Telangana cabinet approves policies to promote food processing

To promote Food Processing units and logistic parks in a big way in the state, the state cabinet has approved two major polices Telangana State Food Processing Policy and Telangana Logistic Policy.

The government has decided to set up a dry port (multimodal logistic park) in about 1,400 acres under Public Private PARTNERSHIP (PPP) mode in the state. With the help of customs department, on the lines of integrated container depot (ICD) in Sanathnagar, two more ICDs would be set up in the state. Similarly, 10 integrated Logistics parks would be developed like Bata Singaram logistic park developed by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA).

It has been decided to set up at least 10 food processing zones in about 500 to 1,000 acres each. The government wants to have food processing zones in about 10,000 acres by 2024-2025. The government is also planning to attract Rs 25,000 crore investments, which would create EMPLOYMENT to 70,000 people directly and three lakh more people indirectly. For receiving applications for food processing