Hyderabad: The Telangana state government is preparing a special policy to encourage micro and small-scale food processing industries. The government has proposed to provide 80 per cent incentive to each food processing unit.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, during the recent Assembly elections, promised to introduce a new public distribution system (PDS) to benefit farmers, self-help groups, ration dealers and members of Farmers' Associations Coordination Committees (FACC) at one go.
He also promised purchasing of the framers produce through Indira Kranthi Patham Self-Help Groups (IKP SHGs) who will process it at their food processing units and sell through ration dealers. The Chief Minister also said that each village would have at least one food processing unit.
Officials have decided to visit the food processing units in Punjab, Maharashtra and Gujarat before formulating the policy. The Chief Minister is likely to announce the new policy in April.
