KTR woos global investors with sops to set up food processing units in Telangana

Hyderabad: Telangana government will offer tailor-made incentives and handholding support to the investors who come forward to establish food processing units in the State, Industry Minister KT Rama Rao said on Monday.

Participating in a webinar hosted by Invest India under the title 'Food Processing Sector' with a group of global investors, the Minister said that the food processing sector will create tremendous opportunities in the coming days. He said that the Telangana government will provide complete support to the companies which come forward to invest in the food processing sector in the State.

KTR said that the water revolution in Telangana has increased the production of fish and meat in the State. He also said that Telangana established a very strong base for ensuring revolutions across agriculture, livestock, fisheries, poultry, and dairy industry.

The State has invested heavily in irrigation infrastructure, created large reservoirs and established strong farm level ecosystem (ranging from social security, farm input support, warehousing and marketing infrastructure, farm gate procurement infrastructure, farmer producer organizations), the Minister explained.