FOOD FACTORY

Minister for Food Processing Industries

Work style Open to new ideas, nonconfrontational, but means business

In house Has learnt a lot from her fatherinlaw, former agricul ture minister and fivetimes Punjab CM, Parkash Singh Badal, combined it with husband Sukhbir Badal’s exposure to international technologies First preference Prefers a challenging role at the Centre rather than politics in her home state

PROMISE & DELIVERY STATUS OF COMMITMENTS MADE IN 2014 BJP MANIFESTO

In 2014, of the 42 approved mega food parks, only two were operational

15 mega food parks to come up during the current fiscal

80 cold chains are

operational and 30 more to come up during this fiscal

Pushed for FDI in multibrand retail, as a result of which the BJP had to backtrack on its poll promise

Budget allocation to her ministry has increased three times in four years

Her ministry has Rs 6,000 crore allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana

Achievements

23 projects approved for backward and forward linkages; 8 projects approved under AgroProcessing Clusters

Challenges

Convince commerce ministry on FDI in multibrand retail

Mobilise state bureaucracy