date:May 04, 2016
on), and 47 mm tonne of fruits (8.4% of global production). However, the level of processing of fruits and vegetables in India is about 2%. This low level of processing is resulting in 35% wastage of total fruits and vegetable production of the country that accounts for approximately Rs 35,000 crore per annum.
Since 1976, significant increases in the installed capacity have been found, as the number of fruits and vegetables processing units have been increasing. This has gone up further after 1