India, Sept. 12 -- In a major push to position Bihar as a key hub for agricultural and processed food exports, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal inaugurated the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority's (APEDA) first regional office in Patna at the Bihar Idea Festival on Wednesday.
The event was attended by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Industries Minister Nitish Mishra, senior state officials, entrepreneurs, FPOs and farmer groups. Until now, exporters from Bihar relied on APEDA's regional office in Varanasi; the new Patna office will provide direct support to farmers, producers and exporters through registration, certification, market facilitation, infrastructure development ...