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Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Government ministry of India
Government ministry of India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| nativename_r | खाद्य प्रसंस्करण उद्योग मंत्रालय |
| hi | |
| seal | Government of India logo.svg |
| seal_width | 100px |
| seal_caption | Branch of Government of India |
| formed | 1947 |
| jurisdiction | Government of India |
| headquarters | New Delhi |
| budget | (2025-26 est.) |
| minister1_name | Chirag Paswan |
| chief1_name | Chirag Paswan |
| chief1_position | Cabinet Minister |
| chief2_name | Ravneet Singh Bittu |
| chief2_position | Minister of State |
| website | |
| minister_type | Cabinet Minister |
| logo | MOFPI logo.svg |
| logo_size | 250px |
| logo_caption | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| chief3_name | Avinash Purushottam Das Joshi |
| chief3_position | Secretary |
hi 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: I/C Independent Charge
| Portrait | Minister | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | Minister of Food Processing Industries | Merged with the Ministry of Agriculture during this interval | Minister of Food Processing Industries | ||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Jagdish Tytler in Mumbai on January 6, 2005.jpg | 70px]] | Jagdish Tytler | |||||||||
| (born 1944) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Delhi Sadar | ||||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | Indian National Congress | Rajiv II | Indian National Congress}}" | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| Janata Dal}}" | [[File:Sharadyadavjdu.jpg | 70px]] | Sharad Yadav | |||||||||
| (19472023) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Badaun | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Janata Dal}}" | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | ||||||
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | [[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 2014 to Shri Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, at a function, at Parliament House, in New Delhi (cropped).JPG | 70px]] | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav | |||||||||
| (born 1939) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Sitamarhi | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | Chandra Shekhar | ||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Giridhar-Gamang.jpg | 70px]] | Giridhar Gamang | |||||||||
| (born 1943) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Koraput | ||||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 21 June 1991 | 17 January 1993 | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | Indian National Congress (I)}}" | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4891 Cropped.JPG | 70px]] | Tarun Gogoi | |||||||||
| (19362020) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Kaliabor | ||||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 17 January 1993 | 13 September 1995 | ||||||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | Brigadier | |||||||||||
| Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | ||||||||||||
| (born 1941) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Dhenkanal | ||||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | ||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||||||
| (19242018) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Lucknow | ||||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||||
| Janata Dal}}; color:white" | [[File:H. D. Deve Gowda.jpg | 70px]] | H. D. Deve Gowda | |||||||||
| (born 1933) | ||||||||||||
| Unelected | ||||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 1 June 1996 | 6 July 1996 | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | Janata Dal}}" | H. D. Deve Gowda | ||||||
| Janata Dal}}; color:white" | Dilip Ray | |||||||||||
| (born 1954) | ||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha | ||||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 6 July 1996 | 21 April 1997 | ||||||||||
| 21 April 1997 | 25 December 1997 | Gujral | Janata Dal}}" | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||||
| Janata Dal}}; color:white" | [[File:Jaipal Sudini Reddy - Kolkata 2004-11-10 03212 Cropped.jpg | 70px]] | S. Jaipal Reddy | |||||||||
| (19422019) | ||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh | 25 December 1997 | 19 March 1998 | ||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||||||
| (19242018) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Lucknow | ||||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 19 March 1998 | 3 February 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Pramod jee.jpg | 70px]] | Pramod Mahajan | |||||||||
| (19492006) | ||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 3 February 1999 | 13 October 1999 | ||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Chaman Lal Gupta | |||||||||||
| (19342021) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Udhampur | ||||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 1 September 2001 | 1 July 2002 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||||
| Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" | N. T. Shanmugam | |||||||||||
| (born 1947) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Vellore | ||||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C) | 1 July 2002 | 15 January 2004 | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||||||
