date:Aug 28, 2012
most ambitious scheme of the ministry of food processing industries with a focus on public-private partnership. However, absence of very large private sector companies, problems of land availability, and lack of forward and backward linkages and cluster-farming also led to failure of the MFP scheme earlier, he added.
12th FY Plan, fine-tuning
In the current financial year (2012-13), the food processing ministry has decided to continue the MFPS during the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-2017)