The Uttar Pradesh government has initiated plans to establish a fruit-based processing unit within Noida International Airport near its multimodal cargo hub. A committee comprising officials from Noida International Airport (NIAL), the World Bank, and Innova Food Park, a subsidiary of Bharat Biotech, has been formed to develop a financial model for the project.The initiative aims to facilitate the export of tinned fruits and juices, particularly benefiting farmers from Jewar and surrounding districts by providing a reliable market for their produce, especially guavas and mangoes. The World Bank is set to provide Rs 350 crore in aid for the facility. Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh chaired a meeting to discuss the establishment of an export hub at the airport.Representatives from Innova Food Park, the World Bank, Air India SATS (AISATS), Noida International Airport concessionaire YIAPL, and NIAL attended. The Chief Secretary directed all stakeholders to coordinate efforts to create a horticulture-based export hub and prepare its financial model, with the report expected by the end of the month.The proposed processing unit will be integrated with a cold chain system developed by AISATS, ensuring product freshness and swift export to international markets. A gamma radiation facility is essential for food preservation but cannot be housed within the airport premises. To address this, NIAL CEO Arun Vir Singh, who also leads the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), has proposed allocating land in Sector 22E.As per the plan, fruits will first be processed at the gamma radiation centre for cleaning and peeling before being transferred to the processing unit and subsequently exported via the cold chain system. In September last year, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the establishment of a radiation treatment plant near Noida airport, the first of its kind in North India, to help meet stringent export standards set by the US and Europe.Under the Food Processing Industry Policy 2023, the state offers incentives, including a 35 percent subsidy on expenditures for plant, machinery, and technical civil work, up to Rs five crore, to promote the establishment and modernisation of food processing industries. https://www.projectstoday.com/News/Noida-Airport-to-host-fruit-based-processing-unit-for-export (ICE MUMBAI)

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