry's target of setting up 30 MFPs by the end of the 11th Five Year Plan was also