SDG 2: Zero Hunger | SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
Institutions: Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)
During World Food India 2025, NIFTEM-K (Kundli), an Institute of National Importance under MoFPI, has signed nine strategic Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with industry players and academic institutions and transferred seven innovative technologies developed in-house to private sector partners.
The technologies include:
Instant composite millet-based kheer premix
High-nutrient ready-to-eat bars for metabolic disorders, probiotic products, high-altitude nutrient-rich bars
Rapid cattle pregnancy kit and rapid paneer adulteration kit
Eggless cake premix, millet puffs, unfermented mayo
The Saksham Anganwadi & Mission Poshan 2.0 initiative has been interlinked via technology transfer
Among MoU partners are the Quality Council of India, The Good Food Institute, Almond Board California, Danone India, Government Institute of Medical Sciences (Greater Noida), Institute of Bioresources & Sustainable Development (Imphal), Rejuvome Therapeutics, Clear Meat Pvt. Ltd., and the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences.
These partnerships and transfers strengthen India’s push for food tech innovation, bridging the gap between research and commercial deployment, and advancing nutritional security, value addition in agriculture, and entrepreneurship in food processing.
What is Saksham Anganwadi? → The Saksham Anganwadi scheme, launched in 2022, is a Government of India initiative to upgrade Anganwadi centres into modern, smart learning and nutrition hubs. It includes better infrastructure (solar power, child-friendly furniture, digital tools), improved nutrition services, and early childhood education facilities. It matters because it aims to strengthen the foundational layer of India’s child development system under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
What is Mission Poshan 2.0? → Announced in the Union Budget 2021–22, Mission Poshan 2.0 merges the Supplementary Nutrition Programme and Poshan Abhiyaan. It seeks to address malnutrition among children, adolescent girls, and pregnant/lactating women through fortified food, diet diversity, and growth monitoring. It matters because it consolidates India’s nutrition schemes into a single framework, making service delivery more efficient and impactful.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders:
How can the impact of these tech transfers and MoU collaborations be measured in terms of food system transformation, scale-up of nutritious products, and value-chain integration in underserved regions?
Follow the full news here: PIB Press Release ID 2173527