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•STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

•MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

•"THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND

•DECEMBER, 2019/AGRAHAYANA, 1941 (SAKA)

•1

•STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

•(2019

•-

•2020)

•SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA

•MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

•"THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND

•MANAGEMENT BILL, 2019"

•FIRST REPORT

•LOK

•SABHA SECRETARIAT

•NEW DELHI

•DECEMBER, 2019/AGRAHAYANA, 1941 (SAKA)

•MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

•"THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND

•2

•FIRST REPORT

•STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

•(2019

•-

•2020)

•(

•SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA

•)

•MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

•"THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY,

•ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND

•MANAGEMENT BILL, 2019"

•Presented to Lok Sabha on

•03

•.12.2019

•Laid on the Table of Rajya Sabha on

•03

•.12.2019

•LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT

•NEW DELHI

•December, 2019/Agrahayana, 1941 (Saka)

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•COA No.

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•Price : Rs.

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•(Fourteenth Edition) and Printed by

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•<CONTENTS>

•PAGE No.

•COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (2018

•-

•19)…………………………

•(iii)

•COMPOSITION OF THE COMMIT

•TEE (2019

•-

•20)…………………………

•(iv)

•INTRODUCTION

•……………………………………………………………

•(vi)

ABBREVIATIONS..................................................................................

•(vii)

•REPORT

•PART

•-

•I

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7.

Smt.Raksha Tai Khadase

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17.

Dr.Komal

•Chauhan

•Assistant

•Professor

•SD College, Banasthali University

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18.

Dr.Neetu Kumra

•Taneja

•Assistant

•Professor

•Post doctoral research fellow in Wake Forest

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19.

Dr.Rakhi Singh

•Assistant

•Professor

•BHU

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20.

Mrs.S.Thanga

•Lakshmi

•Assistant

•Professor

•Padmavathi College of Engineering, Sethu

•Institute of Technology, AKGEC

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21.

Dr.Anupama

•Panghal

•Assistant

•Professor

•NAFED

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22.

Dr.Sapna

•Assistant

•Professor

Ch.Devilal University, JCD College of Engg.,

•JCD Institute of Management

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23.

Dr.

•Vinkel Arora

•Assistant

•Professor

•ITM university, Jan Nayak Ch Devilal Memeorial

•college of Engineering, Tata Motors

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24.

Sh.Vijay Singh

•Sharanagat

•Assistant

•Professor

•College of Agricultural Engineering JNKVV

•34

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25.

Dr.Anurag

•Singh

•Assistant

•Professor

•Raja

•Balwant Singh Engineering Technical

•Campus

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26.

Dr.Prasantha

•Kumar R

•Assistant

•Professor

•Annamacharya Institute of Technology and

•Sciences, Seshachala Institute of Management

•Studies

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8.

Md.Badaruddoza Khan

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27.

Dr.Sarika

•Yadav

•Assistant

•Professor

•United Institute of

•Management

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28.

Sh.Nitin Kumar

•Assistant

•Professor

•Assam University, IDMC, Bharat Lab Industries

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29.

Dr.Barjinder Pal

•Kaur

•Assistant

•Professor

•NIFTEM

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30.

Sh.Anand

•Kishore

•Assistant

•Professor

•Assocom Institute of Bakery Technology and

•Management

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31.

Dr.Ankur Ojha

•Assistant

•Professor

•Mansingh Bhai Institute of Dairy and Food

•Technology

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32.

Sh.Arun

•Sharma

•Assistant

•Professor

•RPIIT, Institute of Engineering and Technology

SECTION Section 116

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33.

Dr.Tribhuvan

•Nath

•Assistant

•Professor

•BHU,IIM, NIFTEM

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34.

Dr.Murlidhar

•Meghwal

•Assistant

•Professor

•Jain University

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35.

Sh.Pramod

•Kumar

•Prabhakar

•Assistant

•Professor

•NIFTEM, IIT Kharagpur

•IIFPT

•:

•-

•NIL

•1

•.

•34

•.

•When asked about the

•reasons

•for very low level of Faculty at NIFTEM and IIFPT

•having experience in Food Processing Industries

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•The earlier recruitment guidelines as envisaged in UGC were restrictive in nature

•as far as taking into consideration industry ex

perience.NIFTEM, in the initial years

•of establishment, could not attract much talent from the industry. The faculty

•members were recruited based on the existing recruitment rules of IIFPT which

•does not demand industrial experience.

•”

•1

•.

•35

•.

•On the query of

•the Committee regarding policy of NIFTEM/IIFPT for inviting

•eminent/Experienced People in the Field of Food Processing Industries as Visiting

•Faculty

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•Yes, both NIFTEM and IIFPT invite eminent/experienced people in the field of

•Fo

•od Processing Industries

•as visiting faculty.

•35

•1

•.

•36

•.

•When asked to furnish details of

•existing structure of emoluments for faculties in

•NIFTEM

•and IIFPT

•, the Ministry submitted:

•“

•The existing structure of emoluments for faculties in NIFTEM is comparable to

•Salary Structure of Central University Faculties as NIFTEM has adopted the UGC

•7

•th

•CPC

•Scale

•for its and teaching and non

•-

•teaching staff.

•IIFPT is providing

•emoluments for faculties as per the VII

•th

•CPC approved by the Ministry of Human

•Resources Developm

•ent, Govt. of India

Sl.No.

•Name of the Post

•Pay Level

•1

•Professor

•Level

•-

•14

•2

•Associate Professor

•Level

•-

•12*

•3

•Assistant Professor

•Level

•-

•10

•*Level 13A in Central Universities

•1

•.

•37

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding level of Salary required for

•attracting

•Qualitative Faculty

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•On par with the other existing INI status institutes. The higher pay package

•already available in other INI Institutions like IITs/IIMs/AIIMSs would enable the

•NIFTEM to attract better faculty. Thi

•s will also ensure them on other service

•condition at par with IITs and IIMs. Under INI

•Status,

•the

•Statutory Bodies

•of

•NIFTEM would be able to provide provisions for higher pay to eminent faculty from

•global lead institutions on sabbatical or for short te

•rm exchange.

•”

•1

•.

•38

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding use of Biometric Attendance in

•NIFTEM/IIFPT

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•Yes, NIFTEM is following biometric attendance since 2012.

•Biometric machines, 58 Nos.,

•for student attendance

•Biometric Instal

•led in Each labs, Classrooms, Library,

•Hostels, Main gate,

•Biometric Machines, 3 Nos.,

•for Staff Attendance

•Biometric Machines installed in Admin Block , Main

•Gate and Academic Courtyard for staff attendance

•Total Machines

•61

•Yes, IIFPT is following biometric attendance since 2016.

•Biometric Attendance

•-

•1 No.

•For staff in the main building

•Biometric Attendance

•-

•1 No.

•For students in the main building

•Biometric Attendance

•-

•1 No.

•Hostel students in the main gate

•Total machines

•3 Nos.

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•F

•.

•FOREIGN COLLABORATIONS

•1

•.

•39

•.

•The

•Ministry

•in their background note submitted that

•status of INI will provide

•flexibility to the

•Institutes

•to have foreign collaborations on academic and research front.

•Further, it has submitted that

•NIFTEM has signed international collaboration with 7

•Foreign Universities

i.e. University of Neberska Lincoln (USA), Kansas State University

•(USA), University of Saskatchewan (Canada), Institute of Food Safety and Health (IFSH)

•(Chicago), McGill University

•(Canada), Asian Institute of Technology Bangkok (Thailand),

•Wageningen University (The Netherlands) & Melbourne University (Australia). These

•MoUs are facilitating continual exchange of students, faculties, expertise and research

•and development in food p

rocessing.Under these collaborations, NIFTEM’s students

•are provided with International Exposure for short to long term training

•-

•cum

•-

•research

•experiences in international partner institutions. Around 120 students from batches of

•different academic years

•have so far benefitted under the international collaboration.

•1

•.

•40

•.

•IIFPT has signed

•IIFPT has signed international collaboration with 16 foreign

•universities from Canada, USA, the Netherlands, Thailand, Ethiopia, France, Japan and

•USA facilitating constant

•exchange of students, faculties, expertise and research and

•development in food processing. Under these collaborations, M.Tech. and PhD. students

•are provided with International Exposure for short to long term training

•-

•cum

•-

•research

•experiences in internati

•onal partner institutions and 14 M.Tech students went to France

•to pursue part of their research.

•1

•.

•41

•.

•When asked about

•additional flexibility for Foreign Collaborations

•which status of

•INI

•will

•provide

•to the Institutes

•, the Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•INI status will provide the following additional flexibility for

•Foreign Collaborations

•:

•i

•.

•Able to create joint academic/research programme with

•Foreign

•Universities/Institutes.

•ii

•.

•Prepare students for Global Citizenship and Economy.

•iii

•.

•Faculty access to specializ

•ed research facilities not available at Institutions

•in the country.

•iv

•.

•Leverage funding from multiple funding sources

•v

•.

•Open off

•-

•shore centres

•vi

•.

•International sabbatical

•Provisions

•with different international universi

•ties

•for research and education”

•37

•1

•.

•42

•.

•When asked

•about benefits

•achieved by these Institutes from above mentioned

•Foreign Collaborations

•, the Ministry

•submitted

•:

•-

•“

•The Institutes have signed MoUs with several foreign universities and institutions.

•Some of the benefits achieved through such f

•oreign collaborations are :

•-

•i

•.

•Faculty have got experience of working in international collaborative

•research projects. Some of the faculty members have also carried out part

•of their Ph.D research works in foreign Universities.

•ii

•.

•Students and faculty got

•exposure to foreign university research labs which

•helped in sharpening their knowledge base and skills in improving the

•educational standards of the institute.

•iii

•.

•Exposure visits by MBA students to international Institutions /

•organizations/ industries has r

•esulted in better understanding of

•international business concepts and management issues which were

•helpful for better placement of students at national and international level.

•iv

•.

•Danfoss Cold Chain Development School setup in NIFTEM to help

entrepreneurs.

•”

•1

•.

•43

•.

•On the query of the Committee

•regarding financial

•implications/

•expenditure of

•Foreign

•Collaborations

•on the part of them Institutes

•, the Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•These collaborations have financial implications only to the extent that individual

•institutes

•bear travel expenses in respect of exposure visit of their respective

•students/faculties.

•”

•G

•.

•ADMISSION PROCESS IN NIFTEM

•1

•.

•44

•.

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•Clause 23 (c) provides for the fees to be charged for

•Courses

•of

•Study

•in the

•Institute and for admission to the examinations for

•degrees and diplomas of the Institute.

•When asked to furnish details of existing Mechanism for admission in various Courses of

•NIFTEM and IIFPT, the Ministry stated as

•follows

•:

•-

•38

•“

•NIFTEM

•Courses

•Admission procedure

•Course

•Approving

•Authority

•Degree

•Accreditation

•Authority

B.Tech

•Institute counselling based on All India

•ranks of JEE (mains) conducted by the

•MHRD

•UGC

•ALL INDIA

•COUNCIL OF

•TECHNICAL

•EDUCATION

M.Tech

•Based on GATE Entrance Examination

Score.Admissions for the remaining seats

•thereafter

•are filled up through common

•entrance test conducted by NIFTEM.

•UGC

•ALL INDIA

•COUNCIL OF

•TECHNICAL

•EDUCATION

M.B.A

•Based on last two years' valid score of

•CAT/MAT and an Internal

•-

•Test for Non

•-

•CAT/MAT category applicant. The final

•selection of shortlisted

•candidates is made

•on the basis of GD/PI, past academic

•performance, and work experience.

•UGC

•ALL INDIA

•COUNCIL OF

•TECHNICAL

•EDUCATION

Ph.D

•Based on PhD Research Entrance Test

•(RET) followed by interview. CSIR

•-

•UGC

•JRF or any other JRF holders are

•exempted from entrance test but need to

•appear in interview.

•UGC

•ALL INDIA

•COUNCIL OF

•TECHNICAL

•EDUCATION

•IIFPT

•Courses

•Admission procedure

•Courses

•affiliated to

•Degree

•Accreditation

•Authority

B.Tech

•Institute counselling based on All India

•ranks of

•JEE (mains) conducted by the

•MHRD

•TNAU (Tamil

•Nadu

•Agricultural

•University)

•ALL INDIA

•COUNCIL OF

•TECHNICAL

•EDUCATION

M.Tech

•Based on undergraduate marks and

•IIFPT Entrance Examination.

•TNAU

•ALL INDIA

•COUNCIL OF

•TECHNICAL

•EDUCATION

Ph.D

•Based on

•undergraduate & postgraduate

•marks and short written test followed by

•Personal interview.

•TNAU

•ALL INDIA

•COUNCIL OF

•TECHNICAL

•EDUCATION

•1

•.

•45

•.

•During the Evidence, further elaborating on the issue, the Representative of

•NIFTEM stated:

•“....With the permission of the Chair, I would like to apprise here that all

•admissions are done through Joint Entrance Examination at the national level.

•We get students only after 20,000 ranking and it goes on up to three lakhs usually.

•39

•Sometimes, it i

•s restricted around 1.7 to 1.8 lakhs also. That is how quality is

maintained.We absolutely follow the rosters also. Reservations for economically

•weaker sections, SCs and STs and BCs are followed. We take that into

•consideration and finalise the JEE..

•.”

•H

•.

•FEE STRUCTURE FOR NIFTEM

•1

•.

•46

•.

