Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal.
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New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday said the coffee production is estimated to be 3.63 lakh tonnes in 2024-25 against 3.60 lakh tonnes in 2023-24.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industries Piyush Goyal in his written reply in Lok Sabha said that the Coffee Board is implementing the Integrated Coffee Development Project (ICDP) scheme for the promotion and development of the Coffee sector in the country.
The number of activities were being carried out under the scheme including replantation, quality upgradation, water augmentation, area expansion & consolidation for increasing production, productivity and quality of coffee produced in the country. Under this scheme, coffee board also promotes Indian coffee in international markets by participating in international events and provides support for increasing high value and value-added coffee exports, he said while replying to Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivasa Poojary.
To a question whether Government has plan to bring in regulation for mixture of Chicory with coffee to 30 per cent in the interest of coffee growers, the Minister said Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has prescribed Standards for “Coffee-Chicory Mixture” under regulation 2.10.4 of Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulation, 2011. As per the standards, the coffee content in the mixture shall not be less than 51 percent by mass, he said.
The minister said the coffee crop will not come under Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act.