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2024</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">1947</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>1,400 crore</span> (US$170 million) <small>(2018-19 est.)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cabinet Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chirag_Paswan" title="Chirag Paswan">Chirag Paswan</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chirag_Paswan" title="Chirag Paswan">Chirag Paswan</a>, Cabinet Minister</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ravneet_Singh_Bittu" title="Ravneet Singh Bittu">Ravneet Singh Bittu</a>, Minister of State</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Subrata Gupta, Secretary</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://mofpi.gov.in/">https://mofpi.gov.in/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of Food Processing Industries</b> (<b>MOFPI</b>) is a ministry of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> responsible for the formulation and administration of the rules, regulations, and laws related to food processing in India. </p><p>The ministry was established in 1988, with the aims of developing a strong food processing industry, increasing employment in the rural sector, and enabling farmers with modern technology. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet_Ministers">Cabinet Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cabinet Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Note:</b> MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:16em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Food Processing Industries </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagdish_Tytler_in_Mumbai_on_January_6,_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Jagdish_Tytler_in_Mumbai_on_January_6%2C_2005.jpg/70px-Jagdish_Tytler_in_Mumbai_on_January_6%2C_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Jagdish_Tytler_in_Mumbai_on_January_6%2C_2005.jpg/105px-Jagdish_Tytler_in_Mumbai_on_January_6%2C_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Jagdish_Tytler_in_Mumbai_on_January_6%2C_2005.jpg/140px-Jagdish_Tytler_in_Mumbai_on_January_6%2C_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Tytler" title="Jagdish Tytler">Jagdish Tytler</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1944)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Sadar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Delhi Sadar Lok Sabha constituency">Delhi Sadar</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>25 June 1988 </td> <td>2 December 1989 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002525000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 160 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="background:#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sharadyadavjdu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sharadyadavjdu.jpg/70px-Sharadyadavjdu.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sharadyadavjdu.jpg/105px-Sharadyadavjdu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sharadyadavjdu.jpg/140px-Sharadyadavjdu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="367" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Yadav" title="Sharad Yadav">Sharad Yadav</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1947–2023)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Badaun_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Badaun Lok Sabha constituency">Badaun</a></span> </td> <td>6 December 1989 </td> <td>10 November 1990 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002339000000000000♠"></span>339 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh_ministry" title="V. P. Singh ministry">Vishwanath</a> </td> <td style="background:#2E8B57"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/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" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2014_to_Shri_Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav%2C_at_a_function%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2014_to_Shri_Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav%2C_at_a_function%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2014_to_Shri_Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav%2C_at_a_function%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="587" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav" title="Hukmdev Narayan Yadav">Hukmdev Narayan Yadav</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1939)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sitamarhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency">Sitamarhi</a></span> </td> <td>21 November<br />1990 </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giridhar-Gamang.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Giridhar-Gamang.jpg/70px-Giridhar-Gamang.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Giridhar-Gamang.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="105" data-file-height="120" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Giridhar_Gamang" title="Giridhar Gamang">Giridhar Gamang</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1943)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Koraput_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Koraput Lok Sabha constituency">Koraput</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td>17 January<br />1993 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002576000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry">Rao</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tarun_Gogoi_-_Kolkata_2013-02-10_4891_Cropped.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Tarun_Gogoi_-_Kolkata_2013-02-10_4891_Cropped.JPG/70px-Tarun_Gogoi_-_Kolkata_2013-02-10_4891_Cropped.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Tarun_Gogoi_-_Kolkata_2013-02-10_4891_Cropped.JPG/105px-Tarun_Gogoi_-_Kolkata_2013-02-10_4891_Cropped.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Tarun_Gogoi_-_Kolkata_2013-02-10_4891_Cropped.JPG/140px-Tarun_Gogoi_-_Kolkata_2013-02-10_4891_Cropped.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3409" data-file-height="5114" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tarun_Gogoi" title="Tarun Gogoi">Tarun Gogoi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1936–2020)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kaliabor_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency">Kaliabor</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>17 January<br />1993 </td> <td>13 September<br />1995 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002969000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 239 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">Brigadier</span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Prasad_Singh_Deo" title="Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo">Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo</a></b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">AVSM</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1941)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dhenkanal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency">Dhenkanal</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>15 September<br />1995 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002244000000000000♠"></span>244 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠"></span>16 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Vajpayee_ministry" title="First Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td style="background:#2E8B57; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/70px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/105px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/140px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1933)<br /><i>Unelected</i></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td>6 July<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001350000000000000♠"></span>35 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">7 </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#2E8B57; color:white"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg/70px-Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg/105px-Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg/140px-Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="272" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Ray" title="Dilip Ray">Dilip Ray</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>6 July<br />1996 </td> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002537000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 172 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td>25 December<br />1997 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gujral_ministry" title="Gujral ministry">Gujral</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#2E8B57; color:white"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="background:#2E8B57; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg/70px-Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg/105px-Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg/140px-Jaipal_Sudini_Reddy_-_Kolkata_2004-11-10_03212_Cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1804" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jaipal_Reddy" title="Jaipal Reddy">S. Jaipal Reddy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1942–2019)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>25 December<br />1997 </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001840000000000000♠"></span>84 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td>3 February<br />1999 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002321000000000000♠"></span>321 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pramod_jee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/70px-Pramod_jee.