•When asked to furnish

•Fee structure of various courses of NIFTEM and IIFPT, the

•Ministry

•submitted

•:

•-

•“

•The Detailed Fee structure of the Institutes are as follows:

•-

•(Amount in Rs)

•Particulars

B.Tech

M.Tech

Ph.D

•1 Sem

•2nd Sem

•Onwards

•1 Sem

•2nd Sem

•Onwards

•1 Sem

•2nd Sem

•Onwards

•A) At the Time of Admission (One time)

•Institute prospectus

•& Enrolment Form

•1000

•NIL

•1050

•NIL

•1030

•NIL

•Admission Fee

•5000

•NIL

•4300

•NIL

•3600

•NIL

•Identity Card Fee

•400

•NIL

•400

•NIL

•400

•NIL

•Library and Book

•Bank Fee

•4200

•NIL

•4600

•NIL

•4600

•NIL

•Alumni Fee

•1300

•NIL

•1300

•NIL

•1300

•NIL

•B) Development Funds

•Institute

•Development Fund

•Tuition & Other Fee

•24200

•13800

•10700

•Innovation fund

•6000

•3450

•2700

•Scholarship Fund

•6000

•3450

•2700

•Student activity and

•welfare fund

•6000

•3450

•2700

•Hostel

•Development fund

•11800

•6000

•4700

(C)Tuition and other Fee

•Tuition

•Fee/*Guiding Fee

•44300

•14300

•4600

•Lab Support Fee

•4200

•7400

•8200

•Examination

•Fee/*Programme

•Report Fee

•3000

•2400

•2800

•D) One Time Security Deposit (Refundable)

•Institute Security

•Deposit

•5000

•NIL

•1000

•NIL

•1000

•NIL

•Library Security

•Deposit

•5000

•NIL

•1000

•NIL

•1000

•NIL

•Mess Security

•Deposit

•5000

•NIL

•5000

•NIL

•5000

•NIL

•E) Hostel & Other amenities

•40

•Hostel Rent (Seat

•wise)

•8500

•9300

•8820

•Medical Fees

•2100

•2200

•Electricity, IT and

•water Supply

•3500

•3400

•Mess Charges**

•16000

•Total

•162500

•135600

•1,03,800

•85,150

•87,450

•69,520

•*Only for Ph.D

•-

•Note:

•-

•1 in addition to above the convocation fee of Rs 2500.00 will be charged at the time of

Convocation.**The mess fee may change as per the decision of competent authority any

•time between the courses.

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9.

•Shri C. Mahendran

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2.Comprehensive Viva

•-

•Voce &

•Thesis Evaluation Fee

•(at the time of thesis submission)

•21800

•Fee Structure for MBA Programme at NIFTEM

•(2019

•-

•2021)

•(Amount in Rs)

•Sl

No.

•Year

•-

•I

•Year

•-

•II

•Details of Fee

•Sem

•-

•1

•Sem

•-

•2

•Sem

•-

•3

•Sem

•-

•4

•1

•At the time of Admission

1.1

•Institute Handbook

•&

•Enrolment Form

•1,500

•NIL

1.2

•Admission Fee

•4,600

•NIL

1.3

•Identity Card Fee

•500

•NIL

1.4

•Alumni Fee

•5,150

•NIL

•2

•Development Funds

2.1

•Institute Development Fund

•31,800

•26,600

2.2

•Innovation Fund

•5,250

•4,200

2.3

•Start up fund

•10,600

•8,000

2.4

•Students Activity & welfare

•Fund

•6,400

•5,300

•3

•Tuition & Other Academic Fee

3.1

•Tuition Fee

•1,06,100

3.2

•Lab support fee

•(communication lab/finance

•lab)

•3,200

3.3

•Examination Fee

•10,600

•Book Bank & Cases for

3.4

•Department Library

•(Cases

•may be given to students)

•12,800

3.5

•Educational Tour/Outdoor

•Camps

•8,480.00

•8,480

3.6

•International Immersion

•NIL

•1,30,000

•NIL

•4

•One Time Security Fee

4.1

•Institute Security Deposits

•5,000

•NIL

4.2

•Library Security Deposits

•5,000

•NIL

4.3

•Mess Security Deposits

•5,000

•NIL

•5

•Hostel & Other Amenities

5.1

•Hostel Fee (twin sharing

•basis)

•31,900

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5.2

•Medical Fees

•2,200

5.3

•Electricity, IT and Water

•Supply

•5,300

5.4

•Mess Charges

•16,000

•Semester

•-

•wise total fee payable

•2,77,380

•2,40,680

•3,70,680

•2,40,680

•Yearly Fee Payable

•5,18,060.00

•6,11,360.00

•Total Program Fee Payable for 1st

•& 2nd Year of Study

•11,29,420.00

•Fee structure for IIFPT :

•-

•(Amount in Rs.)

•I

•.

•STATUES FOR CAPPING OF FEES FOR TECHNICAL COURSE

•1

•.

•47

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding Legislations/Statutes which provides for

•capping fee structure of various

•academic/Professional/Vocational Courses in the

•Country, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•As per information available with this Ministry, there is no legislation/Statute

•which provides for capping of fee structure.

•However, on the scrutiny of

•Approval

•Process Ha

•ndBook (2018

•-

•19) of

•All India Council of Technical Education

•, the

•Committee find that

•All India Council of Technical Education

•provide for

•Maximum

•Tuition and Development Fee per Annum for Full Time Programmes by the

•National Fee Committee.

•”

S.No.

•Details

B.Tech

M.Tech

Ph.D

A.

•One Time Fees

•1

•.

•Admission Fee

•12600

•2

•.

•ID Card Fee

•400

•3

•.

•Seminar/Thesis Fee

•1350

•3000

•13000

•4

•.

•Caution Deposit (Refundable)

•4350

•5

•.

•Library Deposit Fee

•(Refundable)

•650

•6

•.

•Comprehensive Examination

•Fee

•-

•1200

•2800

•7

•.

•Anti

•-

•Plagiarism Fee

•-

•3000

•Total

•-

•A

•19350

•25200

•36800

B.

•Semester Fees

•38000

•31500

•1

•.

•Tuition Fee

•6000

•6300

•2

•.

•Lab Support Fee

•1900

•3975

•1650

•3

•.

•Library Fee

•5000

•6620

•7730

•4

•.

•Examination Fee

•5200

•4800

•2250

•5

•.

•Student Activities

•4700

•4500

•1500

•6

•.

•IT Support

•400

•600

•7

•.

•Medical and Insurance Fee

•38000

•31500

•Total

•-

•B

•61200

•58295

•51530

•42

•1

•.

•48

•.

•When asked

•b

•y the Committee

•about awareness

•on the part of the

•Ministry

•/NIFTEM

•about

•such guidelines

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•The

•All India Council of Technical Education

•approval process handbook 2019

•-

•20

•recommends maximum fee for technical courses.

•”

•1

•.

•49

•.

•On the query

•of the Committee regarding

•applicability of

•above mentioned

•guidelines regarding Maximum Tuition and Development Fee as mandated by

•All India

•Council of Technical Education

•to NIFTEM and IIFPT

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“All India Council of Technical Educa

•tion

•guidelines for maximum tuition fee and

•development are applicable to NIFTEM and IIFPT. The

•fees charged by IIFPT are

•below the maximum tuition and development fee mandated by

•All India Council of

•Technical Education

•. NIFTEM is monitored by

•All India Council of Technical

•Education

•for compliance of guidelines.

•”

•1

•.

•50

•.

•When asked about

•adherence of existing

•Fee structure of NIFTEM and IIFPT to

•above mentioned guidelines

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•IIFPT adheres to the

•All India Council of Technical

•Education

•guidelines for their

B.Tech and M.Tech courses. NIFTEM is following

•All India Council of Technical

•Education

•guidelines for M.Tech courses.

•Ministry will issue necessary advisory to

•comply with the

•All India Council of Technical Education

•guidel

ines.

•”

•1

•.

•51

•.

•On the comparison of Fee being charged by various courses

•, the Committee find

•that NIFTEM, Kundli is charging more than Maximum Fee as decided by the National

•Fee Committee. Details of

•recommended Maximum Tuition and development Fee Per

•Annum for F

•ull Time Programmes by the National Fee Committee are as follows:

•-

•RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM TUITION AND DEVELOPMENT FEE PER ANNUM FOR

•FULL TIME PROGRAMMES BY THE NATIONAL FEE COMMITTEE

•Type X

•cities

•Type Y

•cities

•Type Z

•cities

•Average Per

•Annum Tuition

•and Development

•Fee being

•charged by

•NIFTEM

•Undergraduate Degree

•Programme

•4 Year Engineering Degree

•1,58,300

•1,50,500

•1,44,900

•210900

•Post Graduate Degree Programme

•2 Year Engineering Degree

•2,51,350

•2,39,950

•2,31,350

•108500

•2 Year MBA

•1,71,300

•1,63,400

•1,57,800

•375,535*

•43

•J

•.

•CONCESSION IN FEES

•1

•.

•52

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding concession in Fee for

•SC/ST/OBC/Women/Divyang students, the Ministry has submitted t

•he

•Institutes

•do not

•provide any concession in Fee for SC/ST/OBC/Women/Divyang students. However, the

•Institutes

•facilitate the students in getting the scholarship from their respective State

•Government, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc. When asked about

•Policy

•of other INIs like IITs, IIMs regarding Concession of Fee to

•SC/ST/OBC/Women/ Divyang

•students, the Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•As ascertained from MHRD, certain INIs consisting of IITs and NITs, have been

•providing full fee waiver to SC/ST/Divyang students

•and fee concessions for

•economically backward students since 2016

•-

•17 (but not to OBC/Women

•students).

•”

•K

•.

•TUITION FEE WAIVER SCHEME

•1

•.

•53

•.

•Approval Process Hand

•Book (2018

•-

•19) of

•All India Council of Technical

•Education

•which is Degree appro

•val Authority of Cours

•es like B.

•Tech, M.Tech and MBA,

•provides for Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme which state that Sons and daughters of parents

•whose annual income from all sources does not exceed

•₹6.00Lakh will be eligible for

•Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme. On

•a

•query of the Committee

•regarding

•cognizance

•of such

•guidelines by

•the Ministry

•/

•NIFTEM,

•the Ministry stated

•they are aware of the guidelines.

•1

•.

•54

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding

•applicability of

•above mentioned Tuition

•Fee Waiver Scheme as mandated by

•All India Council of Technical Education

•to NIFTEM

•and IIFPT

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•The Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme of

•All India Council of Technical Education

•provides tuition fee waiver for women and economically backward classes for up

•to 5% of intak

•e for courses in technical institutions. NIFTEM and IIFPT are

•monitored by

•All India Council of Technical Education

•and TNAU respectively for

compliance.Ministry will issue advisory to comply with the

•All India Council of

•Technical Education

regulations.

•”

•44

•L

•.

•SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION

•1

•.

•55

•.

•When asked to furnish details of

•Scholarship

•being provided by NIFTEM/IIFPT to

•Needy

•Students

•/Financially weak Students

•, the Ministry

•submitted

•:

•-

•“

•Yes, the year wise

•details of scholarship

•provided by NIFTEM are

•as under:

•-

•(Rs. In Lakh)

•Year

•Amount of scholarship disbursed.

•2014

•-

•15

13.00

•2015

•-

•16

19.00

•2016

•-

•17

20.00

•2017

•-

•18

36.00

•2018

•-

•19

26.00

•2019

•-

•20

12.00

•Apart from above,

•NIFTEM

•Fellowship

•to Non

•-

•N

•E

•T

•qualified PhD

•Scholars

•is

•provided by NIFTEM.

•(Rs. in

•Lakh

•)

•Year

•Amount of fellowship disbursed.

•2014

•-

•15

28.00

•2015

•-

•16

53.00

•2016

•-

•17

68.00

•2017

•-

•18

102.00

•2018

•-

•19

67.00

•2019

•-

•20(upto 06.11.19)

25.00

•

•Gate qualified scholarships to M.Tech students is provided by

•All India Council of

•Technical Education

•.

•

•Net qualified scholarship to PhD scholar is provided by UGC and others.

•The year wise

•details of scholarship provided by

•IIFPT

•on merit

•-

•cum

•-

•means

•scholarships are provided to students based on income of

parents.

•IIFPT is also

•providing Institute Free Studentship for UG, PG &

Ph.D students. The

•details of

•scholarship disbursed year wise are

•as follows

•:

•-

•(Rs.in Lakh)

S.No

•IIFPT

•Amount of scholarship

•disbursed

•1

•.

•2014

•-

•15

3.90

•2

•.

•2015

•-

•16

3.90

•3

•.

•2016

•-

•17

3.90

•4

•.

•2017

•-

•18

3.90

•5

•.

•2018

•-

•19

3.90

•6

•.

•2019

•-

•20 (up to 31.10.2019)

1.90

•45

•Apart from the above:

•i

•.

•MOFPI scholarship for Top Five students from each

•Batch M.Tech students

•for his/her outstanding performance @10,000 per month.

•ii

•.

•IIFPT scholarship for top 3 Gate qualified students from each Batch M.Tech

•students during their regular study period @Rs.10000 per month

•iii

•.

•MOFPI scholarship for Top Five students

•from each Batch Ph.D students

•for his/her outstanding performance @15,000 per month

•(Rs.in Lakh)

S.No.

•IIFPT

•Amount of scholarship disbursed

•1

•.

•2014

•-

•15

34.00

•2

•.

•2015

•-

•16

26.00

•3

•.

•2016

•-

•17

45.00

•4

•.

•2017

•-

•18

26.00

•5

•.

•2018

•-

•19

38.00

•6

•.

•2019

•-

•20

39.00

•1

•.

•56

•.

•On the above

•issue, the Representative of IIFPT, Than

•j

•avur stated:

•-

•“..

•Actually, how it operates is that initially, at the time of admission, they will have

•to pay the fees. After that, immediately after two months, they will get the

•scholarship from the concerned Sta

te.From the second semester onwards, we do

•not take the fees from the students. It automatically comes from the State

Governments.

•..”

•1

•.

•57

•.

•During the Evidence, on the issue of providing Scholarship to the Students, the

•Representative of NIFTEM, Kundli

•stated:

•-

•“

•Usually the merit

•Scholarships

•are given for each year of the degree, including 4

•years’ B.Tech, 2 years’ M.Tech etc. For Ph.D, we are giving fellowships. For

•those who are not getting any fellowship outside, we give them almost Rs. 20,000

•to Rs

•. 25,000 per month. So, this is happening there. In fact, we try to adjust the

•tuition fee within that and try to support them. This is what we are doing in a very

•big way.

•”

•1

•.

•58

•.

•On the above issue, the Representative of IIFPT, Than

•j

•avur stated:

•-

•“

•Actually,

•how it operates is that initially, at the time of admission, they will have to

•pay the fees. After that, immediately after two months, they will get the scholarship

•from the concerned State. From the second semester onwards, we do not take

•the fees from th

•e students. It automatically comes from the State Governments.

•”

•1

•.

•59

•.

•When asked to furnish details of sources of Scholarship Fund, the Representative

•of NIFTEM, Kundli stated:

•-

•46

•“

•The scholarship fund comes both from the Ministry as well as from the tuition fee.

•So, from that, we make a

•Corpus

•and give the scholarship. I would also like to say

•here again that apart from this

•Corpus

•, we have also collected some money from

•the

•Corporate

•. We have created a

•Corpus

•for giving the

•Scholarships

•. We give

•about 30

•Scholar

•ships

•to the eligible students every year as a part of a small

•support so that they are not overburdened. We have a branch of State Bank of

•India there in the campus and those who cannot manage with the family funds,

•they get the loan from that branch. We

•are supporting this in a big way, and

•nobody is complaining about the money, an issue

•.

