Centre to improve quality of street food in Hyderabad
New Delhi, Dec 14 (INN): Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai stated that his Ministry has mooted a scheme on 'Up gradation of Quality of Street Food' for implementation during the 11th Plan period. Mr Sahai informed the scheme is yet to be approved by the Ministry of Finance for implementation on a pilot basis in 11 cities (for 'Safe Food Town' component) and in 6 cities (for 'Food-Street' component). The outcome of these pilot projects will help the Ministry in implementation of the scheme more effectively in the 12th Five Year Plan.
The Union MoS said that initial preparatory work had been initiated in 2008-09 for 'Safe Food Town' Component of the Scheme in 11 cities, namely Ranchi, Nagpur, Kochi, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Agra, Guwahati, Agartala, Shillong, Panaji and Surat and for 'Food-Street' component in the 6 cities of Tirupati, Hyderabad, Amritsar, Varanasi, Udaipur and Guwahati.
He informed Chennai was included for the proposed cities where the preparatory work for Safe Town Component. Ministry of Food Processing Industries Secretary wrote to the Tamil Nadu Government about this but the Tamil Nadu government neither responded nor participated in the meeting held for the purpose on January 29, 2009. Mr Sahai said no proposal under the scheme could be considered for implementation as the scheme is yet to be approved by the competent authority.
News Posted: 14 December, 2010
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