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India, Russia Ink Pact To Set Up 25 |
India, Russia Ink Pact To Set Up 25 Irradiation Centers
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INDIA
, 13-October-2016
13:35:37 PM |
India and Russia today signed a pact to set up 25 integrated infrastructure centers for irradiation treatment of perishable food items to improve shelf life and cut post-harvest losses.
At least 7 centers will be set up in Maharashtra, with the first centre near Shirdi to be ready next year. Perishable items ranging from flowers to fish will be treated there on a commercial scale.
The agreement was signed between Russia's United Innovation Corporation (UIC) -- a subsidiary of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation -- and Hindustan Agro Co-op Ltd on the sidelines of the BRICS Business Forum here.
"As part of the agreement, a JV will be formed for this purpose. About 25 integrated centers will be developed across the country, of which seven of them in Maharashtra in the first
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