Author: HBI Staff | Mumbai
Sodexo India has been recognised at the World HRD Congress Awards 2012 held in Mumbai in the category of ‘Promoting health in the workplace’. Commenting on this achievement, Sunil Nayak, CEO, Sodexo India Onsite Service Solutions said, “We are absolutely delighted to win this award. The vision of Sodexo is aligned to improving the quality of daily life of those that we work with. Our submission also highlighted that health in the workplace revolves around much more than the food we serve and it is rewarding to see that our efforts in the overall management of the workplace – both…
gategroup has exercised its call option with India Hospitality Corporation (IHC) to acquire the remaining 26 percent of the Indian airline catering company Skygourmet. “We appreciate IHC’s support during the past 15 months to help familiarise us with the Indian business environment, and we are eager to move forward in developing this important asset,” said Andrew Gibson, CEO, gategroup. Exercising this call option in 2012 will have no impact on the company’s income statement since a liability had previously been recognised. The company is increasing its stake to provide maximum flexibility to run the business in India as a fully…
According to a PIB release, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) has mooted a scheme on ‘Up gradation of Quality of Street Food’ for implementation during the 11th Plan period. This information was given by Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister for Food Processing Industries in the Rajya Sabha recently. The scheme is yet to be approved by the Ministry of Finance for implementation on a pilot basis in 11 cities (for ‘Safe Food Town’ component) and in six cities (for ‘Food-Street’ component). The outcome of these pilot projects will help MOFPI in implementation of the scheme more effectively in the 12th…
To revamp the food processing industry a huge investment of $30 billion is estimated. The investment, if achieved, will benefit the industry through its restructuring, and push the current 2.2 per cent share of processed food trade in fruits and vegetables to 10 per cent, the 26 per cent share of fisheries to 40 per cent, around 6 per cent share of poultry to 15 per cent and also help in stimulating 20 per cent share of the buffalo meat to 40 per cent and that of milk from 35 per cent to 60 per cent by 2015. India’s processing…
According to a PIB release, Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), said that Indian wine sector requires a long-term commitment, as it is a very capital intensive industry. Sahai inaugurated the National Conference on ‘Indian Wine Sector – Potential & Challenges’ in New Delhi recently. The conference was organised by the Indian Grape Processing Board (IGPB). Ashok Sinha, Secretary, Food Processing Industries presided over the function. Sahai said, “We should not be deterred by the lean phase through which the industry is passing, including unsold stock of wines. He emphasised the importance of quality in the Indian…
R Suresh, Chief Secretary for Karnataka food processing and technology department, says that the state government (in its financial plan) has approved six more food parks apart from four food parks that are at various stages of completion in different places in Karnataka. Speaking about the state government’s plan, Suresh says, “Among four food processing units under construction, the park at Malur is in the final stages of completion and will be inaugurated soon. The park at Malur will process vegetables, fruits and pulses, such as potatoes, mangoes and tur dal.” Last year, when the Ministry of Food Processing Industries…
The Industries Department of Chandigarh has taken up the proposal with the Union Ministry of Food Processing to explore the possibility of setting up a food processing unit in the Union Territory of Chandigarh under a centrally sponsored scheme. The proposal had been mooted by the Regional Centre for Agro Processing Development Society, which sees a vast scope for such units in the Union Territory. Disclosing this, Vandana Disodia, Director, General Manager, District Industries Centre, Chandigarh, says, “The proposal is to set up a food processing and training centre. Besides, the proposal seeks Rs 5 Lakh from the Central Government…
