In order to boost continuous improvement in food processing sector, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is currently implementing Research and Development Scheme, which is a part of Human Resource & Institutions Scheme under the umbrella scheme of the Ministry i.e. Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY).<\/p>\n
Under the scheme, financial assistance as Grant-in-aid is given to all Universities, Central\/ State Government Institutions, Government funded Organisations including IITs, R&D laboratories and CSIR-recognized R&D units in private sector to promote and undertake demand driven R&D work in food processing sector for product & process development, design and development of equipment, improved storage, shelf-life, packaging etc.<\/p>\n
Government Universities\/ Institutions\/ organizations are eligible for 100% grant-in-aid for the cost of equipment, consumables and expenditure related to Junior Research Fellow\/ Senior Research Fellow\/ Research Associate, while private Organizations\/ Institutions\/ Universities are eligible for 50% grant-in-aid for the equipment cost in general areas and 70% grant-in-aid in difficult areas for conducting such research activities. The above scheme is not state specific.<\/p>\n
There are two Institutes namely \u2018The National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM-T), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu\u2019 and \u2018National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM-K), Kundli, Haryana\u2019, under the administrative control of this Ministry. As informed by these Institutes, they are actively engaged in various initiatives aimed at fostering foreign collaborations to enhance R&D facilities in food processing field.<\/p>\n
In the last three years, the above Institutes have signed MoUs with the following leading international universities\/ Institutes and research Institutions as given below:-<\/p>\n
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MoU signed by National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0(NIFTEM-K), Kundli, Haryana<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \n MoU signed by National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0(NIFTEM-T), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \n This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Shri Ravneet Singh in Rajya Sabha in reply to a question today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In order to boost continuous improvement in food processing sector, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is currently implementing Research and Development Scheme, which is a part of Human Resource & Institutions Scheme under the umbrella scheme of the Ministry i.e. Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY). Under the scheme, financial assistance as Grant-in-aid is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[4134,10110,10111],"class_list":["post-14000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-national","tag-food-processing-industry","tag-foreign-partnerships-in-rd","tag-international-collaborations-in-food-technology"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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