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/105px-Pramod_jee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/140px-Pramod_jee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–2006)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>3 February<br />1999 </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002252000000000000♠"></span>252 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Ministry disestablished during this interval</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Food Processing Industries </th></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chaman_Lal_Gupta" title="Chaman Lal Gupta">Chaman Lal Gupta</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1934–2021)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Udhampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency">Udhampur</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>1 September<br />2001 </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002303000000000000♠"></span>303 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/N._T._Shanmugam" title="N. T. Shanmugam">N. T. Shanmugam</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1947)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Vellore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Vellore Lok Sabha constituency">Vellore</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <td>15 January<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002563000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 198 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>15 January<br />2004 </td> <td>17 January<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠"></span>2 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Defence_Minister_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_in_February_2020_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Defence_Minister_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_in_February_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Defence_Minister_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_in_February_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Defence_Minister_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_in_February_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Defence_Minister_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_in_February_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Defence_Minister_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_in_February_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Defence_Minister_Shri_Rajnath_Singh_in_February_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="735" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajnath_Singh" title="Rajnath Singh">Rajnath Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>17 January<br />2004 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002126000000000000♠"></span>126 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">13 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/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" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_Union_Tourism_Minister%2C_Shri_Subodh_Kant_Sahai_addressing_at_the_National_Tourism_Awards_2010-2011_presentation_ceremony%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_29%2C_2012.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_Union_Tourism_Minister%2C_Shri_Subodh_Kant_Sahai_addressing_at_the_National_Tourism_Awards_2010-2011_presentation_ceremony%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_29%2C_2012.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_Union_Tourism_Minister%2C_Shri_Subodh_Kant_Sahai_addressing_at_the_National_Tourism_Awards_2010-2011_presentation_ceremony%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_29%2C_2012.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="1149" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Subodh_Kant_Sahay" title="Subodh Kant Sahay">Subodh Kant Sahay</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ranchi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency">Ranchi</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C until 22 May 2009) </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003243200000000000♠"></span>6 years, 241 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>19 January<br />2011 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#00B2B2"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries,_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D,_in_Mumbai_on_April_27,_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_27%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_27%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, 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</td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">15 </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#0F204A; color:white"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harsimrat_Kaur_Badal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Harsimrat_Kaur_Badal.jpg/70px-Harsimrat_Kaur_Badal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Harsimrat_Kaur_Badal.jpg/105px-Harsimrat_Kaur_Badal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Harsimrat_Kaur_Badal.jpg/140px-Harsimrat_Kaur_Badal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="861" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Harsimrat_Kaur_Badal" title="Harsimrat Kaur Badal">Harsimrat Kaur Badal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1966)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bathinda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency">Bathinda</a></span> </td> <td>27 May<br />2014 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003230400000000000♠"></span>6 years, 112 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">Shiromani Akali Dal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>17 September<br />2020 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Narendra_Singh_Tomar_addressing_a_press_conference_after_launching_the_Swachh_Sarvekshan_(Gramin)-_2017,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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<td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pashupati_Kumar_Paras_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pashupati_Kumar_Paras_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Pashupati_Kumar_Paras_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pashupati_Kumar_Paras_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Pashupati_Kumar_Paras_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pashupati_Kumar_Paras_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Pashupati_Kumar_Paras_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="691" data-file-height="889" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Kumar_Paras" title="Pashupati Kumar Paras">Pashupati Kumar Paras</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1952)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Hajipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency">Hajipur</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>19 March<br />2024 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002986000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 256 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party">Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="659" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1971)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency">Arunachal West</a></span> </td> <td>20 March<br />2024 </td> <td>10 June<br />2024 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001820000000000000♠"></span>82 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td