Soon, India will serve the delicacies of its States on the platter of food lovers abroad. All set to tickle the taste buds of the people in foreign countries, the Centre is planning to establish different dishes from different states of India under the tag of Brand India.
“A scheme is under progress to establish different dishes from different States of the country under the tag of Brand India in foreign countries,” announced the Union Food Processing Minister and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal while presiding over a function hosted by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation to facilitate Jalandhar pension beneficiaries.
Harsimrat also laid emphasis on the need to impart skill development training to the youngsters. She announced that her Ministry has made an exclusive plan to execute this program to cater to the emerging Food Processing sector.
Describing this programme as top priority of her Ministry, she said that in the first phase, Skill Development Training programmes would be organised for educated youth. “10,000 youth would get this practical training in first phase and this number would be increased as per the needs of the industry,” she said.
She added that Food Processing Sector had great potential and there were scores of possibilities to grow in this profession. Harsimrat said that growth and enlargement of food processing was the dire need of the nation to bring food products from ‘farm to platter’ so that self-employment, self-help groups and increasing employment sources could further strengthen the economy of country.