The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA, has approved setting up 15 new Mega Food Park Projects under the Infrastructure Development Scheme at a total cost of over 787 crore rupees. The setting up of 15 new Mega Food Parks will result in creation of state of the art infrastructure in major parts of the country with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlets. The projects are expected to bring about substantial reduction of wastage, value addition, employment generation and increased income for the farmers.
The Scheme will be implemented in a market driven manner commensurate with both global and national demands. Innovative supply chain management will be the key to implementation of this scheme.

Each Mega Food Park is expected to benefit 6000 farmers and producers directly and 25 to 30 thousand farmers indirectly. Each Mega Food Park will also generate about 40,000 jobs. An estimated 30 to 40 food processing industries are expected to be set up in each project.

In yet another decision, CCEA approved the proposal for scheme of Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) with the World Bank assistance. The total cost of the scheme 21,00 crore rupees of which 1680 crore rupees will be funded by World Bank while over 393 crore will be the share of the states.

The scheme will help provide rehabilitation of 223 Dams in the States of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Tamil Nadu along with Strengthening of the Dam Safety Organizations at national level in Central Water Commission.