(a) the approximate number of workers involved in the Food Processing Industries in the country at present;
(b) the number out of them who are in the unorganized
sector; and
(c) the over-all growth-rate the industry has achieved
during the financial year 2006-2007?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI SUBODH KANT SAHAI)
(a) to (c): According to Annual Survey of Industries 2000-
2001, there were 10,19,793 workers in the country in the
organized sector, while the Unorganised Manufacturing Sector
Survey of National Sample Survey Organisation (2000-2001)
indicates that 68,42,000 workers were involved in the
unorganized industries in the food processing sector.
The figure for the over-all growth-rate of the industry
during the financial year 2006-2007 would only be available
after the closure of the financial year.