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Black garlic, dragon fruit, apples and mushrooms exported from India for the first time.
Nov 08, 2023

Indian Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated the second edition of the Mega food event ‘World Food India 2023’ at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The event aims to showcase India as the ‘food basket of the world’ and celebrate 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
 
Modi credited the consistent and dedicated efforts by the government behind the speedy and rapid growth in India’s food processing industry. He mentioned the creation of Agri-Export Policy for the first time in India, the development of nationwide logistics and infrastructure, the creation of more than 100 district-level hubs connecting the district to the global markets, increase in the number of Mega Food Parks from 2 to more than 20, and India’s food processing capacity increasing from 1.2 mln tons to more than 20 mln tons in the last 9 years.
 
The PM gave examples of agricultural produce that are being exported from India for the first time and mentioned black garlic from Himachal Pradesh, dragon fruit from Jammu & Kashmir, Karkitchoo apples from Ladakh, Cavendish banana from Punjab and Gucchi mushrooms from Jammu.
    
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