•1

•.

•60

•.

•When asked to furnish details

•of sources

•of

•Scholarship Fund viz. Tuition Fee,

•Budgetary Grant and Corporate Sponsorship and Actual amount of scholarship paid to

•the S

•tudents,

•the Ministry submitted:

•-

•NIFTEM

•(Rupees in Lakhs)

•Year

•Student

•Fee

•Revenue

•Grant

•Corporate

•Fund

•Total

•Scholarship

•%

•2014

•-

•15

•708

•1792

•10

•2510

•100

3.98

•2015

•-

•16

•1015

•2000

•76

•3091

•90

2.91

•2016

•-

•17

•1301

•1800

•0

•3101

•121

3.90

•2017

•-

•18

•1541

•2100

•04

•3645

•174

4.77

•2018

•-

•19

•1815

•1975

•0

•3790

•136

3.59

•IIFPT

•(Rupees in Lakhs)

•Year

•Student

•Fee

•Revenue

•Grant

•Corporate

•Fund

•Total

•Scholarship

•%

•2014

•-

•15

•167

•826

•01

•994

37.9

3.81

•2015

•-

•16

•171

•467

•13

•651

29.9

4.59

•2016

•-

•17

•242

•594

•12

•848

48.9

5.77

•2017

•-

•18

•318

•1236

•06

•1560

29.9

1.92

•2018

•-

•19

•385

•1420

•03

•1808

41.9

2.32

•1

•.

•61

•.

•When asked to furnish details of scholarship fee being charged from the students

•for various courses in NIFTEM, Kundli, the Ministry submitted:

•(Rupees in Lakh)

•Years

•Amount

•2014

•-

•15

00.00

•2015

•-

•16

00.00

•2016

•-

•17

23.36

•2017

•-

•18

43.47

•2018

•-

•19

61.89

•1

•.

•62

•.

•On the above issue,

•the Representatives of NIFTEM submitted:

•-

•“...

•For economically weaker sections, we have what is called `merit

•-

•cum

•-

•means’

•47

scholarship.Those whose annual income is less than Rs. 6 lakh, we support

•them to the tune of something like Rs. 30,000

•-

•35,000 per annum from the corpus

•which we generate. The money comes from the tuition fee, the second from the

•Ministry, from the Reve

•nue grants. We club it. In addition, I would say her that

•we have a provision to send students outside the country. So, all the meritorious

•students are sent outside the country at the cost of NIFTEM and we do not charge

•anything for that. In fact, we se

•nd the entire team who are there with MBA

programme.They are sent to different countries like Canada, Australia and

•Thailand and we take care of all the expenses. So, in fact, the costs are imbibed

•into the fee structure. That is why, it looks slightly h

•igher, but I would say that this

•is a state

•-

•of

•-

•art university or institution where everything is world

•-

•class and the

•entire classrooms, lecture halls are air

•-

conditioned.The library is fully air

•-

•conditioned and it is equipped with wonderful digitally stat

•e

•-

•of

•-

•art facility. That is

•the reason to maintain that, we spend about Rs. 1

•-

1.25 crore every month and I

•get Rs. 20

•-

•22 crore from the Ministry. We have to manage everything and that is

•why the fee structure is slightly higher but not as higher as compare

•d to IIMs and

IITs.This I can always assure.

•”

•1

•.

•63

•.

•However, when intervened and directed by the Committee to submit details of

•Component

•-

•wise sources of Scholarship, the Representatives of NIFTEM submitted:

•-

•“...

•About MBA which you are asking, there are CAT

•fellowships and MAT

fellowships.They take those fellowships also. 50 per cent of the students get

•fellowship and remaining who are well off who want to do MBA, they come. That

•is why, there is no issue with MBA at all and we make it very clear in the

•prospectus itself that they need to take care of everything and this is the fee

structure.It is announced well in advance and that is why we are getting good

•students also. This is one thing. Secondly with regard to corpus, it comes to

•around 15 per cen

•t of the total fellowship that we give, and from the Ministry, it is

•about 30 per cent and the remaining 50

•-

•55 per cent is from the tuition fe

e.

•That is

•how it is done. We take care of all these requirements.

•.”

•1

•.

•64

•.

•Further elaborating on the issue, the Repre

•sentative of Ministry stated:

•“...

•Sir, the whole i

•ssue for making them ‘IN

•I’ is that they set their own standards.

•They become global level institutions. In fact, I was just mentioning an example of

•starting a new course. The current system is so long w

•inding where a process is

•required that when the student want to start a new course or want to go overseas

•as part of an MoU with a foreign University, they are unable to do so. So, the idea

•48

•is to in a way make them autonomous from the excessive procedura

•l

•requirements of the current regulatory regime. It could be the UGC,

•AICTE

•or

•TNAU

•. If that is the purpose and that was the recommendation of the Standing

•Committee last time that you read these centres of food processing technology

•from the current reg

•ulatory regime, make them autonomous so that they can meet

•the global standards. In fact, today, they have MoU say with the Wageningen

•University, which is one of the best on food

•technology;

•they are unable to

•implement those MoUs because of regulatory r

•equirements of UGCs. I mean,

•they are doing their job. They have to give the approvals but

•some way

•these two

•things are conflicting. They are not able to become global institutions. In fact,

•Chairman, was asking me about their mandate to become global

institutions.But

•they are still

•fettered

•by certain rules and regulations of our regulatory systems.

•So, today, let us say he was saying the IIMs charge, at least, Rs. 20 lakh for their

•management cou

rse.It is because they are ‘IN

•I’, they are not under

•the

•AICTE

•regulations of that time. They can use their autonomy and become self

•-

•financing

•and give global standards of education, courses customised and also placements

•which are equally good. So, somewhere, there is a conflict. If you say: “You abide

•by

•AICTE

•norms and fee structure, then you a

•r

•e again fettering

•them and not

•making them an ‘IN

•I’.

•1

•.

•65

•.

•However, during the Evidence, Representative of Ministry clarified:

•“...Sir, I agree. Regarding economically backward categories, SCs, STs, BCs,

•whatever p

•rovisions are mandated by the Government will have to be complied by

•the INIs...”

•M

•.

•CENTRES OF NIFTEM

•1

•.

•66

•.

SECTION Section 121

Untitled Section

•Clause 12 (2) (e) Provides flexibility to Institutes to set

•-

•up centers of food

•processing studies and allied areas within the country after approval of

•the Central

Government.

•When asked about assessment done by the Ministry to

•establish

•centers of

•NIFTEM in various parts of Country

•, the Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•Ministry has not done any assessment so far. Since the Food Processing Sector

•faces shortage of skil

•led manpower, there is need to establish more centres of

•NIFTEM in the country.

•”

•49

•1

•.

•67

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding

•request

•received by the Ministry

•from

•State

•Governments/ Industry Representatives Bodies to establish

•Centres of NIFTEM

•,

•the Ministr

•y stated:

•-

•“

•Yes, there have been several requests received from State Governments for

•establishing centers of NIFTEM & IIFPT in their respective states/regions. The

•details of request received by this Ministry are as given below:

•-

S.N.

•Name &

•Designation

•State

•Requested for

•1

•.

Sh.Naveen Patnaik, Chief

Minister.

•Odisha

•Setting up of NIFTEM

•2

•.

Sh.Sharad Tripathi, Member of

•Parliament

•–

•Lok Sabha.

•Uttar Pradesh

•Setting up of Skill

•Development Center of

•NIFTEM at Sant Kabir

•Nagar, UP.

•3

•.

Smt.Maneka Sanjay Gandhi,

•Minister of Women & Child

•Development

•-

•Setting up of Center of

•Excellence focused on

•plant based food

•technologies either at

•IIFPT/NIFTEM.

•4

•.

Dr.KambhampatiHaribabu,

•Member of Parliament

•–

•Lok

•Sabha

•Andhra

•Pradesh

•Setting up of

•Center of

•IIFPT in Visakhapatnam

•5

•.

Sh.S. Muniswamy, Member of

•Parliament

•–

•Lok Saha

•Karnataka

•Setting up of regional

•Center of IIFPT in Kolar

•6

•.

Sh.Chandra Mohan Patowary,

•Minister Transport, Commerce &

•Industry, Parliamentary Affairs

•Assam

•Setting up

•of Central

•Food Processing

•Research Institute

•(CFPRI) in Assam.

•1

•.

•68

•.

•During the Evidence, further elaborating on the issue, the Representative of

•Ministry stated:

•“...

•Sir, to the second question, what we are proposing in the Act is that we have

•permitted both

•the institutes to open centres wherever there is a demand. So, our

•expectation is, if a State Government wants a centre of NIFTEM or IIFPT to be

•opened, at least land will have to be provided. Like, the Government of Assam is

•giving some piece of land. Th

•ere are some other State also. Then, they can open

•a centre. We want them to be autonomous. Less money from the Central

•Government will go. So, our expectation is that there will be some State

•encouragement for a centre to be opened. Thank you.

•..”

•50

•CHAPTE

•R

•-

•II

SECTION Section 122

Untitled Section

•CLAUSE

•-

•WISE ANALYSIS OF NIFTEM BILL

•A

•.

SECTION Section 123

Untitled Section

•CLAUSE

•-

•WISE ANALYSIS OF NIFTEM BILL

SECTION Section 124

Untitled Section

•Clause 1.

•—

•This clause provides for the short title and commencement of the proposed

legislation.

SECTION Section 125

Untitled Section

•Clause 2.

•—

•This clause provides for declaration of certain Institutes as institutions of

•national importance.

SECTION Section 126

Untitled Section

•Clause 3.

•—

•This clause defines various terms and expressions used in the proposed

legislation.

SECTION Section 127

Untitled Section

•Clause 4.

•—

•This clause provides for incorporation of In

stitutes.

SECTION Section 128

Untitled Section

•Clause 5

•.

•—

•This clause provides for effects of incorporation of Institutes such as any

•reference to an existing Institute shall be deemed as a reference to the corresponding

•Institute, all properties, movable and immovable, of existing Institu

•te shall vest in the

•corresponding Institute, all rights and liabilities of an existing Institute shall be transferred

•to, and be the rights and liabilities of the corresponding Institute.

SECTION Section 129

Untitled Section

•Clause 6.

•—

•This clause provides for powers and functions of insti

tutes.This clause

•further provides that an institute shall not dispose of in any manner any immovable

•property without the prior approval of the Central Government.

SECTION Section 13

Untitled Section

10.

Dr.Tapas Mandal

SECTION Section 130

Untitled Section

•Clause 7.

•—

•This clause provides for institutes to be open to all races, creed and

•class

es.This clause further provides that no bequest, donation or transfer of any property

•shall be accepted by any Institute. This clause also provides that the admission to every

•academic course or programme of the study in each Institute shall be based on m

•erit,

•assessed through transparent and reasonable criteria.

SECTION Section 131

Untitled Section

•Clause 8.

•—

•This clause provides that Institutes to be not

•-

•for

•-

•profit legal entity. This

SECTION Section 132

Untitled Section

•Clause further provides that each Institute shall strive to raise funds for self

•-

•sufficiency

•and sustainab

ility.

SECTION Section 133

Untitled Section

•Clause 9.

•—

•This clause provides for teaching at Institutes in accordance with the

•Statutes and Ordinances made in this behalf.

•51

SECTION Section 134

Untitled Section

•Clause 10.

•—

•This clause provides for authorities of Institute, namely a Board of

•Governors, a Senate and such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be

•the authorities of the Institute.

SECTION Section 135

Untitled Section

•Clause 11.

•—

•This clause provides that Board of Governors of

•each Institute shall be the

•principal executive body of that Institute. This Clause further provides for composition of

•the Board of Governors.

SECTION Section 136

Untitled Section

•Clause 12.

•—

•This clause provides that powers and function of Board. This Clause

•further provides that Board s

•hall be responsible for the general superintendence,

•direction and control of the affairs of the Institute. This clause also provides that the

•Board shall conduct an annual review of the performance of the Director, in the context of

•the achievements of th

•e objects of the Institute.

SECTION Section 137

Untitled Section

•Clause 13

•.

•—

•This clause provides for term of office of, vacancies among, and

•allowances payable to, Members of Board.

SECTION Section 138

Untitled Section

•Clause 14.

•—

•This clause provides for filling of causal vacancy of Chairpersons or

•Members within a period

•of six months from the date of such vacancy.

SECTION Section 139

Untitled Section

•Clause 15.

•—

•This clause provides that chairperson or a member may, by notice in

•writing resign his office.

SECTION Section 14

Untitled Section

11.

•Shri Janardan Mishra

SECTION Section 140

Untitled Section

•Clause 16.

•—

•This clause provides for Senate, as the principal academic body of the

•Institute, consis

•ting of the Director as Chairperson and other specified members.

SECTION Section 141

Untitled Section

•Clause 17

•.

•—

•This clause provides for functions of Senate that it shall have the control

•and general regulation, and be responsible for the maintenance of standards of

•instruction, education

•and examination in the Institute. This clause further provides that

•Senate shall exercise such other powers and performs such other functions as may be

•conferred on or assigned to it by the Statutes.

SECTION Section 142

Untitled Section

•Clause 18.

•—

•This clause provides for powers and funct

•ions of Chairperson. This clause

•further provides that Chairperson shall ensure that the decisions taken by the Board are

implemented.

SECTION Section 143

Untitled Section

•Clause 19.

•—

•This clause provides that Director shall be appointed by the Board. This

SECTION Section 144

Untitled Section

•clause further provides that Direc

•tor shall be the principal academic and executive officer

•of the Institute and shall be responsible for the proper administration of the Institute. This

SECTION Section 145

Untitled Section

•clause also provides that Director shall submit annual reports and account to the Board.

•52

SECTION Section 146

Untitled Section

•Clause 20.

•—

•This clause provides that Registrar of each Institute shall be appointed

•and shall be custodian of records, common seal, funds and properties of the Institute.

•This clause further provides that Registrar shall act as the Secretary of the Board, the

•Senate

•and such Committees as may be specified by the Statutes. This clause also

•provides that Registrar shall be responsible to the Director.

SECTION Section 147

Untitled Section

•Clause 21.

•—

•This clause provides for powers and functions of other authorities and

•officers, as may be determined by t

•he Statutes.

SECTION Section 148

Untitled Section

•Clause 22.

•—

•This clause provides for appointments of the staffs by the Board and by

•the Directors, as the case may be.

SECTION Section 149

Untitled Section

•Clause 23.

•—

•This clause provides that Statutes may provide for the conferment of

•honorary degrees, formation of departments of teaching, fees to be charged for course of

•study, qualification and terms and conditions of service and method of appointment etc.

