<span style="color: #222222;">Government has sanctioned 32 projects  in the food processing sector  under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The projects are spread across around 17 states leveraging an investment worth 406 Crore rupees. They were cleared  by the Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee chaired by Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal in New New Delhi yesterday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">These projects envisage the creation of direct and indirect employment for around fifteen thousand persons along with employment opportunities in rural areas to be the focus area. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The main objective of PMKSY is creation of processing and preservation capacities and modernisation of existing food processing units  to increase the level of processing and  value addition leading to reduction of wastage.</span>