West Bengal Food Processing Incentive scheme (WBFPIS)- 2021

Objectives :
i. To promote facilities for post-harvest operations including setting up of food processing industries in micro sector.
ii. To augment the capacity of food processors working to upscale their operations through capital infusion, technology transfer, skill Upgradation and handholding support.
iii. To support established self-help groups working in food processing sector and to facilitate them to achieve SME status.
iv. Capacity development and skill upgradation through institutional training to ensure sustainable employment opportunities to the people and also to reduce the gap in requirement and availability of skilled manpower in food processing sector.
v. To raise the standards of food safety and hygiene in order to meet the norms set up by FSSAI.
vi. To facilitate food processing industries to adopt GHP, GMP, HACCP and ISO certification norms.
vii. To augment farm gate infrastructure, supply chain logistics, storage and processing capacity.
viii. To provide better support system to unorganized food processing sector.
ix. To create awareness and find means to reduce wastage in the traditional fruit and vegetable sector.
x. To incentivize micro Food Processing Industries in the state having high potential for growth andemployment.