Overview
- Punjab is known as the Food Bowl of India with share of Primary sector in State GSDP as 25% (National Average 17%).
- Punjab has a robust ecosystem for Food Processing with share of 21% in the State’s Manufacturing GSDP (National Average 8.8%).
- Punjab exports Food Products worth $1.3 bn. Major exporting countries are US, UAE, UK , Vietnam, Middle East and Saudi Arabia.
- Punjab is a Raw Material Hub:
- First in terms of Yield & second in production of Wheat and Rice
- First in per capita milk availability
- Second in Mandarin Orange (Kinnow) production
- Third in Honey production
- Strong infrastructure support present in Punjab:
- 3 Mega Food Parks in Ludhiana, Fazilka & Kapurthala
- More than 600 cold storage facilities
- 162 warehouses with storage capacity of 12 MMT
- Cargo Terminal in Amritsar (fully operational) & Mohali (work in progress)
- Well connected to the dedicated Freight Corridors - EDFC & WDFC
- Electricity surplus State with 400 KVA ring main system
- No lockouts, low attrition, no domicile restriction - Effective workforce management
- One Stop Office (IPA+Unified Regulator) for State level approvals - "Invest Punjab: One of its kind in India"
