The Ministry of Food Processing Industries implement schemes to augment post harvest infrastructure and processing facilities so as to reduce post-harvest losses and augment processing levels of various agriculture produce. As per a study commissioned by the Ministry, the level of processing of food grains has increased over the years, as indicated below:
Commodity
Level of Processing (in %)
Foodgrains
2010-11
2015-16
2018-19
49.3
63.2
68.2