Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
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Number of enterprises, state-wise: 2006-16
The Hindu Business Line, December 19, 2016
Entrepreneurship Development Institute creates 5,500 enterprises in food processing
Through its Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs), on behalf of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, EDII trained over 11,000 individuals. Out of these, half of them took the entrepreneurial plunge and during 2006-16, 5,500 enterprises have come up in this sector with their own production units, and in turn, generated employment for over 19,000 persons, it said.
Maharashtra accounted for the largest number of enterprises, with 600 having been set up in the last one decade, followed by Gujarat with 586, Jharkhand with 578, Bihar with 473 and Karnataka with 444 food processing units.
The units set up in Gujarat have created employment for over 2,200 persons, it said.
Sunil Shukla, Director of EDII, said: “Given the thrust of the Centre on the food processing industry, it is imperative that new entrepreneurs getmotivated and trained to take up the challenges of the emerging opportunities available in the sector.”
Maharashtra accounted for the largest number of enterprises with 600, followed by Gujarat with 586, Jharkhand with 578, Bihar with 473 and Karnataka with 444
