Punjab should be preferred state for food processing units: Roller Flour Millers

By Vibhor Mohan

The Roller Flour Millers’ Association held its second annual general meeting on Tuesday at Sangrur and said Punjab should be the preferred state for setting up food processing units which use wheat flour as their raw material.
Dharminder Singh Gill, president of the association said, “In our recent request the Industry had requested the Government of Punjab to facilitate increased coordination between Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and the industry so that the two could work together to identify ways and means which will benefit the growers and the processors. The Association has been informed that respective HODs of PAU have been informed to work in this direction. In an Agrarian State it becomes very important to have a resilient and strong processing industry.”
Anil Popli, vice president said, “The Association also appealed to the Punjab government to work in the direction of setting up more food processing units in the state which use Wheat flour as their raw material because majority of mills in Punjab are running below capacity due to the lack of presence of big industry which uses Wheat flour as its raw material. The Association also appealed to the government to set up skill development courses in ITIs and ATIs specific to the roller flour milling industry.”

This article has been republished from The Times of India.