FOOD PROCESSING

FICCI has constituted a Food Processing Committee under the chairmanship of Mr Rajeev Bakshi, Chairman and Manaing Director, Pepsi Foods Pvt. Ltd. With Confederation of Indian Food Trade & Industry (CIFTI), FICCI's allied body in a supportive role handling micro issues, this committee focuses on macro issues that have a larger bearing on the sector like:

Supportive Infrastructure
Focusing on systems to ensure backward linkages, addressing the impediments in the form of regulations at state levels, and creating an enabling environment for drawing private investment so that it becomes the prime mover of the processed food revolution.

Fiscal Reforms
Recognizing the importance of demand creation in this sector through fiscal reforms and changes in the tax regime.

Regulatory and Legal Affairs
Need to change the approach to food laws and regulatory structure.

Further, the Committee has launched Codex Cell—the first and the only one of its kind—for the food industry.