| (19242018) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Lucknow | ||||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 15 January 2004 | 17 January 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in February 2020 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Rajnath Singh | |||||||||
| (born 1951) | ||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 17 January 2004 | 22 May 2004 | ||||||||||
| INC}}" | [[File:The Union Tourism Minister, Shri Subodh Kant Sahai addressing at the National Tourism Awards 2010-2011 presentation ceremony, in New Delhi on February 29, 2012.jpg | 70px]] | Subodh Kant Sahay | |||||||||
| (born 1951) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Ranchi | ||||||||||||
| (Minister of State, I/C until 22 May 2009) | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | INC}}" | Manmohan Singh | ||||||
| 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | Manmohan II | ||||||||||
| Nationalist Congress Party (post–2023)}}" | [[File:The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group’s New Marathi Channel “Jai Maharashtra”, in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Sharad Pawar | |||||||||
| (born 1940) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Madha (20092014) | ||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra (from 2014) | 19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | Nationalist Congress Party | |||||||||
| Shiromani Akali Dal}}; color:white" | [[File:Harsimrat Kaur Badal.jpg | 70px]] | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | |||||||||
| (born 1966) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Bathinda | 27 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Shiromani Akali Dal | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | ||||||
| 31 May 2019 | 17 September 2020 | Modi II | ||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Narendra Singh Tomar addressing a press conference after launching the Swachh Sarvekshan (Gramin)- 2017, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Narendra Singh Tomar | |||||||||
| (born 1957) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Morena | 17 September 2020 | 7 July 2021 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party}}; color:white" | [[File:Pashupati Kumar Paras (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Pashupati Kumar Paras | |||||||||
| (born 1952) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Hajipur | 7 July 2021 | 19 March 2024 | Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Kiren Rijiju with Modi (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Kiren Rijiju | |||||||||
| (born 1971) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Arunachal West | 20 March 2024 | 10 June 2024 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)}}" | [[File:The Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, Shri Chirag Paswan chaired a Curtain Raiser Press Conference on “World Food India-2024” – in New Delhi on June 19, 2024 (Cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Chirag Paswan | |||||||||
| (born 1982) | ||||||||||||
| MP for Hajipur | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | Modi III |
Ministers of State
| Portrait | Minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period |
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Arun Yadav assuming office as Minister of State for Agriculture.jpg | 70px]] | Arun Subhashchandra Yadav | ||||
| (born 1974) | |||||||
| MP for Khandwa | 19 January 2011 | 12 July 2011 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Indian National Congress}}" | ||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:HarishRawat.jpg | 70px]] | Harish Rawat | ||||
| (born 1948) | |||||||
| MP for Haridwar | 19 January 2011 | 28 October 2012 | |||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Charan Das Mahant.jpg | 70px]] | Charan Das Mahant | ||||
| (born 1954) | |||||||
| MP for Korba | 12 July 2011 | 26 May 2014 | |||||
| Nationalist Congress Party}}" | [[File:Tariq Anwar assuming office as Minister of State for Agriculture in 2012 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Tariq Anwar | ||||
| (born 1951) | |||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | Nationalist Congress Party | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Sanjeev Kumar Balyan.jpg | 70px]] | Sanjeev Balyan | ||||
| (born 1972) | |||||||
| MP for Muzaffarnagar | 27 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Niranjan Jyoti | ||||
| (born 1967) | |||||||
| MP for Fatehpur | 9 November 2014 | 30 May 2019 | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Rameswar Teli (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Rameswar Teli | ||||
| (born 1970) | |||||||
| MP for Dibrugarh | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | Modi II | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Prahlad Singh Patel (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Prahlad Singh Patel | ||||
| (born 1960) | |||||||
| MP for Damoh | 7 July 2021 | 7 December 2023 | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Shobha Karandlaje with PM Modi.jpg | 70px]] | Shobha Karandlaje | ||||
| (born 1966) | |||||||
| MP for Udupi Chikmagalur | 7 December 2023 | 9 June 2024 | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Ravneet Singh Bittu2.jpg | 70px]] | Ravneet Singh Bittu | ||||
| (born 1975) | |||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 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.
References
References
- (2025-02-01). "Budget allocation".
- Hashmi, Imran. "FSSAI". Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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