Inauguration of State’s first Mega Food Park in Odisha

Inauguration of MITS Mega Food Park at Rayagada, Odisha

Question: Recently, in which district of Odisha Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated the first Mega Food Park of the state?
(a) Narangpura
(b) Raigad
(c) Koraput
(d) Khordha
Ans :(b)
Related facts:-

  • On June 1, 2017, Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated the first Mega Food Park ‘MITS Mega Food Pvt Ltd’ in Raigad district of Odisha.
  • This is the seventh mega food park run by the current government.
  • This Mega Food Park has been set up in 50.05 acres of land at a cost of Rs 80.17 crore.
  • The Government of India has given financial assistance of Rs.50.00 crores to this project.
  • Food Park is provided with fully operated industrial shed facility for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), developed industrial plot for processing units, rice processing complex of 12 TPH, dry ware house capacity of 10,000 MT capacity, 2500 MT capacity cold storage houses and multi food-processing facilities etc are available.
  • It is to be noted that the Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Mega Food Park scheme in the country by promoting value addition and reducing waste at each stage of supply chain.
  • Mega Food Park provides modern infrastructure for food processing and simultaneously provide value chain from the farm to the market.

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