SECTION Section 15

Untitled Section

12.

•Shri Praveen Kumar Nishad

SECTION Section 151

Untitled Section

24.

•—

•This clause provides that first Statute shall be framed by the Council with

•the prior approval of the Central Government and that copy of the same will be laid

•before each House of Parliament. This clause further provides that Board may make new

•or

•additional Statutes with the approval of Central Government.

SECTION Section 152

Untitled Section

•Clause 25.

•—

•This clause provides for Ordinances of the Institute, which may provide for

•matters such as admission of the students, the course of study, conditions of award of

•fellowships, schol

•arships, conduct of examination, maintenances of discipline among the

•students etc.

SECTION Section 153

Untitled Section

•Clause 26.

•—

•This clause provides that Ordinances shall be made by the Senate. This

SECTION Section 154

Untitled Section

•clause further provides that Board shall have power by resolution to modify or cancel a

•ny

Ordinance.

SECTION Section 155

Untitled Section

•Clause 27.

•—

•This clause provides for Tribunal of Arbitration. This clause further

•provides that Tribunal of Arbitration shall have power to regulate its own procedure.

SECTION Section 156

Untitled Section

•Clause 28.

•—

•This clause provides for establishment of Council. This cla

•use further

•provides for composition of the Council.

SECTION Section 157

Untitled Section

•Clause 29.

•—

•This clause provides for term of office of, vacancies among, and

•allowances payable to, Members of Council.

•53

SECTION Section 158

Untitled Section

•Clause 30.

•—

•This clause provides for functions of Council namely to coordinate the

•activities of all the Institutes and to facilitate the sharing of experiences, ideas and

•concerns with a view to enhance the performance of the Institute.

SECTION Section 159

Untitled Section

•Clause 31

•.

•—

•This clause p

•rovides for meetings Council.

SECTION Section 16

Untitled Section

13.

•Shri Devji M. Patel

SECTION Section 160

Untitled Section

•Clause 32.

•—

•This clause provides for grants by Central Government after due

•appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf.

SECTION Section 161

Untitled Section

•Clause 33.

•—

•This clause provides for maintenance of Funds by the Institute, which shall

•be credited with all moneys provided by Central Government, all fees and other charges

•received, and any other money received by the Institute and shall be used for meeting

•expe

•nses of the Institute.

SECTION Section 162

Untitled Section

•Clause 34.

•—

•This clause provides for maintenance of proper accounts and audit by the

•Comptroller and Auditor

•-

•General of India. This clause further provides that accounts of

•each Institute as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor

•-

•General of India together with

•the audit report thereon shall be laid before each House of Parliament by the Central

Government.

SECTION Section 163

Untitled Section

•Clause 35.

•—

•This clause provides for constitution of pension, insurance and provident

•funds for the benefit of its employees

•by the Institute.

SECTION Section 164

Untitled Section

•Clause 36.

•—

•This clause provides for Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by

•vacancies etc.

SECTION Section 165

Untitled Section

•Clause 37.

•—

•This clause provides for protection of action taken in good faith.

SECTION Section 166

Untitled Section

•Clause 38.

•—

•This clause provides for power of the Cent

•ral Government to make rules

etc.

SECTION Section 167

Untitled Section

•Clause 39.

•—

•This clause provides for publication of the rules, Statutes and Ordinances

•in the Official Gazette and to be laid before Parliament.

SECTION Section 168

Untitled Section

•Clause 40.

•—

•This clause provides that if any difficulty arises in giving

•effect to the

•provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order, published in the Official

•Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may

•appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficul

ty.This clause further

•provides that such order shall be laid before each House of Parliament.

•54

SECTION Section 169

Untitled Section

•Clause 41.

•—

•This clause provides for transitional provisions that the Board of

•Governors of the Institute functioning immediately before the commencement of t

•his Act

•shall continue to function until a new Board is constituted for that Institute under this Act.

•This clause further provides that until the first Statutes and Ordinances are made under

•this Act, the Statues and Ordinances of the existing Institutes,

•as in force immediately

•before the commencement of this Act, shall continue to apply to the corresponding

•Institute in so far as they are no inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

•B

•.

•BOARD OF GOVERNORS

•2

•.

•1

•.

SECTION Section 17

Untitled Section

14.

•Shri Mukesh Rajput

SECTION Section 170

Untitled Section

•Clause 11(2) (a) of the Bill provides for a Ch

•airperson, from amongst eminent

•persons distinguished in the field of food industry or education or food science or food

•processing technology or management or public administration or such other field, to be

•appoi

•nted by the Central Government.

•2

•.

•2

•.

•When

•asked about rationale for inclusion of criteria of eminent person

•distinguished in the field of Public Administration for appointment as Chairperson of

•NIFTEM, the Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•The Bill proposes to appoint Chairperson from amongst person of eminence

•distinguished in the field of food industry or education or food science or food

•processing technology or management or public administration or such other field.

•A person from public administration has experience in entire gamut of

•Government functioning

•and may be well conversant with various policies relating

•to food processing sector

•.”

•2

•.

•3

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding Provisions in Acts of other INI such as

•IIT, IIM or NIT for appointment as Chairperson, the Ministry

•submitted

•:

•-

•The criteria

•given in the Acts of IIT, IIM and NIT are as follows:

•The Institutes of

•Technology Act, 1961

•The Indian Institutes of

•Management Act, 2017

•The National Institutes of

•Technology Act, 2007

•the Chairman, to be

•nominated by the Visitor;

•(The President of India

•shall be the Visitor)

•a Chairperson, from amongst

•eminent persons distinguished

•in the field of industry or

•education or science or

•technology or management or

•public administration or such

•other field, to be appointed by

•the Board

•.

•the Chairman, to be

•nominated by the Visitor;

•(The President of India shall

•be the Visitor)

•55

•2

•.

•4

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding suitability of a person

•from

•Public

•Administration

•with experience in entire gamut of Government functioning will

•manage an

•Institute which is required to do Research in the field of Food Technology,

•Entrepreneurship and Management, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•A person from

•Public Administration

•may also have experience, understanding

•and insights with regard to policie

•s, potential, and challenges relating to

•Food

•Processing Sector

•.

•”

•2

•.

•5

•.

•When asked to submit details such as educational qualification, prior experience

•,

etc.of First Vice Chancellor of NIFTEM, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

Dr.Ajit Kumar, IAS (Retd.) was the firs

•t Vice Chancellor/Director of NIFTEM. He

•was appointed on permanent absorption w.e.f 01.05.2012. Dr Kumar was an M.

Sc.(Physics) of Patna University, Bihar. In so far as his prior experience is

•concerned, it is stated that he was working as Joint Secretar

•y in Ministry of Food

•Processing Industries at the time of his appointment as Vice Chancellor in

NIFTEM.

•”

•2

•.

•6

•.

•When pointed out rationale of inclusion of eminent person distinguished in the field

•of

•Public Administration

•as Chairperson of Board Of Governors, t

•he Representative of

•Min

•i

•stry stated:

•-

•"

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•í

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•gSa rks

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•cuk gSA vxj ;s 'kCn mu ,DV~l esa ugha gS rks ge bls fjO;w dj ldrs gSaA**

•2

•.

•7

•.

•When asked about role of Ministry of Human Resource Development or any

•relevant Ministry in other

•Institution of

•National Importance

•in appointment of Board of

•Governance?

•“

•The role of the Ministry of Human Resource Development or relevant Ministry is

•pivotal in identification of eminent persons from the fields of education,

•technology, management, science, etc. for

•making nominations to the Board of

•Governors in INIs. Following table indicates the relevant provisions in the INI Acts

•of IITs, IIMs and AIIMSs in this regard:

•56

•IIT

•IIM

•AIIMS

•Recommending

•name to the

•President (being

•Visitor of the

•Institute) for

•nomination as

•Chairman of Board

•as per Section

•-

•11(a) of the Institute

•of Technology Act,

SECTION Section 171

Untitled Section

1961.

•Nominating one

•Member to the

•Board as per

•Section

•-

•10 (b) of the

•Indian Institute of

•Mana

•gement Act,

•2017

•Nominating President of the Institute as per

•Section

•-

•7(1) and eleven Members of the

•Institute as per Section

•-

•4(d), (e) & (f) of the All

•India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Act,

SECTION Section 172

Untitled Section

1956.

•President is the Chairman of the Governing

•Body of the Institute in terms of Section

•-

•10(3)

•of the AIIMS Act, while Members of the

•Governing Body are elected by the Members

•of the Institute themselves in terms of Section

•-

•10(1) of AIIMS Act and Section

•-

•5 of

•AIIMS

•Regulations 1999.

•2

•.

•8

•.

•During the Evidence, on the query of the Committee regarding inclusion of

•Members of Parliament in the Board of Governance, the Representative of Ministry

•submitted:

•-

•“...Regarding your suggestion of having three Members in

•the Board, as I was

•mentioning, this Bill was drafted based on the recommendations of the Standing

•Committee and in consultation with the Legislative Department of the Government

•of India...”

•C

•.

•COUNCIL

•2

•.

•9

•.

SECTION Section 173

Untitled Section

•Clause 28

•prov

•i

•des

•for establishment of a central body to be called the Council.

•On the query of the Committee regarding

•provision of Council in other

•Institution of

•National Importance

•(INIs), the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•Yes, provision for Council or Equivalent Authority

•does exist in other INIs. The

•details are as under:

•INIs

•Authority

•Role & Functions

•IIT

•Council

•-

•as per Section

•-

•31 of

•the Institutes of Technology Act,

•1961

•to co

•-

•ordinate the activities of all the

•Institutes and other functions as enumerated

•in Section

•33 of the said Act.

•NIT

•Council

•-

•as per Section

•-

•30 of

•the National Institutes of

•Technology Act, 2007

•to co

•-

•ordinate the activities of all the

•Institutes and other functions as enumerated

•in Section 32 of the said Act.

•IIIT

•Coordination Forum

•-

•as per

•Section

•-

•38 of the Indian Institutes

•of Information Technology

•(Public Private Partnership) Act,

•2017

•to facilitate the sharing of experience, ideas

•and concerns with a view to enhancing the

•performance of all the Institutes and other

•functions as enumerate

•d in Section 40 of the

•said Act.

•IIM

•Coordination Forum

•-

•as per

•Section

•-

•29 of the Indian Institutes

•of Management Act, 2017

•to facilitate the sharing of experiences, ideas

•and concerns with a view to enhancing the

•performance of all Institutes and other

•functions as enumerated in Section 30 of the

•said Act.

•57

•D

•.

•SENATE

•2

•.

•10

•.

SECTION Section 174

Untitled Section

•Clause 16 (

•1

•) provides

•that the Senate shall be the

•Principal Academic Body

•of

•the Institute. On the query of the Committee regarding provision of

•separate Senate

•for

•each

•institute under NIFTEM

•, the Ministry

•submitted

•:

•-

•“

•Each Institute under NIFTEM shall have separate Senate as provided under

SECTION Section 175

Untitled Section

•Clause

•-

•10 of the NIFTEM Bill 2019 with composition as provided in Clause

•-

•16 of

•this Bill.

•”

•E

•.

•SCOPE OF DELEGATED LEGISLATION

•2

•.

•11

•.

SECTION Section 176

Untitled Section

•Clause 2

•3, 24(1

•-

•3) and Memorandum regarding Delegated Legislation of the Bill

•provides empowers the Board, from time to time, make new or additional Statutes or may

•amend or repeal the Statutes. On the query of the Committee regarding

•scope of

•delegated legisla

•tion provided in the Bill with Constitutional

•Provisions, the Ministry

•stated

•:

•-

•“

•The scope of delegated legislation provided in the Bill is in line with the

•constitutional provisions similar to the provisions in The Institutes of Technology

•Act, 1961; The

•National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007; and The Indian

•Institutes of Management Act, 2017. Also, the M/o of Law and Justice

•(Department of Legal Affairs (DLA) and Legislative Department) have conveyed

•concurrence from legal and constitutional point of

view.

•”

•2

•.

•12

•.

SECTION Section 177

Untitled Section

•Clause 24 (

•1

•) provides that the first Statutes of each Institute shall be framed by

•the Council with the previous approval of the Central Government and a copy of the

•same shall be laid as soon as may be after they are made before each House of

Parliament.However, clause 24(2) empowers the Board to make new or additional

•Statutes or may amend or repeal the Statutes. When asked about

•rationale for not

•introducing further amendments of statutes under the Bill to the Parliament, the Ministry

•state

•d:

•-

SECTION Section 178

Untitled Section

•Clause

•-

•24 (1) of the Bill provides:

•-

•“(1) The first Statutes of each Institute shall be framed by the Council with the

•previous approval of the Central Government and a copy of the same shall be laid

•as soon as may be after they are made before each

•House of Parliament.”

•58

SECTION Section 179

Untitled Section

•Clause

•-

•24 (3) of the Bill provides as under:

•-

•“(3) Every new Statute or addition to the Statutes or any amendment or repeal of

•Statute shall require the previous approval of the Central Government which may

•approve it or remit it to

•the Board for consideration.”

SECTION Section 18

Untitled Section

15.

•Shri Konakalla Narayana Rao

SECTION Section 180

Untitled Section

•Clause

•-

•24 (4) of the Bill provides as under:

•-

•“(4) A new Statute or a Statute amending or repealing an existing Statute shall

•have no

•validity unless it has been approved by the Central Government.”

•2

•.

•13

•.

•The Bill provides for p

•rior approval of Central Government for amending statutes

•as per delegated legislation. Delegated legislation have also been provided for amending

•the Statutes in

•The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, The National Institutes of

•Technology Act, 2007, The

•Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public

•-

•Private

•Partnership) Act, 2017

•,

etc.

•F

•.

•TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION

•2

•.

•14

•.

SECTION Section 181

Untitled Section

•Clause 27 of the Bill provides for Tribunal of Arbitration for resolving disputes

•between Employees and Institute. On the query of the Commit

•tee regarding consistency

•of these

•provisions with Arbitration Act, 1996and their subsequent amendments, the

•Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•The above

•-

•mentioned provisions are consistent with the Arbitration Act, 1996 and

•the same are in line with the provisions

•contained in The Institutes of Technology

•Act, 1961, The National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 and The Indian

•Institutes of Information Technology (Public

•-

•Private Partnership) Act, 2017.

•”

•2

•.

•15

•.

