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Ashok Sinha suggests setting up of food carts in Goa
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Wednesday, 02 February, 2011, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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Ashok Sinha, secratary, union ministry of food processing industries, announced at the national food seminar “Goa FoodPro” held in Panaji on January 30 that Goa can set up 1,000 food carts around Panaji under the Central scheme which will generate employment in the state. The seminar was organised by the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).
“Goa should stake a claim to the Centre’s food street scheme. We can cover at least one street with basic infrastructure for it to be a food street. One thousand carts can come up in Goa, in and around Panaji, providing street food. It will help in employment generation in the state, which I am told is an issue,” Sinha said.
He also suggested to chief minister Digambar Kamat that the state should get at least one food technology laboratory to package Goa’s ethnic food to be marketed in all major tourist destinations in the country. “At least one food technology laboratory should come up in Goa. A high-level committee for food processing has already been set up in Goa and I know that an institute of food processing is an integral part of the committee’s plans,” Sinha said.
Sinha also said food items unique to Goa should be made available across shelves in the country with better packaging and marketing. “Each state should have a shelf of Goan food like bebinca. No product can sell by itself. There has to be packaging to add value,” he said.
“There is a scheme for a mega food park which will provide state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure . For a state like Goa we need to abandon huge concepts like mega parks. Instead Goa should go in for cluster development programmes. Since Goa has already taken steps in this regard, my ministry will sit with state officials and bridge the gap,” Sinha added.
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