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Centre sanctions eight food processing projects for T.N.

The Union government’s Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee has sanctioned eight food processing projects worth ₹220 crore for Tamil Nadu. The projects, which would be implemented in eight districts, are likely to generate around 8,000 jobs and benefit 32,000 farmers. The Committee, headed by Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal, sanctioned a total of 10 projects worth ₹54 crore with grant-in-aid of ₹67.29 crore under the Agro Processing Cluster Scheme of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.