style="background:#5B006A"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_of_Food_Processing_Industries,_Shri_Chirag_Paswan_chaired_a_Curtain_Raiser_Press_Conference_on_%E2%80%9CWorld_Food_India-2024%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%93_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19,_2024_(Cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/The_Union_Minister_of_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Chirag_Paswan_chaired_a_Curtain_Raiser_Press_Conference_on_%E2%80%9CWorld_Food_India-2024%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%93_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19%2C_2024_%28Cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/The_Union_Minister_of_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Chirag_Paswan_chaired_a_Curtain_Raiser_Press_Conference_on_%E2%80%9CWorld_Food_India-2024%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%93_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19%2C_2024_%28Cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/The_Union_Minister_of_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Chirag_Paswan_chaired_a_Curtain_Raiser_Press_Conference_on_%E2%80%9CWorld_Food_India-2024%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%93_in_New_Delhi_on_June_19%2C_2024_%28Cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="790" data-file-height="925" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chirag_Paswan" title="Chirag Paswan">Chirag Paswan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1982)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Hajipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency">Hajipur</a></span> </td> <td>10 June<br />2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002173000000000000♠"></span>173 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party_(Ram_Vilas)" title="Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)">Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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1999.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers_of_State">Ministers of State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ministers of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:16em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arun_Yadav_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Arun_Yadav_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture.jpg/70px-Arun_Yadav_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Arun_Yadav_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture.jpg/105px-Arun_Yadav_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Arun_Yadav_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture.jpg/140px-Arun_Yadav_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="515" data-file-height="644" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arun_Subhashchandra_Yadav" title="Arun Subhashchandra Yadav">Arun Subhashchandra Yadav</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1974)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Khandwa_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency">Khandwa</a></span> </td> <td>19 January<br />2011 </td> <td>12 July<br />2011 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002174000000000000♠"></span>174 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HarishRawat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/HarishRawat.jpg/70px-HarishRawat.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/HarishRawat.jpg/105px-HarishRawat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/HarishRawat.jpg/140px-HarishRawat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="688" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Harish_Rawat" title="Harish Rawat">Harish Rawat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Haridwar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency">Haridwar</a></span> </td> <td>19 January<br />2011 </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002648000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 283 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charan_Das_Mahant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Charan_Das_Mahant.jpg/70px-Charan_Das_Mahant.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Charan_Das_Mahant.jpg/105px-Charan_Das_Mahant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Charan_Das_Mahant.jpg/140px-Charan_Das_Mahant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="624" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Das_Mahant" title="Charan Das Mahant">Charan Das Mahant</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Korba_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Korba Lok Sabha constituency">Korba</a></span> </td> <td>12 July<br />2011 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003104900000000000♠"></span>2 years, 318 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#00B2B2"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Tariq_Anwar_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State_for_Agriculture_in_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="666" data-file-height="782" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Anwar_(politician)" title="Tariq Anwar (politician)">Tariq Anwar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg/70px-Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg/105px-Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sadhvi_Niranjan_Jyoti_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sadhvi_Niranjan_Jyoti_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Sadhvi_Niranjan_Jyoti_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sadhvi_Niranjan_Jyoti_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Sadhvi_Niranjan_Jyoti_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sadhvi_Niranjan_Jyoti_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Sadhvi_Niranjan_Jyoti_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="412" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Jyoti" title="Niranjan Jyoti">Niranjan Jyoti</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1967)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Fatehpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency">Fatehpur</a></span> </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td><b><span 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constituency">Dibrugarh</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002768000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 37 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg/70px-Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg/105px-Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg/140px-Prahlad_Singh_Patel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3814" data-file-height="5721" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prahlad_Singh_Patel" title="Prahlad Singh Patel">Prahlad Singh Patel</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1960)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Damoh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Damoh Lok Sabha constituency">Damoh</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>7 December<br />2023 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002883000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 153 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shobha_Karandlaje_with_PM_Modi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Shobha_Karandlaje_with_PM_Modi.jpg/70px-Shobha_Karandlaje_with_PM_Modi.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Shobha_Karandlaje_with_PM_Modi.jpg/105px-Shobha_Karandlaje_with_PM_Modi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Shobha_Karandlaje_with_PM_Modi.jpg/140px-Shobha_Karandlaje_with_PM_Modi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="697" 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Policy support and developmental</li> <li>Promotional and technical</li> <li>Advisory and regulatory</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Goals_of_MOFPI">Goals of MOFPI</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Goals of MOFPI"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Better utilization and value addition of agricultural produce for enhancement of income of farmers.</li> <li>Minimizing wastage at all stages in the food processing chain by the development of infrastructure for storage, transportation and processing of agro-food produce.</li> <li>Induction of modern technology into the food processing industries from both domestic and external sources.</li> <li>Maximum utilization of agricultural residues and by-products of the primary agricultural produce as also of the processed industry.</li> <li>To encourage R&D in food processing for product and process development and improved packaging.</li> <li>To provide policy support, promotional initiatives and physical facilities to promote value added exports</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roles_of_MOFPI">Roles of MOFPI</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Roles of MOFPI"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The strategic role and functions of the Ministry fall under three categories: </p> <ul><li>Policy support developmental & promotional</li> <li>Technical & advisory</li> <li>Regulatory.</li></ul> <p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>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: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regulatory">Regulatory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Regulatory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf">"Budget data"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>www.indiabudget.gov.in</i>. 2019. 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