Kolkata, March 11 -- Bengal's food processing industry has committed an investment of Rs 181 crore under the Centre's production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme.

If this investment meets all stipulated conditions, the central government will provide a subsidy of Rs 1,200 crore over five years to bolster the state's food processing sector.

The announcement was made by Subrata Gupta, Union Secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, during an industry interaction event organized by the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata on Monday.

Gupta highlighted the Centre's initiative to boost the food processing industry nationwide. "The central ministry has allocated Rs 11,000 crore under the PLI scheme for the food processing sector ...