Ministry of Food Processing Industries#Ministers of State
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| nativename_r = {{lang|hi|खाद्य प्रसंस्करण उद्योग मंत्रालय}}
{{transliteration|hi|Khādya Prasaṃskaraṇa Udyoga Maṃtrālaya}}
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| headquarters = New Delhi
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| minister1_name = Chirag Paswan
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| chief2_name = Ravneet Singh Bittu
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The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) is a federal ministry of the Government of India responsible for the formulation and administration of the rules, regulations, and laws related to food processing in India.
The ministry was established in 1988 with the objectives of developing a flourishing food processing industry, bolstering employment in the rural regions, and enabling farmers with modern technology.
Cabinet Ministers
- Note: MoS, I/C {{ndash}} Minister of State (Independent Charge)
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! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party ! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime Minister |
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| colspan="11"| Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| 1
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| | 70px | Jagdish Tytler | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | {{ayd|25 Jun 1988|2 Dec 1989}} | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| | style="width:9em"| Rajiv Gandhi |
| 2
| style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}"| | 70px | Sharad Yadav | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | {{ayd|6 Dec 1989|10 Nov 1990}} | style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}"| |
| 3
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"| | 70px | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav | 21 November | 21 June | {{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|6|21}} | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"| |
| 4
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| | 70px | Giridhar Gamang | 21 June | 17 January | {{ayd|21 Jun 1991|17 Jan 1993}} | rowspan="3"| Indian National Congress (I) | rowspan="3"| Rao | rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| | rowspan="3"| P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 5
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| | 70px | Tarun Gogoi | 17 January | 13 September | {{ayd|17 Jan 1993|13 Sep 1995}} |
| 6
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| | | {{small|Brigadier}} | 15 September | 16 May | {{ayd|15 Sep 1995|16 May 1996}} |
| {{ndash}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May | 1 June | {{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| |
| {{ndash}}
| style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}; color:white"| | 70px | H. D. Deve Gowda | 1 June | 6 July | {{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|7|6}} | rowspan="4"| Janata Dal | rowspan="2"| Deve Gowda | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"| | rowspan="2"| H. D. Deve Gowda |
| rowspan="2"| 7
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}; color:white"| | rowspan="2"| 70px | rowspan="2"| Dilip Ray | 6 July | 21 April | rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1996|7|6|1997|12|25}} |
| 21 April 1997 | 25 December | rowspan="2"| Gujral | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}; color:white"| | rowspan="2"| Inder Kumar Gujral |
| 8
| style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}; color:white"| | 70px | S. Jaipal Reddy | 25 December | 19 March | {{ayd|25 Dec 1997|19 Mar 1998}} |
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 19 March | 3 February | {{ayd|19 Mar 1998|3 Feb 1999}} | rowspan="2"| Bharatiya Janata Party | rowspan="2"| Vajpayee II | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | rowspan="2"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 9
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Pramod Mahajan | 3 February | 13 October | {{ayd|3 Feb 1999|13 Oct 1999}} |
| colspan="11"| {{nobold|Ministry disestablished during this interval}}{{efn|The ministry's competences were transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture in October 1999.}} |
| colspan="11"| Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| 10
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | | Chaman Lal Gupta | 1 September | 1 July | {{ayd|1 Sep 2001|1 Jul 2002}} | rowspan="4"| Vajpayee III | rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | rowspan="4"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 11
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"| | | N. T. Shanmugam | 1 July | 15 January | {{ayd|1 Jul 2002|15 Jan 2004}} |
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 15 January | 17 January | {{ayd|15 Jan 2004|17 Jan 2004}} | rowspan="2"| Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 12
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Rajnath Singh | 17 January | 22 May | {{ayd|17 Jan 2004|22 May 2004}} |
| rowspan="2"| 13
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"| | rowspan="2"| 70px | rowspan="2"| Subodh Kant Sahay | 23 May | 22 May | rowspan="2"| {{ayd|23 May 2004|19 Jan 2011}} | rowspan="2"| Indian National Congress | rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"| | rowspan="3"| Manmohan Singh |
| 28 May 2009 | 19 January | rowspan="2"| Manmohan II |
| 14
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"| | 70px | Sharad Pawar | 19 January | 26 May | {{ayd|19 Jan 2011|26 May 2014}} |
| rowspan="2"| 15
