New Delhi: The National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021 (NIFTEM) has been passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The bill seeks to declare Haryana-based NIFTEM and Tamil Nadu-based IIFPT as institutions of national importance. Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Food Processing Industries Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras said that the bill will further boost the sector.
He said that July 26, 2021, is a historic day for NIFTEM, IIFPT. The bill was earlier cleared in the Rajya Sabha on March 15 2021. "With the passage of this bill, NIFTEM and IIFPT will get autonomy to start new and innovative courses as well as help them to attract excellent faculty and students," Paras said. He also said that the global standards can also be adopted in academic and research work.
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"These institutes will have curricular provision related to food processing areas like cold chain technology, food bio-nanotechnology which can help in filling the technological gap. These institutions can now open new centres anywhere across the globe," he added. Along with this, giving them the status of Institute of National Importance (INI) will also pave the way for the creation of skilled manpower, Paras said.
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