Two MoUs for setting up foodgrain-based industries were signed on Friday at Udyog Bhawan here in the presence of Chhattisgarh Industries Minister Kawasi Lakhma.
The Industries Department and Suruchi Foods Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, signed a contract for nutritional supplements and fortified rice, under which the company will invest Rs 111.7 crore and generate employment for 800 people.
The Industries Department and Unity Industries Pvt Ltd signed a contract for ethanol extraction from maize-based corn starch and damaged rice. The company will invest Rs 183 crore and generate employment for about 120 people.
Bhuvnesh Yadav, Secretary, Industries Department, and Himanshu Gupta, Director, Suruchi Foods Pvt Ltd, signed one MoU.
The other MoU was signed also by Bhuvnesh Yadavt and Basant Kumar Agrawal, Director of Unity Industries Pvt Ltd.