Jharkhand will become India's largest food processing hub : CM Das

Chief Minister Raghubar Das visited the food processing unit of the Sanquan Company located in Zhengzhou City with the delegation. Mr Chen Zemin, chairman of the company, welcomed them and informed about different facilities of his plant, food processing, packaging and quality testing etc., for about an hour. Keeping the National Standard Quality informed about processing and packaging and export of many other products, including vegetables. This company has 7 plants all over China and about 10 thousand people work for this company. Turnover of this company is about 10 billion yuan which is roughly 10 thousand crores.

Chief Minister informed the Chairman of the Company about the possibility of production of vegetables and food processing in Jharkhand and also about the Food Processing Policy and the facilities provided by the Jharkhand government for the industries. Apart from this, he invited the Chairman to Jharkhand to understand these possibilities. The Chief Minister invited him and his delegates for the Global Agriculture and Food Summit to be held on November 29-30. During this time, meeting with local companies of Jharkhand will be held so that not only investment but the transfer of technology can also take place. In Jharkhand, this area can get maximum investment. Chief Minister said that in the coming days, Jharkhand will become India's largest food processing hub.

Mr. Chen Zemin has assured that he will study the Indian market and the possibilities of food processing in Jharkhand and will definitely take further action. Mr. Chen Zemin said that vegetables are produced on a large scale in Jharkhand, how it can be processed. He will also take initiative in that regard.

The talks took place in a positive environment and there is a possibility that the Food Processing Industry can be promoted in Jharkhand. Local companies of Jharkhand can get better technology benefits.
The Chief Minister has been emphasizing that the companies in China who export more and who are processing food products, how their investments can be increased in Jharkhand.