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5 bilion rupees = 71Meuro growth 30% per annum
65ml = 5 rupees
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http://www.reportlinker.com/d010368936/Drinks-trends-in-India.html
http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/ab985e/ab985e07.htm
http://www.reportbuyer.com/food_drink/country_overviews_food_drink/indian_fruit_juice_market.html
http://www.indianetzone.com/24/fruit_cultivation_india.htm
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India is the second largest market for foods and vegetables in the world. The total production of foods and vegetables is estimated to be around 148.5 million tonnes, out of which fruits account for only 48.5 million tonnes and the rest 100 million tonnes is accounted for by vegetables. However, the fruit juice market has not been fully tapped because of poor infrastructure, poor storage facilities, and highly unorganized market, chiefly constituted by road side vendors. Consumers still prefer to buy juices from road side vendors even if the juices are unhygienic.
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India: CII seeks zero GST for processed fruit and vegetable industry
Industry body, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has demanded that fruit and vegetable processing industry be exempted from the goods and services tax, proposed to be introduced from April 2010, as the sector is still at a "nascent stage" and needs support.
"We have requested the government to keep fruit and vegetable processing industry under a special GST rate of zero per cent," CII National Council for Agriculture Chairman Rakesh Bharti Mittal said.
An empowered panel of finance ministers of different states yesterday resolved to meet the deadline of rolling out the GST regime in April next year and has reached a consensus to have two basic tax rates in the new system, and a special one for precious metals. But the rates are yet to be decided.
Though India produces about 50 million tonnes of fruits and 90 million tonnes of vegetables, the level of processing is lagging pathetically at just about 2 per cent, compared with that of 65 per cent in the US and 23 per cent in China.
Low processing results in huge wastages of fruits and vegetables, estimated at Rs 33,000 crore a year mainly because of lack of infrastructure and adequate support, he said.
Mittal, who is also the vice-chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Enterprises that export fruits and vegetables under the brand name 'Fieldfresh', observed many states are levying additional cess even when the empowered panel of Finance Ministers of states on Vat has suggested a 4 per cent VAT on processed fruits and vegetables.
Moreover, some states are charging more by restricting the description of the processed fruit and vegetable category even when the VAT panel recommended a uniform tax rate structure and classification of products, Mittal pointed out.
"Uniform classification of all processed fruits and vegetables across Centre and states on lines of the Cenvat structure is needed," he said.
India: R&D in food processing needs to be strengthened
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday called for strengthening research and development (R&D) in the country’s food processing industry with the Central Food Technology and Research Institute (CFTRI) playing a more proactive role. “While basic agricultural research has a very strong and large institutional network in the country, there is little focus on the food processing sector,” Manmohan Singh said while inaugurating the 1st Conference of State Ministers of Food Processing Industries, organised by the ministry of food processing industries (MoFPI).
“I would urge agricultural universities, premier technological institutes and the private sector to actively undertake collaborative strategic research,” he said, adding that international collaborations in this field needed to be promoted.
Calling for a new National Food Processing Policy that would promote innovation and technological development, he said the CFTRI has to play a more proactive role in this.
“The Central Food Technology and Research Institute should play a more central and proactive role in promoting the knowledge base of the industry through greater public private partnerships in technology development,” Manmohan Singh said.
Reaching international standards of food safety and quality is another critical objective for India’s food processing industry, according to the prime minister.
Stating that this required a multi-pronged approach, he said: “The authorities should initiate a sustained campaign to educate consumers and promote quality assurance in industry. World-class food testing laboratories should be established in the country in both the public and private sector.”
Stressing on the need for harmonising India’s food standards with Codex Alimentarius, the collection of internationally recognised standards, codes of practice, guidelines and other recommendations relating to foods, food production and food safety, the prime minister said: “There is no reason why Indian consumers should not demand and get products meeting the highest quality and safety standards in the world.”
Source: thaindian.com
Publication date: 10/8/2009
watermelon juice
Watermelon Juice - Next Source of Renewable Energy
Date: 31-Aug-09 Author: Zachary Shahan
Hundreds of thousands of tons of watermelons are tossed every year because they aren't good enough for market. A new study finds that the juice from these watermelons could easily be used to create the biofuel ethanol and other helpful products.
According to a new study to be published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels, 20% of the watermelon crop doesn't go to market every year due to imperfections, bad spots, or weird shapes. These watermelons are left in the field and then ploughed right back into the ground. According to the authors of the study (Benny Bruton and Vincent Russo from the USDA-ARS, South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, and Wayne Fish), these watermelons could be used to produce the biofuel ethanol.
The watermelon juice can be fermented and used directly or it can be used as a "diluent, supplemental feedstock, and nitrogen supplement" with other biofuel crops. If it is used as a supplement to other crops, it could first be used in neutraceutical production and serve an economic and health purpose in that capacity as well. Watermelons could be used to produce the neutraceuticals lycopene (found to be important to prostrate health) and L-arginine (an amino acid that is critical for the production of nitric oxide). After being used to produce these, the waste juice can be used for ethanol production.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of watermelons are lost every year. They are grown and then left in the ground because of superficial imperfections. The authors of this new study show that they could be very useful as a renewable energy source. "The results of this investigation indicate that watermelon juice as a source of readily fermentable sugars represents a heretofore untapped feedstock for ethanol biofuel production. The 8.4 t/ha of unmarketable watermelons left in the field at harvest would produce about 220 L/ha of ethanol for on-farm use or as an additional revenue stream for the grower."
Fuel your next car with watermelon juice.
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