•However, scrutiny of clause 27 (4) of bill which provides tha

•t

•Nothing in any law for

•the time being in force relating to arbitration shall apply to arbitrations under this

•Section

•seems contrary to the Arbitration Act, 1996 and its further amendments. When asked to

•explain inconsistency in above mentioned replies o

•f the Ministry and clause 27(4) of

•NIFTEM Bill, the Ministry

•submitted

•:

•-

•“

•The Clause

•-

•27 of the Bill on Tribunal of Arbitration was drafted in consultation

•with Ministry of Law & Justice on the basis of provisions contained in Acts for

•59

•other INIs i.e. The I

•nstitutes of Technology Act, 1961, The National Institute of

•Technology Act, 2007 and the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public

•-

•Private Partnership Act), 2017. Regarding inconsistency and Clause

•-

•27(4) of

•NIFTEM Bill, the matter has been refer

•red to Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry

•of Law & Justice.

•”

•2

•.

•16

•.

•Ministry of Law & Justice( Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice)

•in their opinion has submitted:

•-

•“

•The Provisions of Arbitration & Conciliation Act has Part

•-

•I pertaining to

•Arbitration

•Part

•-

•II enforcement of certain foreign awards, Part

•-

•III Conciliation and Part

•-

•IV

•supplementary provisions. It is relevant to refer to Section 2(3) and 2(4) which

•provide about certain restrictions regarding applicability of the provisions of t

•he

Act.In particular Section 2(3) lays down that the provisions of the Arbitration Act

•shall not affect any other law which does not submit disputes to Arbitration.

•Similarly, Section 2(4) takes care of the fact that if the provisions of the Arbitration

•A

•ct are inconsistent with the other Act then the later would prevail. In the

•background above, the provision of Section 27 of NIFTEM Bill can co

•-

•exist with

•the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. It is also a matter of record that the

•following provisio

•ns are para

•-

•meteria:

•-

(i)

SECTION Section 182

Untitled Section

•Section 29 of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007.

•(ii)

SECTION Section 183

Untitled Section

•Section 28 of the National Institute of Faction Technology Act, 2006.

•(iii)

SECTION Section 184

Untitled Section

•Section 30 of the Institute of Technology Act, 1961.

•(iv)

SECTION Section 185

Untitled Section

•Section 35 of The Indian Ins

•titutes of Information Technology (Public

•-

•Private Partnership) Act, 2017.

•Thus, it can be safely concluded that Section 27 of the proposed NIFTEM Bill is

•consistent with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.

•However, without prejudice

•to the above, it may

•be mentioned that the proposed NIFTEM Bill by virtue of

SECTION Section 186

Untitled Section

•Section 27 provides for dispute resolution emerging from contract between the

•Institute

•and its

•Employees

•through Tribunal of Arbitration whose decision would

•be final and subject only to writ jurisd

•iction of the Constitutional Courts. It requires

•consideration of the Competent Authority whether such exclusion is conscious

•choice as a matter of policy.

•”

•2

•.

•17

•.

•During the Evidence, on the query of the Committee regarding inconsistency in the

•provision of the

•Bill and Arbitration Act, the Representative of Ministry submitted:

•-

•60

•“....Section 27 says that a Tribunal will be set up for resolving disputes between

•the Institute and its employees. Section 27(ii) says that the decision of the

•Tribunal shall be final a

•nd no suit shall lie in any court. You were referring to sub

•-

SECTION Section 187

Untitled Section

•clause (iv) of 27. “Nothing in any law for the time being in force relating to

•arbitration shall apply to arbitrations under this section.” I think in the reply we

•have mentioned this. This is in

•line with the provisions available under all of the

•INI Acts. The INI Act for IAMs is as recent as 2017. So, in consultation with the

•Legislative Department, we have incorporated the provisions available in the other

Acts.We will take the advice of the L

•aw Department and furnish a reply, if there is

•any contradiction…”

•G

•.

•FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM

•2

•.

•18

•.

•Financial Memorandum of the Bill Provides that declaring both the existing

•Institutes as institutions of National Importance would not involve any additional financial

implications.Whereas, clause 33 (1) enumerate moneys provided by the Central

•Government as one source of fund. When asked about

•reasons for inconsistency on

•these counts in the Bill, the Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•There is no inconsistency on these counts in the

Bill.Financial Memorandum of

•the Bill provides for declaring existing Institutes as INIs which doesn’t lead to any

•fresh financial implications. Whereas, Section 33(1) provides that Money provided

•by Central Government shall be one of the sources of fund

•ing of the Institutes.

•”

•H

•.

•SELF

•-

•SUFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF NIFTEM

•2

•.

•19

•.

•The Committee note that

SECTION Section 188

Untitled Section

•Clause 8(2) of the Bill provides that each Institute shall

•strive to raise funds for self

•-

•sufficiency and sustainability.

•2

•.

•20

•.

•O

•n the query of the Committee regarding

•additional financial support by the

•Central Government if NIFTEM and IIFPT are declared as INI , the Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•No additional financial support is to be provided to the Institutes for INI status.

•However, the

•regular budgetary support by the Central government will continue

•to be provided.

•”

•2

•.

•21

•.

•When asked about intention of the Government to support Institute financially in

•future, the Ministry stated

•that t

•he Central government will continue to support the

•Instit

•utes financially in future.

•2

•.

•22

•.

•When asked about funds being provided to the Institutes by the Central

•Government as Budgetary Grants, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•61

•Details of funds being provided by the Central Government as Budgetary Grants

•from FY 2014

•-

•15 to 20

•18

•-

•19 is as given under:

•-

•(Rs. In Crore)

•Description

•Budgetary grants received

•Year

•Total

•Grants

•NIFTEM

•(%)

•IIFPT

•(%)

•2014

•-

•15

40.38

27.92

69.14

12.46

30.86

•2015

•-

•16

34.67

29.78

85.89

04.89

14.11

•2016

•-

•17

56.47

36.32

64.31

20.15

35.69

•2017

•-

•18

56.58

36.00

63.62

20.58

36.38

•2018

•-

•19

102.15

77.95

76.30

24.20

23.70

•Total

290.25

207.97

71.65

82.28

28.35

•2

•.

•23

•.

•When asked about existing sources of Revenue for NIFTEM and IIFPT, the

•Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•The existing sources of Revenue for the Institutes are:

•-

•(Rs.

•in Crore)

•Institute

•Source of Revenue

•Budgetary

•Support

•Fee

•Charged to

•Students

•Consultancy

•Fee from

•Industries

•Research

•Support from

•Government

•Departments

•Other

•Sources

•NIFTEM

•2014

•-

•15

27.92

07.08

0.01

2.13

6.92

•2015

•-

•16

29.78

10.15

0.04

8.98

4.78

•2016

•-

•17

36.32

13.01

0.00

0.42

3.61

•2017

•-

•18

36.00

15.41

0.12

1.90

4.56

•2018

•-

•19

77.95

18.15

0.03

0.77

5.11

•IIFPT

•2014

•-

•15

12.46

1.67

0.01

0.18

1.04

•2015

•-

•16

04.89

1.71

0.13

0.16

1.07

•2016

•-

•17

20.15

2.42

0.12

0.21

1.38

•2017

•-

•18

20.58

3.18

0.06

0.25

1.68

•2018

•-

•19

24.20

3.85

0.03

0.31

3.69

•2

•.

•24

•.

•It may be seen that both Institute has failed to attract financial support/

•Consultancy

•Projects from Food Processing Industries despite being Premier Institutes.

Nos.of Research Grants from Governments are abysmally low. When asked about

•reasons behind such low level of Earning from Consultancy and other Sources, the

•Ministry stated:

•-

•“

•Th

•e existing staff is overloaded with teaching, instructional, research and

•outreach activities. Both the

•Institutes

•suffer from lack of staff due to which

•institutes are not able to take up more research/consultancy projects.

•”

•62

•PART II

•Observations/Recommendations of the Committee

SECTION Section 189

Untitled Section

1.

•The Committee note that

•NIFTEM BILL 2019 proposes to declare certain

•Institutions

•of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management namely

•National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management

•(NIFTEM) at Kundli, Haryana and Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology

•(IIFPT) at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu to be the Inst

•itutions of National Importance and

•to provide for instructions and research in food technology, entrepreneurship and

•management and for the advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge

•in such

•Branches

•and for matters connected therewith or inci

•dental thereto. These

•Institutions are currently being administered by the Ministry of Food Processing

Industries.

•The Committee have been informed that conferring the status of Institution

•of National Importance (INI) to NIFTEM and IIFPT will help them i

•n

•gaining a

•premier status and carve out a pivotal role for them in developing highly skilled

•personnel in

•the Food Processing Sector

•in the country. It is also supposed to

•improve the standard, research and quality of education and provide flexibility for

•modifying course curriculum based on field needs, start additional courses and

•grant their own degrees to the students, easier access to R&D grants, start novel

•research activities in

•Food Processing Sector

•, recruitment of best available talent

•as faculty

•by providing attractive salary and foreign collaborations on academic

•and research front.

•The Committee further note that Entry 64 of Union List of Seventh Schedule

•provides for declaring of Institutions for scientific

•or technical education by the

•Parli

•ament as Institution of National Importance. The Committee were informed

•that as on date there are 130 Institution of National Importance in the Country

•including IITs, IIMs, AIIMS, IIIT etc. In this regard, the Committee recall that, in their

•57 Report (1

•5 Lok Sabha), while emphasizing need of

•Statutory

•basis of NIFTEM

•with sufficient autonomy for their

•Academic

•and

•Professional

•functioning on the

•lines of IITs, had recommended the Government to bring

•in a

•legislation

•to this

•effect

•. The Committee appreciate the Government for their decision for introducing

•NIFTEM Bill which will confer necessary autonomy and flexibility to both Institutes

•to enhance quality of their Teaching and Research and help them to emerge as

•pioneer Institute

•in Food Processing Sector in the World. The Committee, in

•63

•succeeding paragraphs, have discussed various aspects of Bill and functioning of

•NIFTEM, Kundli and IIFPT, Thanzavur and given their

•observations/recommendations. The Committee hope that these may

•act as

•guiding light for NIFTEM to improve their standard and making their functioning

transparent.

•Blue Print to make NIFTEM a Global Institute

SECTION Section 19

Untitled Section

16.

•Shri C.L.

•Ruala

SECTION Section 190

Untitled Section

2.

•The Committee note that NIFTEM, Kundli had been established in 2011 with

•a Vision

•to

•be a

•Prime Academic

•Institution

•in the areas of Food Technology,

•Entrepreneurship and Management. However, the Committee regret to note that

•standards currently adopted by the Institute are below

•the Global Standards

•. The

•Committee were informed that this is due to limited functional and academic

•autonomy currently enjoyed by the Institute,

•lack of

•International

•exposure to the

•faculty and staff, lack of dedicated faculty for research due to limited manpower

•,

etc.

•The

•Committee were further informed that existing regulatory guidelines of

•University Grant Commission (UGC) and All Indian Council of Technical Education

•(AICTE)

•(which approve Course Structure and Degree of NIFTEM)

•do not fully meet

•the needs of the fast

•-

•ch

•anging

•Food Processing Sector

•. Academic

•Programmes

•on

•the Food Science

•&

•Technology

•require intensive practical training and hands

•-

•on

•experience apart from classroom teaching.

•The Committee were informed that INI

•Status

•will accelerate progress towards ado

•pting

•Global Standards

•.

•The

•Committee are of view that excellence in any field is a product of culture of

•dedication and vision. Many Institutions in our Country such as IIMs, NITs

•,

•etc,

•while working within regulatory framework of UGC and AICTE and low salary, has

•established their

•Global

•credential

•s

•before they were accorded status of

•Institutions of National Importance. It was result of sheer dedication and innovative

•skill of the

•ir faculties which enabled them not only to achieve but create

•Global

•Standards

•in their respective field. The Committee hope that NIFTEM will take

•inspiration of their peers in IIMs, IITs, NITs

•,

etc.and aim to create a culture of

•excellence and dedicatio

•n for cutting edge research and teaching in the field of

•Food Processing Sector. The Committee also desire the Ministry to submit a blue

•print of future course of action to make NIFTEM a

•Global

•Institute within three

•months of presentation of this Report.

•64

•Statues for Capping of Fees for Technical Course

SECTION Section 191

Untitled Section

3.

•The Committee note that National Fee Committee

•constituted by AICTE

•provide for

•Maximum Tuition and Development Fee per Annum for Full Time

•Programmes for Professional Courses such as B.Tech, M.tech,

•MBA etc. The

•Committee further note that NIFTEM, Kundli is governed by relevant Rules of

•AICTE for approval of Professional Courses. However, the Committee are

•surprised to note that neither NIFTEM nor Ministry are aware of such guidelines

•and in the first

•instance, Ministry of Food Processing Technology have furnished

•wrong information regarding

•Legislations/Statutes which provides for capping fee

•structure of various Academic/Professional/Vocational Courses in the Country. On

•the comparative scrutiny of

•Fee structure of various Course being offered by

•NIFTEM, Kundli and

•Maximum Tuition and Development Fee as recommended by

•the National Fee Committee, the Committee find that NIFTEM, Kundli is charging

•very high fee for Four Year B. Tech and Two Year MBA Pr

ogrammes.The

•Committee find that NIFTEM, Kundli is charging Rs. 210900 and Rs.

•375,535

•average per annum as Tuition and Development Fee for Four Year B. Tech and Two

•Year MBA Programmes respectively. Fee being charged by NIFTEM for these

•Programmes

•are e

•xcess of Rs. 52

•,

•600

•/

•-

•and Rs. 2

•,

•04

•,

•235

•/

•-

•as compared to

•Maximum Tuition and Development Fee as recommended by the National Fee

Committee.The Committee are flabbergasted to know that a Government Institute

•being funded by the Tax Payer money is not followi

•ng the directions of the

•Statutory Body regarding maximum Fee Limit. The Committee are also surprised to

•note that NIFTEM, Kundli is allowed to blatantly violate Maximum Tuition and

•Development Fee ceiling. It shows poor supervision of AICTE as well as Min

•istry of

•Food Processing Industries. The Committee are of view that majority of students of

•our Country belong to middle and lower middle class who cannot afford high fees

•for Professional Courses and Rules framed by AICTE for capping of Fee enables

•them t

•o pursue education. Blatant violation of Maximum Tuition and Development

•Fee ceiling is condemnable and need curative action. The Committee, therefore,

•recommend the Government to form a high level Committee to analyze the extent

•of violation being done by

•the NIFTEM, Kundli regarding excess fee charged,

•compute the excess fee charged from students till date and take corrective

measures.The Committee also desire the Ministry to cap the fee of existing

•courses in accordance with the recommendation by the Na

•tional Fee

•Committee/AICTE from ongoing session. The Committee would like to be apprised

•about action taken in this regard within one month of presentation of this Report.

