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MoFPI to engage consultants for implementing Operation Greens
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Thursday, 28 October, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has invited applications for engagement of two consultants to assist the ministry in implementation of the ‘Operation Greens’ Scheme.
The consultants must have domain expertise in the value chain of perishable food products including fruits, vegetables and marine products.
MoFPI has issued a notice in this regard stating that the closing date for submission of application is November 14, 2021.
The consultants were to be hired from the state of Bihar and another one from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu or Karnataka, while the consultants should be retired government officer of director/ deputy director level from the state horticulture department.
The Ministry has already awarded 11 assessment studies for identifying gaps in infrastructure and processing facilities for development of potential value chain for fruits and shrimp under the scheme.
The role of consultants would be monitoring of assessment studies, building regional networks with stakeholders, providing technical inputs, providing assistance in drafting scheme guidelines, and monitoring & evaluation of implementation of the projects.
According to the Ministry, the engagement would be for a period of one year and may be extended.
The MoFPI is implementing the scheme of operation greens, which was initially reserved for tomato, onion and potato, now includes many perishable agri products.
These agri products are divided into three categories of Fruits including mango, banana, apple, pineapple, orange, grapes, aonla, pomegranate, guava and litchi, Vegetables including tomato, onion, potato, green peas, carrot, cauliflower, beans, loki, karela, parwal, torai, petha, okra, garlic and ginger.
The Marine products include shrimps.
Previously, the Ministry had invited consultants from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Assam for assisting in implementation of the Operation Greens Scheme.
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