Chandigarh, September 18:
Punjab Food Processing Minister Mr. O.P. Soni today released ‘One
District One Product’ (ODOP) report here at his official residence, which will
help the state farmers and micro food processing entrepreneurs to start
their venture related with the potential products of their respective district to
further boost their income and widening the reach of specific products
worldwide in general.
कांग्रेस भी है हैरान और परेशान क्यों किया नन्नी ने ऐसा
Patting officials of the Punjab Agro Industry Corporation (PAIC) for
preparing the scientific document, the minister said that the ODOP report
would be of great help for the farmers engaged in allied farming activities.
“Existing micro enterprises processing food products other than ODOP would
also be supported, however new units seeking support under the scheme
would have to process ODOP products identified for that district”, he added.
बचा जा सकता है पैर की नसों के नीला होने की बीमारी से – Dr. Vijata Arya
ODOP report has covered all the 22 districts of the state and
scientifically identified one potential product for each district such as district
Amritsar for Pickle and Murabba, Ludhiana for Bakery Products, Hoshiarpur &
Fatehgarh Sahib for Jaggery, SAS Nagar, Mansa and Sri Muktsar Sahib for Milk
and Milk Products, Barnala and Faridkot for Poultry/Meat/Fish and district
Bathinda for honey, Patiala for Guava, Tarn Taran for Pear, Jalandhar & Moga
for Potato, SBS Nagar for Peas, Ropar for Mango, Fazilka for Kinnow,
Ferozepur for Chilli, Pathankot for Lichi, Kapurthala for Tomato, Gurdaspur
for Cauliflower and Sangrur for Onion.
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के 70 वें जन्मदिन पर 70 यूनिट ब्लड किया डोनेट
Divulging further, Mr. Manjit Singh Brar, Managing Director, PAIC said
that the District Level Committees (DLCs) under the chairmanship of Deputy
Commissioners have been constituted with General Manager, District
Industries Center as its district Nodal Officer to provide secretarial support.
He said that PAIC shall soon station resource persons having requisite
experience in food technology in District Industrial Centres (DICs) for
providing technical support to the DLC as well as to micro enterprises/
FPOs/SHGs/Cooperatives etc.
अब कुत्तों के लिए आई खुशखबरी चेन्नई के बाद देश का दूसरा ब्लड बैंक स्थापित
He invited owners of all micro food enterprises
to contact PAIC for further information and said that the ODOP report has
been uploaded on the PAIC website www.punjabagro.co.in. He informed that
in accordance with the timelines of the scheme, PAIC has prepared a
comprehensive report on ‘One District One Product’ (ODOP) and the same has
been approved in the first meeting of State Level Approval Committee (SLAC),
an apex body of the State Government to oversee implementation of the
scheme.
Later, Mr. Soni presiding over a meeting also reviewed the status of
implementation of the new centrally sponsored scheme ‘PM Formalization of
Micro Food Processing Enterprises’ launched on June 29, 2020.
During the meeting, Mr. Anirudh Tiwari, Additional Chief Secretary
(Development & Food Processing) apprised that the scheme envisages to
directly enhance competitiveness of over 6,672 new & existing micro food
processing enterprises by not only providing credit-linked capital subsidy @
35% with a maximum ceiling of Rs.10 lac per unit, but also by extending
intensive hand holding support for entrepreneurship, technology and
branding & marketing as well as capacity building.
Mr. Tiwari further said, it is a five year scheme starting 2020-21, adding
that under the group category, Farmer Producer Organizations, Self Help
Groups and Co-operatives would be supported with credit-linked capital
subsidy @ 35% with maximum limit yet to be prescribed, along their entire
value chain for sorting, grading, assaying, storage, common processing,
packaging, marketing, processing of agri-produce and testing laboratories.
Individual SHG members undertaking food processing would be given seed
capital @ Rs.40,000 per member for working capital and purchase of small
tools, he added.
-NAV GILL