•65

•Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme

SECTION Section 192

Untitled Section

4.

•The Committee note that Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme as approved by AICTE

•provides that sons and daughters of parents whose annual income from all

•sources does not exceed

•₹6.00Lakh will be eligible for Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme.

•In this regard, the Committee

•were informed that

•Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme of

•AICTE provides tuition fee waiver for

•Women

•and

•Economically Backward Classes

•for up to 5% of intake for courses in

•Technical Institutions

•. The Committee also

•note that certain

•INIs consisting of IITs and NIT

•s, have been providing

•Full Fee

•Waiver

•to SC/ST/Divyang students and fee concessions

•to Economically Backward

•Students

•since 2016

•-

SECTION Section 193

Untitled Section

17.

•However, the Committee are astonished to note that

•NIFTEM as well as IIFPT were not following these guidelines and did not

•provide

•Tuition Fee Waiver to the needy students as required under AICTE Rules. The

•Committee were assured by the Ministry that they will issue advisory to NIFTEM

•and IIFPT for compliance with the AICTE

•Regulations

•. The Committee are of view

•that violatio

•n of Rules regarding Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme by the NIFTEM and

•IIFPT must have dented the dream of many students who could not afford quality

•education for want of funds. Considering the severity of violation, in the first

•instance, the Committee would l

•ike the Ministry to ensure implementation of

•Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme for

•Economically Weaker Section Students

•at NIFTEM

•and IIFPT from current

•Academic Session

•. The Committee also desire the Ministry

•to start

•a separate scheme in NIFTEM and IIFPT for pro

•viding full fee waiver to

•SC/ST/Divyang

•Students

•and

•Fee Concessions

•for

•Economically Backward

•Students

•as being provided by IITs and IIMs.

•The Committee also recommend the

•Ministry to refer this violation to High Powered Committee as recommended earlier

•a

•nd fix the responsibility in the matter.

•Scholarship to Students from Economically Weaker Section

SECTION Section 194

Untitled Section

5.

•The Committee note that NIFTEM, Kundli and IIFPT, Thanzavur are

•providing various

•Scholarships

•such as Merit cum Means scholarship, fellowship

•to

•Non

•-

•N

•IT

•qualified PhD scholars, Merit scholarship to 13 students of B.Tech,

M.Tech and PhD students. The Committee were informed that NIFTEM, Kundli and

•IIFPT, Thanzavur has provided Rs. 6.21 crore and Rs. 1.88 crore respectively

•during the period of 2014

•-

SECTION Section 195

Untitled Section

19.The Committee further note that NIFTEM, Kundli is

•charging an amount of Rs. 6000 per

•Semester

•per

•Student

•as scholarship fee since

•66

•2016

•-

SECTION Section 196

Untitled Section

17.The Committee observe that NIFTEM has collected an amount of Rs. 1.28

•crore as

•Scholarship Fee

•from the students

•since 2016

•-

SECTION Section 197

Untitled Section

17.In this regard, the

•Committee were informed that NIFTEM has created a

•Corpus

•pooling funds from

•Scholarship Fee

•charged to students, budgetary support from Government and

•funds received from Corporate for providing 30

•Scholarships

•to the el

•igible

•students every year. The Committee are astonished to know that NIFTEM, Kundli is

•collecting a separate fee from students to provide

•the

•scholarship

•s

•. The

•Committee deprecate practices of collecting Scholarship fee from student by a

•Government Instit

ute.The Committee desire the Ministry to discontinue this

•component of Fee in various courses of NIFTEM. Further, the Committee are of

•view that provision of scholarship is necessary in any

•Educational

•Institution to

•attract talent from

•Economically Weake

•r Section

•of the Society. The Committee,

•therefore, recommend the Ministry to enhance

•Budgetary Support

•to NIFTEM to

•provide

•Scholarships

•to students from

•Economically Weaker Section

•of society.

•The Committee would like to be apprised about action taken in

•this regard within

•month of presentation of Report.

•Man Power Requirement in Food Processing Sector

•6

•.

•The Committee note that

•there

•is an

•annual demand of 112,633 persons in Food

•Processing Sector. However, the Committee were informed that there are gaps in terms

•of excess of demand over supply in the

•Organised Sector

•at all levels, the gap is

•maximum when considering the demand for ‘those t

•rained by short

•-

•term courses’ with

•low educational qualification (below 10th/12th standard). There is a required demand

•for about 1 lakh trained persons annually against a supply of over 10,000 persons. This

•requirement will increase to over 5.3 lakh, if

•u

•norganised Sector

•is also taken into

account.The Committee also note that

•there are 87 skilling centres providing skilling

•in various job roles in

•food processing and 64 B.

•Voc

•at

•ional Colleges under Skill India

•initiative by NSDC. In the formal education sector, there are many State Agricultural

•Universities (SAU) and Colleges conducting Graduate and Post Graduate degree

•programs in food processing and allied disciplines. The Comm

•ittee also note that apart

•from

•organizing series of

•Training

•and

•Skill Development Programmes

•and

•Courses

•,

•the NIFTEM and IIFPT

•intend to open small Centre or Courses for short

•-

•term courses'

•with low educational qualification (below 10

•th

•/12

•th

•standard).

•67

•The Committee further note that

SECTION Section 198

Untitled Section

•Clause 12 (2) (e) provides flexibility to Institutes

•to set

•-

•up

•Centers

•of

•Food Processing Studies

•and

•Allied Areas

•within the country after

•approval of the Central Government. However, despite getting request from various

•quarters, the Committee regret to note that

•Ministry has not done any assessment to

•establish more centres of NIFTEM in the country to face the shor

•tage of skilled

•manpower in Food Processing Sector in the Country. The Committee are of view that

•Food Processing Industries, being a labour intensive sector, may emerge as major

•source of employment for Indian economy. However, the

•Sector

•is also technolo

•gy

•intensive

•which need trained manpower to operate on new machines. The Committee,

•therefore, recommend the Ministry to frame new short

•-

•term courses with low

•educational qualification in consultation with representatives of Industries, so that, the

•Sector

•may be provided required manpower for

•a

•fast paced growth.

•Board of Governors

•7

•.

•The Committee note that

SECTION Section 199

Untitled Section

•Clause 11(2) (a) of the Bill provides appointment of

•a Chairperson of Board of Governors from amongst eminent persons

•distinguished in the field of food industry or education or food science or food

•processing technology or management or public administr

•ation or such other

field.The Committee were informed that inclusion of criteria of eminent person

•distinguished in the field of public administration is on the pattern of Acts of other

•INI such as IITs and IIMs. The Committee were further informed that

•p

•erson from

•Public Administration

•has experience in entire gamut of Government functioning

•and may be well conversant with various policies relating to food processing

sector.The Committee note that Board of Governors will be the main authority

•which will

•be

•responsible for the general superintendence, direction and control of

•the affairs of the Institute and shall exercise all the powers of the Institute. Since,

•Food Processing Sector is a specialized field, the Committee are of view that

•appointment of pe

•rson having practical experience of Food Processing Industries,

•or

•Education

•or

•Food Science

•or

•Food Processing Technology

•or

•Management

•as

•Chairperson of Board of Governors will help the Institute to be action oriented and

•solve the problems being faced b

•y the Industry. It will also help the Institute to de

•-

•bureaucratize the working of Institute and adopt industry friendly policies. The

•Committee, therefore, recommend the Ministry to amend the

SECTION Section 2

Untitled Section

•Chapter

•-

•I

•Introduction

A.Salient Features of NIFTEM Bill, 2019

B.Justification of Institution of National Importance

•(INI) Status

C.Import of Machineries and Royalty Paid by the Food

•Processing Industries for Patents

D.Man Power Requirement in Food Processing Sect

•or

E.Recruitment in NIFTEM and IIFPT

F.Foreign Collaborations

G.Admission Process in NIFTEM

H.Fee Structure for NIFTEM

I.Statues for Capping of Fees for Technical Course

J.Concession of Fees

K.Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme

L.

•Scholarship to Students from Economically Weaker

•Section

M.Centres of NIFTEM

SECTION Section 20

Untitled Section

17.

•Shri Arjun Charan Sethi

SECTION Section 200

Untitled Section

•Clause 11(2) (a) of the

•Bill in following manner:

•-

•“..a Chairpe

•rson, from amongst eminent persons distinguished in the field of

•Food Industry

•or

•Education

•or

•Food Science

•or

•Food Processing

•68

•Technology

•or

•Management

•or such other field, to be appointed by the

•Central Government..”

•The Committee note that Institute of Technology Act, 1961 provides for

•inclusion of three Members of Parliament (two are from House of the People and

•one from Council of States) as

•Member

•of the Council which is Central Body for

•Management

•of IIT. The Comm

•ittee are of view that Food Processing sector is

•organically linked to the farming sector and Member of Parliament with their hands

•on experience of ground reality of

•Farming Sector

•will be able to bring necessary

•practicality in the working of NIFTEM. The

•Committee, therefore, recommend the

•Ministry to incorporate provision for inclusion of Member of Parliament in Board of

•Governors

•constituted for management of

•NIFTEM on the same line as provided in

•Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.

•Scope of Delegated

•Legislation

•8

•.

•The Committee note that

SECTION Section 201

Untitled Section

•Clause 24

•(

•1

•) of NIFTEM Bill provides that the first

•Statutes of each Institute shall be framed by the Council with the previous

•approval of the Central Government and a copy of the same shall be laid as soon

•as

•may be after they are made before each House of Parliament. However, clause

•24(2) and 24 (3) empowers the Board to make new or additional Statutes or may

•amend or repeal the Statutes provided that

•every new Statute or addition to the

•Statutes or any amendm

•ent or repeal of Statute shall require the previous approval

•of the Central Government which may approve it or remit it to the Board for

consideration.The Committee have been informed that

•the scope of delegated

•legislation provided in the Bill is in line

•with the provisions similar to the

•provisions in The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961; The National Institutes of

•Technology Act, 2007; and The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017. The

•Committee were further informed that the Ministry of Law and J

•ustice (Department

•of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) have conveyed concurrence from

•legal and constitutional point of view. The Committee are of view that the

•Parliament reserves the right of scrutiny of amendments in Statute based on Bill

•passe

•d by them. The Committee, therefore, recommend the Government to

•incorporate provision of laying of

•a copy of

•every new Statute or addition to the

•Statutes or any amendment or repeal of Statute

•before each House of Parliament

•under the NIFTEM Bill.

•69

•Self

•-

•Sufficiency and Sustainability of NIFTEM

•9

•.

•The Committee note that Clause 8(2) of the Bill provides that each Institute

•shall strive to raise funds for self

•-

•sufficiency and sustainability. However, the

•Committee were assured that

•Central government will continue to support the

•Institutes financially in future.

•The Committee further note that

•the Budgetary

•Support

•and fee charged from the student are major source of funding for the

Institute.Performance of NIFTEM as well as IIFPT

•in attracting Consultancy Fee

•from Industries and research support from Government Department is abysmally

low.The Committee were informed that NIFTEM and IIFPT earned revenue of Rs. 20

•lakh and Rs. 35 Lakh respectively during the period of 2014

•-

SECTION Section 202

Untitled Section

19.The C

•ommittee

•also note about violation of capping of fee and Tuition Fee waiver Scheme by

•NIFTEM as mentioned in earlier paragraph. Past Performance and state of the

•affairs at NIFTEM and IIFPT does not inspire the confidence of Committee

•regarding future incr

•ease in revenue

•s

•of Institute from Consultancy and other

•research

•ventures

•. Considering the income level of average citizen of Country, the

•Committee are of view that there is urgent need to continue support to the

•Institution for Higher Education with a

•view to attain level of self sufficiency in

•technology creation and man power requirement for Food Processing Sector. It

•will not only help quality education to

•Economically Weaker Sections

•of Society,

•but, also reduce the foreign currency outgo as Royalt

•y on patents. Further,

•availability of

•Specialized Education

•at lower fee will help the Food Processing

•Industries to get trained manpower at lower cost. The Committee, therefore,

•recommend the Government to incorporate provision in the Bill to cap the Fee

•for

•various Courses in NIFTEM

•to a reasonable level

•with the view to

•attract the best

•available

•talent

•from all

•the

•section

•s

•of the Society in the

•Country

•.

•NEW DELHI

P.C. GADDIGOUDDAR

•29 November

•, 2019

•Chairperson

•08

•Agrahayana, 1941 (Saka)

•Standing Committee on Agriculture

•70

•APPENDIX

•-

•I

•STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE BRANCH

•(2018

•-

•19)

•MINUTES OF THE TWELF

•TH SITTING OF THE CO

•MMITTEE

•*****

•The Committee sat on Wednesday, the 13 March, 2019 from 1100 hours to 1300

•hours in Committee

•Room '2', First Floor, Block

•-

•A, Extn. to Parliament House Annexe

•Building, New Delhi.

•PRESENT

•Shri Hukmdev Narayan Yadav

•–

•Chairperson

•MEMBERS

•LOK SABHA

SECTION Section 203

Untitled Section

2.

•Shri Bodhsingh Bhagat

SECTION Section 204

Untitled Section

3.

•Md Badaruddoza Khan

SECTION Section 205

Untitled Section

4.

•Shri C.L.Ruala

SECTION Section 206

Untitled Section

5.

•Shri Jai Prakash Narayan

•Yadav

•RAJYA SABHA

SECTION Section 207

Untitled Section

6.

•Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

SECTION Section 208

Untitled Section

7.

•Shri Rajmani Patel

SECTION Section 209

Untitled Section

8.

•Shri Mohd. Ali Khan

SECTION Section 21

Untitled Section

18.

•Shri Virendra Singh

SECTION Section 210

Untitled Section

9.

•Shri Ram Nath Thakur

SECTION Section 211

Untitled Section

10.

•Shri Harnath Singh Yadav

•SECRETARIAT

SECTION Section 212

Untitled Section

1.

•Shri Arun K. Kaushik

•-

•Director

SECTION Section 213

Untitled Section

2.

•Shri Sumesh

•Kumar

•-

•Deputy Secretary

•71

•LIST OF WITNESSES

•MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

S.No.

•NAME OF THE OFFICER

•DESIGNATION

SECTION Section 214

Untitled Section

1.

Smt.Pushpa Subrahmanyam

•Secretary (FPI)

SECTION Section 215

Untitled Section

2.

Dr.Rakesh Sarwal

•Additional Secretary (FPI)

SECTION Section 216

Untitled Section

3.

•Shri Ashok Kumar

•Joint Secretary (FPI)

SECTION Section 217

Untitled Section

4.

