The Rajya Sabha on March 15, 2021 passed the National Institutes of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019.
- The bill confers the status of national importance on two food technology institutes at Kundli in Haryana and Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.
- The bill facilitates these institutes in terms of providing instruction, research, and knowledge dissemination in the field of food science and technology.
- The Bill also provides for a Board of Governors, which will act as the principal executive body of the institutes and a Council for coordinating activities and facilitating interactions for performance improvement.
