Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-processing clusters) is a Central Sector Scheme with an allocation of Rs. 6000 crore for the period 2016-20.
The objective of the scheme is to supplement agriculture, modernize processing (of marine and agri-produce) and decrease agri-waste.
SAMPADA is an umbrella scheme incorporating ongoing schemes of the government like Mega Food Parks, Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure, etc. and also new schemes like Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters, Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages, Creation of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities.
The SAMPADA is a comprehensive package to give a renewed thrust to the food processing sector in the country. It aims at the development of modern infrastructure to encourage entrepreneurs to set up food processing units based on a cluster approach, provide effective and seamless backward and forward integration for the processed food industry by plugging gaps in the supply chain and creation of processing and preservation capacities and modernization/ expansion of existing food processing units.
The objective of the SAMPADA scheme is to supplement agriculture, modernize processing (of marine and agri-produce) and decrease agri-waste. It is implemented by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.