Ms.Reema Prakash

•Joint Secretary (FPI)

SECTION Section 218

Untitled Section

5.

•Shri Minhaj Alam

•Joint Secretary (FPI)

•NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND

•MANAGEMENT (NIFTEM)

SECTION Section 219

Untitled Section

1.

Dr.Chindi Vasudevappa

•Vice Chancellor, NIFTEM

SECTION Section 22

Untitled Section

19.

•Shri Dharmendra Yadav

SECTION Section 220

Untitled Section

2.

Dr.Ashutosh Upadhyay

•Dean, NIFTEM

•INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY (IIFPT)

SECTION Section 221

Untitled Section

1.

Dr.C. Anandharamakrishnan

•Director (IIFPT)

SECTION Section 222

Untitled Section

2.

•At the outset, the Chairperson welcomed the members and the

•representatives of the Ministry of Food

•Processing Industries to the Sitting of the

•Committee convened for briefing on the Subject "

•National Institutes of Food

•Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019"

•and apprised them of

•the confidentiality of the proceedings.

SECTION Section 223

Untitled Section

3.

•After the intr

•oduction of the representatives of the Ministry, the Chairperson

•initiated the discussion which was followed by a power point presentation by the

•representatives of the Ministry. The Committee raised some queries and the

•representatives of the Ministry res

•ponded to the same. The Chairperson thanked

•the witnesses for sharing valuable information with the Committee on the subject

•and directed them to send, in writing, the requisite information to the points which

•was not readily available with them, to the C

•ommittee Secretariat by 20 March,

SECTION Section 224

Untitled Section

2019.

•[Thereafter, the Witnesses withdrew]

SECTION Section 225

Untitled Section

4.

•The Committee felt that it will not be feasible for them to examine the bill in

•view of General election for the constitution of 17 Lok Sabha. Therefore, the

•72

•Committee

•decided that Hon’ble Speaker may be requested to allow examination

•of the bill by the Standing Committee on Agriculture (2019

•-

•20) of 17

•th

•Lok Sabha

•as and when the same is constituted.

SECTION Section 226

Untitled Section

5.

•Thereafter, the Hon'ble Chairperson thanked the Members of the

•Com

•mittee for their cooperation during their current term. The Chairperson also

•appreciated the services of the officials attached with the Committee Secretariat

•for their valuable input in drafting the reports and assisting the Committee during

•the 16

•th

•Lok

Sabha.

•The Committee then adjourned.

•(A copy of the verbatim proceedings of the Sitting has been kept separately.)

•73

•APPENDIX

•-

•I

•STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE BRANCH

•(2019

•-

•20)

•MINUTES OF THE ELEVE

•NTH SITTING OF THE C

•OMMITTEE

•*****

•The Committee sat

•on Tuesday, the 19

•th

•November, 2019 from 1500 hours to

•1620 hours in Room No. 62, Parliament House, New Delhi.

•PRESENT

•Shri Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar

•–

•Chairperson

•MEMBERS

•LOK SABHA

SECTION Section 227

Untitled Section

2.

•Shri Afzal Ansari

SECTION Section 228

Untitled Section

3.

•Shri Horen Sing Bey

SECTION Section 229

Untitled Section

4.

•Shri Kanakmal

•Katara

SECTION Section 23

Untitled Section

20.

•Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav

SECTION Section 230

Untitled Section

5.

•Shri Bhagwanth Khuba

SECTION Section 231

Untitled Section

6.

Dr.Amol Ramsing Kolhe

SECTION Section 232

Untitled Section

7.

•Shri Mohan Mandavi

SECTION Section 233

Untitled Section

8.

•Shri Devji Mansingram Patel

SECTION Section 234

Untitled Section

9.

Smt.Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

SECTION Section 235

Untitled Section

10.

•Shri Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

SECTION Section 236

Untitled Section

11.

Smt.Navneet Ravi Rana

SECTION Section 237

Untitled Section

12.

•Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

SECTION Section 238

Untitled Section

13.

•Shri Pocha Bra

•hmananda Reddy

•RAJYA SABHA

SECTION Section 239

Untitled Section

14.

•Shri Partap Singh Bajwa

SECTION Section 24

Untitled Section

21.

•VACANT

•RAJYA SABHA

SECTION Section 240

Untitled Section

15.

•Shri Kailash Soni

SECTION Section 241

Untitled Section

16.

•Shri Ram Nath Thakur

SECTION Section 242

Untitled Section

17.

Smt.Chhaya Verma

•74

•SECRETARIAT

SECTION Section 243

Untitled Section

1.

•Shri Shiv Kumar

•–

•Joint Secretary

SECTION Section 244

Untitled Section

2.

•Shri Arun K. Kaushik

•–

•Director

SECTION Section 245

Untitled Section

3.

•Shri Sumesh Kumar

•–

•Deputy

•Secretary

•REPRESENTATIVES OF MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

S.No.

•NAME OF THE OFFICER

•DESIGNATION

SECTION Section 246

Untitled Section

1.

Smt.Pushpa Subramanyam

•Secretary

SECTION Section 247

Untitled Section

2.

•Shri Praveen Garg

•AS&FA (FPI)

SECTION Section 248

Untitled Section

3.

•Shri Minhaj Alam

•Joint Secretary

SECTION Section 249

Untitled Section

4.

Smt.Reema Prakash

•Joint Secretary

•NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND

•MANAGEMENT (NIFTEM)

SECTION Section 25

Untitled Section

22.

•Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

SECTION Section 250

Untitled Section

1.

Dr.Chindi Vasudevappa

•Vice Chancellor

•INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY (IIFPT)

SECTION Section 251

Untitled Section

1.

•Shri C. Anandharamakrishnan

•Director

SECTION Section 252

Untitled Section

2.

•At the outset, the Chairperson welcomed the Members and the representatives of

•the Ministry of Food Processing Industries to the sitting of the Committee convened to

•take oral evidence of the representatives in connection

•with examination of '

•The National

•Institutes of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019.'

•T

•he

•Chairperson then apprised them of the confidentiality of the proceedings.

SECTION Section 253

Untitled Section

3.

•After the introduction, the Chairperson initiated the discussion. T

•hereafter, one of

•the representatives of the Ministry made a powerpoint presentation before the Committee

•and briefed the Committee regarding the provisions of the bill. Then, the Committee

•raised several issues/points as briefly mentioned below :

•(

•i

•).

•Need fo

•r conferring INI (Institution of National Importance) status to two

•Institutes currently managed by the Ministry;

•75

•(

•ii

•).

•Need to respond to short flexible courses as per demand of Food

•Processing Industries;

•(

•iii

•).

•Need for opening more centre's of NIFTEM across the Cou

•ntry;

•(

•iv

•).

•Reasons for not providing Concession in fees to Economically Weaker

•Students as mandated by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE);

•(

•v

•).

•Reasons for non

•-

•adherence regarding maximum fee limit recommended by

•All India Council for Technical Educat

•ional (AICTE);

•(

•vi

•).

•Need for making provision of scholarship to economically weaker students;

•(

•vii

•).

•Reasons for low earning of Institute from Consultancy Fee from Industries;

•(

•viii

•).

•Need to nominate two Members of Lok Sabha and one Member of Rajya

•Sabha in the Board of Gov

•ernors of the institute.

SECTION Section 254

Untitled Section

4.

•The Representatives of the Ministry responded to most of the queries raised by

•the Members. The Chairperson, then, thanked the witnesses for sharing valuable

•information with the Committee on the subject and directed them to sen

•d, in writing,

•requisite information which was not readily available with them, to the Committee

Secretariat.

•The Committee then adjourned.

•(A copy of the verbatim proceedings of the Sitting has been kept.)

•76

•APPENDIX

•-

•III

•STANDING

•COMMITTEE ON

•AGRICULTURE

•(

•2019

•-

•20

•)

•MINUTES OF THE

•TWELFTH

•SITTING OF THE COMMITTEE

•*****

•The Committee sat on

•Friday

•, the

•29

•th

•November

•, 201

•9

•from 1000 hrs. to

•1050

hrs.in

•the Committee Room '2', Block

•-

•A, Extn to Parliament House Annexe

•Building,

•New Delhi.

•PRESENT

•Shri Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar

•–

•Chairperson

•MEMBERS

•LOK SABHA

SECTION Section 255

Untitled Section

2.

•Shri Afzal Ansari

SECTION Section 256

Untitled Section

3.

•Shri A. Ganeshamurthi

SECTION Section 257

Untitled Section

4.

•Shri Abu Taher Khan

SECTION Section 258

Untitled Section

5.

•Shri Mohan Mandavi

SECTION Section 259

Untitled Section

6.

•Shri Devji Mansingram Patel

SECTION Section 26

Untitled Section

23.

•Shri Rajmani Patel

SECTION Section 260

Untitled Section

7.

•Shri Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

SECTION Section 261

Untitled Section

8.

Smt.Navneet Ravi Rana

•9

•.

•Shri Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

•10

•.

•Shri V.K. Sreekandan

•1

•.

•Shri Ram Kripal Yadav

•RAJYA

•SABHA

•1

•2

•.

•Shri Partap Singh Bajwa

•1

•3

•.

•Shri Kailash Soni

•1

•4

•.

•Shri Ram Nath Thakur

•77

•SECRETARIAT

SECTION Section 262

Untitled Section

1.

•Shri Shiv

•Kumar

•–

•Joint Secretary

•2

•.

•Shri Arun K. Kaushik

•–

•Director

SECTION Section 263

Untitled Section

3.

Smt.Juby Amar

•–

•Additional Director

•4

•.

•Shri Sumesh Kumar

•–

•Deputy

•Secretary

SECTION Section 264

Untitled Section

2.

•At the outset, Chairperson welcomed the Members to the Sitting of the Committee.

•Thereafter, the

•Committee took up for consideration the followings Reports:

(i)

•Draft Report on "The National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and

•Management Bill, 2019" of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries;

•*

•(ii)

•XXXX

•*

•(iii)

•XXXX

•*

•(iv)

•XXXX

SECTION Section 265

Untitled Section

3.

•After some deliberations, the Committee adopted the Draft

•Report on 'The National

•Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019' of the Ministry of

•Food Processing Industries with minor modifications. The other Draft Reports were adopted

•without any modifications and

•the Committee then

•authorized the Chairperson to finalize and

•present these Reports to Parliament.

•The Committee then adjourned.

•_______________________________________________________________________

•*Matter not related to this Report

SECTION Section 27

Untitled Section

24.

•Shri Narayan Rane

SECTION Section 28

Untitled Section

25.

•Shri Kailash Soni

SECTION Section 29

Untitled Section

26.

•Shri

Mohd.Ali Khan

SECTION Section 3

Untitled Section

•Chapter

•-

•II

SECTION Section 30

Untitled Section

27.

•Shri K.K. Ragesh

SECTION Section 31

Untitled Section

28.

•Shri Ram Nath Thakur

•29

•Shri R. Vaithilingam

SECTION Section 32

Untitled Section

30.

•Shri Harnath Singh Yadav

SECTION Section 33

Untitled Section

31.

Dr.Chandrapal Singh Yadav

•(iii)

•6

•COMPOSITION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (2019

•-

•20)

•Shri Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar

•-

•Chairperson

•MEMBERS

•LOK SABHA

SECTION Section 34

Untitled Section

2.

•Shri Afzal Ansari

SECTION Section 35

Untitled Section

3.

•Shri Horen Sing Bey

SECTION Section 36

Untitled Section

4.

•Shri Devendra Singh 'Bhole'

SECTION Section 37

Untitled Section

5.

•Shri A. Ganeshamurthi

SECTION Section 38

Untitled Section

6.

•Shri Kanakmal Katara

SECTION Section 39

Untitled Section

7.

•Shri Abu Taher Khan

SECTION Section 4

Untitled Section

•Clause

•-

•wise Analysis of NIFTEM Bill

A.Clause

•-

•wise Analysis of NIFTEM Bill

B.Board of Governors

C.Council

D.Senate

E.Scope of Delegated Legislatio

•n

F.Tribunal of Arbitration

G.Financial Memorandum

H.Self

•-

•Sufficiency and Sustainability of NIFTEM

•PART

•-

•II

•RECOMMENDATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE

•*APPENDICES

I.

•Minutes of the 12

•th

•Sitting of the Committee (2018

•-

•19) held on 13

•th

•March, 2019

II.

•Minutes of the 11

•th

•Sitting of the Committee (2019

•-

•20) held on 19

•th

•November, 2019

III.

•Minutes of the 12

•th

•Sitting of the Committee (2019

•-

•20) held on 29

•th

•November, 2019

•5

•COMPOSITION OF

•THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (2018

•-

•19)

•Shri Hukmdev Narayan Yadav

•-

•Chairperson

•MEMBERS

•LOK SABHA

SECTION Section 40

Untitled Section

8.

•Shri Bhagwanth

•Khuba

SECTION Section 41

Untitled Section

9.

Dr.Amol Ramsing Kolhe

SECTION Section 42

Untitled Section

10.

•Shri Mohan Mandavi

SECTION Section 43

Untitled Section

11.

•Shri Devji Mansingram Patel

SECTION Section 44

Untitled Section

12.

Smt.Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

SECTION Section 45

Untitled Section

13.

•Shri Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

SECTION Section 46

Untitled Section

14.

Smt.Navneet Ravi Rana

SECTION Section 47

Untitled Section

15.

•Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

SECTION Section 48

Untitled Section

16.

•Shri Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

SECTION Section 49

Untitled Section

17.

•Shri

•Mohammad Sadique

SECTION Section 5

Untitled Section

2.

•Shri Bodhsingh Bhagat

SECTION Section 50

Untitled Section

18.

•Shri Virendra Singh

SECTION Section 51

Untitled Section

19.

•Shri Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair Sreekandan

SECTION Section 52

Untitled Section

20.

•Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav

SECTION Section 53

Untitled Section

21.

•Shri Ram Kripal Yadav

•RAJYA SABHA

SECTION Section 54

Untitled Section

22.

•Shri Partap Singh Bajwa

SECTION Section 55

Untitled Section

23.

•Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

SECTION Section 56

Untitled Section

24.

•Shri Narayan Rane

SECTION Section 57

Untitled Section

25.

•Shri Ka

•ilash Soni

SECTION Section 58

Untitled Section

26.

•Shri Ram Nath Thakur

SECTION Section 59

Untitled Section

27.

•Shri Vaiko

SECTION Section 6

Untitled Section

3.

•Shri Sanjay Dhotre

SECTION Section 60

Untitled Section

28.

•Shri R. Vaithilingam

•29

Smt.Chhaya Verma

SECTION Section 61

Untitled Section

30.

