date:Jan 22, 2013
butes to 6.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India, 19 per cent to the Indian industry, and 13 per cent to the export production.
Growth in processed food industry vis-a-vis starch industry
The processed food industry is mainly unorganised with 75% of the processing units belonging to the unorganised category, the organised category though small, is growing fast. The food production is expected to double in the next 10 years and the consumption of value-added food products is