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Thursday, 22 October 2020

Bengal Assembly elections 2021: Food processing industry may be a key issue.


Bengal Assembly elections 2021: Food processing industry may be a key issue.

 ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍⧧ āĻĒāĻļ্āϚিāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ™্āĻ— āĻŦিāϧাāύāϏāĻ­া āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚāύে āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•্āϰিāϝ়াāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώāϝ় āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে।

Post harvest losses one of Biggest problem in West Bengal.... Accroding to apex industry body ASSOCHAM report 2013 , West Bengal incurs post-harvest fruits and vegetable losses worth over Rs 13,600 crore annually.

The report points that lack of proper handling and an inadequate cold and frozen supply chain leads to losses of perishable food produce, such as fruit and vegetables.

We know West Bengal No1 in Agriculture.The state accounts 32% of potatoes, 29% pineapples, 17% of bananas and 16% of India’s rice production.

we know Malda for Mango and Litchi cultivation,  Siliguri for Pineapple, Hooghly for Potato,Murshidabad and Nadia for banana, North 24 Parganas for vegetables and Darjeeling for Tea.So,West Bengal could be an attractive destination for food processing companies.west bengal can attract big tickets investment in food processing sector.

West Bengal has a large potential of marketing because of strategic advantage of its position having international borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.

 The state also shares its borders with the states of Assam, Bihar, Orissa,Jharkhand  and Sikkim . Moreover, Kolkata, the state capital, is the gateway to the South-East Asian Countries. Because of this factor, the state can enjoys a large potential of  export of various food products particularly, fruits, vegetables etc to the different parts of the world and South-East Asian Countries.....but westbengal lose its demographic dividend.


Thursday, 8 October 2020

Public -Private partnership Model -Sustainable Solution for Rs 1750 crore Ghatal Master Plan.

✔Top unsolved project in West Bengal (since 1982).

Ghatal Master Plan for flood control.

✔Public -Private partnership Model (PPP) can solve Rs 1750 cr or $250 million (Centre: state: Private  50:25:25) Ghatal master plan. 

āϘাāϟাāϞ āĻŽাāϏ্āϟাāϰ āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāύ  -āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāϟি  āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻļ্āϚিāĻŽ  āĻŽেāĻĻিāύীāĻĒুāϰেāϰ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻŦিāĻ•াāĻļেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ.

Near about 25 blocks, 5 millions of people are suffering every year in Paschim and Purba Midnapore,due to devastating floods.

In february 1982 the foundation stone of the Ghatal master plan was laid.... unfortunately zero progress till date.

The estimated cost of the project in 1982 was Rs 50 crore now  around Rs1750 crore.

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āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāϟি  āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻļ্āϚিāĻŽ  āĻŽেāĻĻিāύীāĻĒুāϰেāϰ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻŦিāĻ•াāĻļ, āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāύ, āĻĻাāϰিāĻĻ্āϰ্āϝ āĻĻূāϰীāĻ•āϰāĻŖ  āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ.

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

India -Structural reforms are necessary to boost farmers’ income.

Structural reforms are necessary to boost farmers’ Income and indian agriculture.




Agricultural Scenario in India-

We know India is a Agro based country,arable land area of 159.7 million hectares ,total farmers 15-16cr or 160 million but India's agricultural export very low,Overall agri and processed food exports around  1.28 lakh crore or $18 billion in 2019.

We know India import several Agl products, like Edible oil and Pulses.


Edible oil one of the top product, estimated import worth $12billion and Pulses around $2 billion.

India  need to encourage corporate bodies to invest in building up the infrastructure facilities for storage and exports of foodgrains.

I think India's farm production will be demand oriented and farmers income will be double in next 4-5 years....may be triple.


Agricultural Scenario in US-

We know USA is manufacturing based country.US has 20lakh farmers,but USA agricultural exports were valued at $135 billion in 2019....which is almost 8times higher than India.


We know USA has highest number of Agro based MNCs such as Cargill,Allen Family Foods,Monsanto, Golden Harvest Seeds and  Archer Daniels Midland Company etc.

They are focused on empowering farmers—large and small—to produce more from their land while conserving more of the world’s natural resources such as water and energy. They do this with their leading seed brands in crops like corn, cotton, oilseeds and fruits and vegetables.

They also produce leading in-the-seed trait technologies for farmers, which are aimed at protecting their yield, supporting their on-farm efficiency and reducing their on-farm costs.

Huge gap between domestic production and demand in India.

(1) India's edible oil import worth around $11-$12 billion.

(2) Pulses import worth around $2-3billion.

(3) 2010-2015 India's annual agricultural imports increased more than 60% from $14.1 billion to $22.8 billion.

Farmers income India vs US -

In India ,the average income of a farmer is estimated at Rs 77,976($1100) per year, according to the Dalwai committee report.in US average farmers income Rs49L-50L or $70,000.

So,Structural Reforms are necessary to boost Farmers’ income and indian Agriculture.