Agro and Food Processing Industry in India : Status, Opportunities & Challenges

Agriculture and industry have traditionally been viewed as two separate sectors both in terms of their characteristics and their role in economic growth, however over as few decades Agro and food process has rapidly expanded as an Organized industry with a bright role to be played in Socio-economic development of a country. Our paper endeavors to put an insight on the status and evolution of this industry in India, encompassing the Govt. reforms, subsidiaries, Incentives, technological development, R&D, export potential, growth trajectory, constraints, competition etc by interviewing various related Entrepreneur in the field with a focus to get a hawk eye view from the horse's mouth. Based on which we propose to come up with an industry oriented action plan to foster the growth and advancement of the Industry and people attach to it