Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said in next five years Punjab would be developed as a model state in the field of food processing.
A large quantity of food produced particularly vegetables and fruits had gone waste every year due to inadequate storage and food processing facilities, besides improper marketing arrangements, she told reporters here.
For the development of Food Processing sector a new policy would be introduced soon to make elaborate arrangements for the consumption of particular produce at the nearest points where it grows, she said.
She said in the milk production sector a comprehensive plan would also be chalked out on the pattern of Gujarat's Amul model.
Criticising the policies and programmes of the previous Congress led UPA government, she said that they had not only left the coffer empty but also made the country a debt ridden.