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}; color:white"| | rowspan="2"| 70px | rowspan="2"| Harsimrat Kaur Badal | 27 May | 30 May | rowspan="2"| {{ayd|27 May 2014|16 Sep 2020}} | rowspan="2"| Shiromani Akali Dal | Modi I | rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | rowspan="6"| Narendra Modi |
| 31 May 2019 | 17 September | rowspan="4"| Modi II |
| 16
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Narendra Singh Tomar | 17 September | 7 July | {{ayd|17 Sep 2020|7 Jul 2021}} |
| 17
| style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party}}; color:white"| | 70px | Pashupati Kumar Paras | 7 July | 19 March | {{ayd|7 Jul 2021|19 Mar 2024}} |
| 18
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Kiren Rijiju | 20 March | 10 June | {{ayd|20 Mar 2024|10 June 2024}} |
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| style="background:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)}}"| | 70px | Chirag Paswan | 10 June | Incumbent | {{ayd|10 June 2024 |
| Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
| Modi III
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Ministers of State
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! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party ! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime Minister |
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| 1
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| | 70px | Arun Subhashchandra Yadav | 19 January | 12 July | {{ayd|2011|1|19|2011|7|12}} | rowspan="3"| Indian National Congress | rowspan="4"| Manmohan II | rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| | rowspan="4" style="width:9em"| Manmohan Singh |
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| | 70px | Harish Rawat | 19 January | 28 October | {{ayd|2011|1|19|2012|10|28}} |
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| | 70px | Charan Das Mahant | 12 July | 26 May | {{ayd|2011|7|12|2014|5|26}} |
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"| | 70px | Tariq Anwar | 28 October | 26 May | {{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|5|26}} |
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Sanjeev Balyan | 27 May | 9 November | {{ayd|27 May 2014|9 Nov 2014}} | rowspan="6"| Bharatiya Janata Party | rowspan="2"| Modi I | rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | rowspan="6"| Narendra Modi |
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Niranjan Jyoti | 9 November | 30 May | {{ayd|9 Nov 2014|30 May 2019}} |
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Rameswar Teli | 31 May | 7 July | {{ayd|31 May 2019|7 Jul 2021}} | rowspan="3"| Modi II |
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Prahlad Singh Patel | 7 July | 7 December | {{ayd|2021|7|7|2023|12|7}} |
| 9
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Shobha Karandlaje | 7 December | 9 June | {{ayd|7 Dec 2023|9 Jun 2024}} |
| 10
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | 70px | Ravneet Singh Bittu | 10 June | Incumbent | {{ayd|10 Jun 2024}} | Modi III |
Functions of the ministry
- Policy support and developmental
- Promotional and technical
- Advisory and regulatory
Goals of MOFPI
- Better utilization and value addition of agricultural produce for enhancement of income of farmers.
- Minimizing wastage at all stages in the food processing chain by the development of infrastructure for storage, transportation and processing of agro-food produce.
- Induction of modern technology into the food processing industries from both domestic and external sources.
- Maximum utilization of agricultural residues and by-products of the primary agricultural produce as also of the processed industry.
- To encourage R&D in food processing for product and process development and improved packaging.
- To provide policy support, promotional initiatives and physical facilities to promote value added exports
Roles of MOFPI
The strategic role and functions of the Ministry fall under three categories:
- Policy support developmental & promotional
- Technical & advisory
- Regulatory.
It is concerned with the formulation & implementation of policies and plans for all the industries under its domain within the overall national priorities and objectives. Its main focus areas include—development of infrastructure, technological up gradation, development of backward linkages, enforcement of quality standards and expanding domestic as well as export markets for processed food products.
The Ministry acts as a catalyst and facilitator for attracting domestic & foreign investments towards developing large integrated processing capacities, by creating conducive policy environment, including rationalization of taxes & duties. It processes applications for foreign collaborations, Export Oriented Units (EOUs) etc. and assists/guides prospective entrepreneur in his endeavour.
Post liberalization, it has approved a large no. of joint ventures, foreign collaborations, industrial licenses and 100% EOU proposals in different food processing areas and has taken major policy initiatives to facilitate an accelerated growth of the industry. The functions of the Ministry can be broadly classified as follows:
Regulatory
Earlier the regulatory responsibilities of MoFPI were to implement Fruit Products Order (FPO), However, by the enactment of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, these regulatory responsibilities are transferred to Food Safety Authority of India, New Delhi which is under control of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.{{cite web|last=Hashmi|first=Imran|title=FSSAI|url=http://www.fssai.gov.in/|publisher=Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|access-date=18 November 2012}}
References
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External links
- [http://mofpi.nic.in Ministry of Food Processing Industries]
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