Bihar's large farmer population crucial for food processing: Paswan

Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday said Bihar with a large number of farmers can play a crucial role in the food processing sector.

Addressing a meeting with industry leaders and micro-entrepreneurs from the food and allied sectors in Patna, the minister said he would like to strengthen the food processing sector in his home state.

Paswan, the Union minister for food processing industries, said he would continue to work towards the uplift of farmers in the country as well as in Bihar.

The food processing sector is very important and this can help elevate the economic status of India. I will strengthen the sector in my home state. Bihar is a state with a large number of farmers and can play a crucial role in the food processing space," he said.

Paswan said he wished to see food processing as an employment-generating sector with maximum processing units across the country and Bihar.

The union minister chaired the industry roundtable meeting with industrialists and ...