Kerala’s first and nation’s 20th mega food park-KINFRA Mega Food Park in Palakkad district of Kerala was virtually inaugurated on October 1, 2020 by the Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan.
- It will leverage an additional investment of about Rs. 250 Crore in 25-30 food processing units in the park and would eventually lead to a turnover of about Rs. 450-500 Crore annually.
- The Park will also provide direct and indirect employment to 5,000 persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers in the CPC and PPC catchment areas.
- The KINFRA Mega Food Park has been set up in 79.42 acres of land at a project cost of Rs. 102.13 crore.
- The Park has a common administrative building for office and other uses by the entrepreneurs and 04 Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) at Ernakulam (Mazhavanur), Thrissur (Koratty), Malappuram (Kakkanchery) and Wayanad (Kalpetta) districts with Packhouse facilities for primary processing and storage near the farms in the catchment area to benefit farmers.
This Mega Food Park will benefit the people of Palakkad-District as well as nearby Districts of Malappuram & Thrissur of Kerala and nearby district of Coimbatore of Tamil Nadu.
(Source: PIB)
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