India, Jan. 31 -- Recommendation is backed by fact that schemes floated to help sector have not been implemented properly

The coverage of the food processing sector needs to be scaled up to create an additional market for farm outputs, the Economic Survey 2019-20 has stated.

The food processing sector had been growing at an average annual growth rate of more than five per cent over the last six years ending 2017-18, the document noted.

It added that a number of schemes, including the flagship Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana ( PMKSY ) had been floated by the Union Ministry of Food Processing to reduce post-harvest losses

The survey's recommendation that the food processing sector needs coverage is backed by the report of the Sevent...