Scheme For Creation And Expansion Of Food Processing And Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) 

Scheme For Creation And Expansion Of Food Processing And Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) 

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Food Processing

In news

• The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has approved 28 Food Processing Projects worth over 320 crore rupees under the Scheme for Creation and Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC).

Key takeaways 

• Objective: (1) Creation of processing and preservation capacities; (2) Modernisation and expansion of existing food processing units with a view to increasing the level of processing, value addition leading to reduction of wastage.
• Scheme is implemented through organizations such as Central & State PSUs/ Joint Ventures/ Farmer Producers Organization (FPOs)/ NGOs, etc.