Dr.Chandrapal Singh Yadav

SECTION Section 62

Untitled Section

31.

•Shri Harnath Singh Yadav

•(iv)

•7

•SECRETARIAT

SECTION Section 63

Untitled Section

1.

•Shri Shiv Kumar

•-

•Joint Secretary

SECTION Section 64

Untitled Section

2.

•Shri Arun K. Kaushik

•-

•Director

SECTION Section 65

Untitled Section

3.

•Shri Sumesh Kumar

•-

•Deputy Secretary

(v)

•8

•INTRODUCTION

•I, the Chairperson, Standing Committee on Agriculture (2019

•-

•20), having been

•authorized by the Committee to submit the Report on their

•behalf, present the First

•Report on 'the National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and

•Management Bill, 2019' of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

SECTION Section 66

Untitled Section

2.

•'The National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management

•Bil

•l, 2019' was introduced in Rajya Sabha on 13 February, 2019

•and referred to the

•Standing Committee on Agriculture (2018

•-

•19)

•by the Speaker, Lok Sabha, in consultation

•with the Chairman, Rajya Sabha on the

•22 February, 2019

•for examination and report.

•The

•Committee took briefing of the representatives of

•Ministry of Food Processing

•Industries on 13 March, 2019. However, due to General Elections, 2019, the Committee

•requested the Speaker, Lok Sabha to refer the Bill to new Committee after Constitution of

•the

•17 Lok Sabha. The

•Speaker, Lok Sabha, in consultation with the Chairman, Rajya

•Sabha again referred the Bill to

•Standing Committee on Agriculture (2019

•-

•20)

•on

•04

•October, 2019. The Committee took evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of

•Food

•Processing Industries at their Sitting held on 19 November, 2019. The Report was

•considered and adopted by the Committee at their Sitting held on 29 November, 2019.

SECTION Section 67

Untitled Section

3.

•For facility of reference and convenience, the Recommendations/Observations of

•the Comm

•ittee have been printed in bold letters in Part

•-

•II of the Report.

SECTION Section 68

Untitled Section

4.

•The Committee wish to express their thanks to the officials of the Ministry of Food

•Processing Industries for appearing before the Committee and furnishing the information

•that they desi

•red in connection with the examination of the Bill.

SECTION Section 69

Untitled Section

5.

•The Committee would also like to place on record their deep sense of appreciation

•for the invaluable assistance rendered to them by the officials of Lok Sabha Secretariat

•attached to the Committee.

•NEW DELHI;

P.C. GADDIGOUDAR

•29

•November, 2019

•Chairperson,

•08

•Agrahayaha, 1941 (Saka)

•Standing Committee on Agriculture

•(vi)

•9

•REPORT

•PART I

•INTRODUCTION

•1

•.

•1

•.

•The National Institute

•s

•of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management

•Bill, 2019 (

•NIFTEM

•Bill,

•2019

•)

•proposes to declare certain

•Institutions

•of Food

•Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management to be the Institutions of

•National

•Importance

•and to provide for instructions a

•nd research in food technology,

•entrepreneurship and management and for the advancement of learning and

•dissemination of knowledge in such

•Branches

•and for matters connected therewith or

•incidental thereto. The objective of the

•Bill

•is to confer the status

•of Institutions of National

•Importance to National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management

•(NIFTEM) at Kundli, Haryana and Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT)

•at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Ministry of Food Processing I

•ndustries (MoFPI) is

•administering two institutes namely NIFTEM and IIFPT. NIFTEM is presently a Deemed

•to be University (De

•-

•novo Category) under Section 3 of the

•University Grant Commission,

•Act, 1956 (

•UGC Act, 1956

•)

•, while IIFPT is a Society registered u

•nder the Tamil Nadu

•Societies Registration Act, 1975 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 1975).

•A

•.

•SALIENT FEATURES OF NIFTEM BILL 2019

•1

•.

•2

•.

•When asked

•by the Committee

•to furnish salient features of NIFTEM Bill, 2019,

•the Ministry submitted as

•follows

•:

•i

•.

•The two existing

•institutes (NIFTEM & IIFPT) shall become Institutes of National

•Importance (INI). Consequently, the nomenclature of both existing institutes will be

•individually called as

•National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship

•and Management (

•NIFTEM).

•ii

•.

•The new

•Institutions

•will be a Not

•-

•for

•-

•Profit legal entity. They will have powers and

•do functions broadly relating to pursuit of academic, research and administrative

functions.

•iii

•.

•The Board of Governors (BoG), Senate and Council shall be authorized

•Body

•of

•these

•Institutions

•.

•iv

•.

•The BoG is the

•Principal Executive Body

•responsible for general superintendence,

•direction and control of the affairs of the institute. It is headed by a Chairperson

•(an eminent person from food processing sector) and 15 members.

•v

•.

•Senate

•shall be

•the principal academic body

•responsible for the maintenance of

•standards of instruction, education and examination in the Institute. It is headed by

•a Director and 7

•Members

•.

•10

•vi

•.

•The Council shall co

•-

•ordinate the activities of all the Institutes and

•it shall facilitate

•the sharing of experiences, ideals and concerns with a view to enhance the

•performance of the Institutes. It is headed by the Minister

•-

•in

•-

•charge of food

•processing industries and 1

•2

•Members

•.

•vii

•.

•The Central Government, after due appropriati

•on made by Parliament, shall pay

•such sums of money to the Institutes in each financial year as deemed fit.

•viii

•.

•The accounts of each Institute shall be audited by Comptroller and Auditor

•-

•General of India (CAG). The audited accounts as certified by CAG along wi

•th

•Audit Report

•shall be laid before each

•House

•of Parliament.

•B

•.

•JUSTIFICATION FOR

•INSTITUTION OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

•(INI)

•STATUS

•1

•.

•3

•.

•When asked to

•offer

•Justification for the Status

•Institution of National Importance

•(INI), the

•Ministry in their submission

•before the Committee has enumerated following

•reasons:

•i

•.

•By declaring NIFTEMs as Institutions of National Importance the

•Institutes

•will

•gain a premier status and carve out a pivotal role for them in developing highly

•skilled personnel in

•Food Processing Sec

•tor

•in the country.

•ii

•.

•This status will build a

•Brand

•for these

•Institutes

•and attract best faculties and

•students like IIITs/ IIMs and also adopt global standards in relation to courses and

•research activities in the

•Sector

•. With enhanced profile of the

•Inst

•itutes

•, the

•Food

•Processing Industries

•can draw best talents which in turn will lead to proliferation

•of the

•Sector

•with innovative products/processes

•,

etc.and will generate

employment.

•iii

•.

•It will provide flexibility to the

•Institutes

•to have foreign collab

•orations on academic

•and research

front.This

•status will also provide overall functional autonomy to

•these institutes, similar to Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)/ National Institute

•of Technology (NITs).

•iv

•.

•These two Institutes already have adequate fa

•cilities in the field of academic,

•research and development, capacity building and skill development and have the

•requisite physical infrastructure to fulfil the role of Institutions of National

Importance.

•v

•.

•The new legislation, to declare the two food tec

•hnology Institutes as the

•Institutes of National Importance (INI), is essential through the proposed

•NIFTEM Bill since no specific legislation on food processing educational

•institute is available. Issue of an executive order also does not arise as the

•11

•Min

•istry has no mandate in the matter. Further, NIFTEM is legally a Deemed

•to be University (De

•-

•novo Category) under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956

•and IIFPT is a Society registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration

•Act, 1975 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 1

•975). Therefore, there is a need to

•introduce a new legislation for bringing them under one umbrella like IITs,

•NITs, etc., for conferring them with INI status bearing a common

•nomenclature (i.e. NIFTEM).

•1

•.

•4

•.

•The Committee categorically desired to know

•existing guidelines

•for declaring any

•Institute as

•Institution of National Importance

•, the Ministry

•submitted

•:

•“

•There are no specific guidelines with regard to declaration of an Institute as INI.

•However, Entry 64 of List

•-

•1 of Seventh Schedule of the

•Constitution envisages

•declaration of Institutions for scientific or technical education financed by the

•Government of India wholly or in part as institutions of national importance by the

•Parliament by law. Some of the Institutes declared as INIs are Indi

•an Institute of

•Technology (IITs), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),Indian Institute of

•Management (IIMs), National Institute of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institute of

•Information Technology (IIITs).

•”

•1

•.

•5

•.

•On the query of the Committee regar

•ding benefits accruing to any Institute if it is

•declared

•Institution of National Importance

•, the Ministry stated:

•“

•Benefits that can accrue to Institutes on declaration of INIs are:

•-

•i

•.

•Functional autonomy to improve efficiency, institutionalize quality a

•nd bring

•more accountability.

•ii

•.

•Improve the standard,

•research and

•quality of education.

•iii

•.

•Develop highly skilled personnel for the sector.

•iv

•.

•Enable Institutes to overcome restrictions in modifying course curriculum

•based on field needs

•v

•.

•Start additional

•courses and grant their own degrees to the students;

•vi

•.

•Easier access to R&D grants to these institutes so as to start novel research

•activities in food processing sector and thus helping them become self

•-

•sustainable in future.

•vii

•.

•Excellent brand tag to these in

•stitutes which can facilitate attracting best

•faculties and students (as in case of IITs/IIMs) and better

•Corporate

•tie

•-

up.

•viii

•.

•Flexibility to have

•Foreign Collaborations

•on academic and research front.

•”

•12

•1

•.

•6

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding introduction

•of Concept of INI in the

•Country

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•The concept of Institution of National Importance was introduced during the

•framing of the Constitution of India as evident from the Entries

•-

•62, 63 & 64 of

•List

•-

•1 of Seventh Schedule.

•Entry

•-

•64

•of List

•-

•I of Seventh Schedule of the

•Constitution of India states as under:

•-

•“Institutions for scientific or technical education financed by the Government

•of India wholly or in part and declared by Parliament to be institution of

•national importance.”

•1

•.

•7

•.

•When asked to furnish

•details of all Institutes of National Importance

•in the

•Country, the Ministry submitted:

SI.

No.

•Name of Institute National Importance

•Year of

•Establish

•ment

•Year

•Accordin

•g

•Status

•of INI

•1

•.

•Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research

•Ghaziabad,

•Uttar Pradesh

•2010

•2012

•2

•.

•All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Odisha

•2012

•3

•.

•All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya

•Pradesh

•2012

•4

•.

•All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi

•1956

•5

•.

•All India

•Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

•2012

•6

•.

•All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar

•2012

•7

•.

•All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

•2012

•8

•.

•All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh,

•Uttarakhand

•2012

•9

•.

•Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information

•Technology and Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

•1997

•2014

•10

•.

•Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai Tamil Nadu

•1918

•1964

•11

•.

Dr.B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of

•Technology

•Jalandhar, Punjab

•1987

•2007

•12

•.

•Footwear Design and Development Institute, Gautam Budh

•Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

•1986

•2017

•13

•.

•Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology,

•Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal

•1856

•2014

•14

•.

•Indian Institute of

•Information Technology Design and

•Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

•2015

•2017

•15

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology Una Himachal

•Pradesh

•2014

•2017

•16

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Uttar

•1999

•2014

•13

•Pradesh

•17

•.

•Indian

•Institute of Information Technology, Design and

•Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

•2007

•2014

•18

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad,

•Karnataka

•2015

•2017

•19

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati, Assam

•2013

•2017

•20

•.

•Indian

•Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani, West

•Bengal

•2014

•2017

•21

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota, Rajasthan

•2013

•2017

•22

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam, Kerala

•2015

•2017

•23

•.

•Indian Institute of Information

•Technology, Lucknow, Uttar

•Pradesh

•2015

•2017

•24

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Senapati, Manipur

•2015

•2017

•25

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur,

•Maharashtra

•2016

•2017

•26

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune,

•Maharashtra

•2016

•2017

•27

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi,

•Jharkhand

•2016

•2017

•28

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat, Haryana

•2014

•2017

•29

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, Andhra

•Pradesh

•2013

•2017

•30

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli,

•Tamil Nadu

•2013

•2017

•31

•.

•Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara,

•Gujarat

•2013

•2017

•32

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Gujarat

•1961

•2017

•33

•.

•Indian Institute of Management

•Amritsar,Punjab

•2015

•2017

•34

•.

•Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Karnataka

•1973

•2017

•35

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, Bihar

•2015

•2017

•36

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, West Bengal

•1961

•2017

•37

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Indore,

•Madhya Pradesh

•1996

•2017

•38

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, Uttarakhand

•2011

•2017

•39

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Kerala

•1996

•2017

•40

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

•1984

•2017

•41

•.

•Indian Institute of Management

•Nagpur, Maharashtra

•2015

•2017

•42

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Chhattisgarh

•2010

•2017

•43

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, Jharkhand

•2010

•2017

•44

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, Haryana

•2010

•2017

•45

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Shillong,

•Meghalaya

•2007

•2017

•46

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

•2011

•2017

•47

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, Rajasthan

•2011

•2017

•48

•.

•Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam, Andhra

•Pradesh

•2015

•2017

•49

•.

•Indian Institute of

•Management, Jammu, Jammu and

•Kashmir

•2016

•2017

•50

•.

•Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur, Odisha

•2015

•2017

•51

•.

•Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

•2015

•2017

•52

•.

•Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Andhra Pradesh

•2016

•2018

•53

•.

•Indian

•Institute of Science Education and Research

•Berhampur, Odisha

•2016

•2017

•54

•.

•Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal,

•2008

•2012

•14

•Madhya Pradesh

•55

•.

•Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata,

•West Bengal

•2006

•2012

•56

•.

•Indian

•Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali,

•Punjab

•2007

•2012

•57

•.

•Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune,

•Maharashtra

•2006

•2012

•58

•.

•Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,

•Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

•2008

•2012

•59

•.

•Indian

•Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati,

•Andhra Pradesh

•2015

•NA

•60

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar

•Pradesh

•1919

•1961

•61

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha

•2008

•2011

•62

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,

•Maharashtra

•1958

•1961

•63

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi

•1963

•64

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad Karnataka

•2016

•65

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat

•2008

•2011

•66

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Goa

•2016

•67

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam

•1994

•68

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana

•2008

•2012

•69

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Madhya Pradesh

•2009

•2011

•70

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

•2016

•71

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan

•2008

•2012

•72

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

•1959

•1961

•73

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal

•1951

•1961

•74

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Madras Tamil Nadu

•1959

•1961

•75

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Mandi Himachal Pradesh

•2009

•2012

•76

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala

•2015

•2016

•77

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar

•2008

•2012

•78

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee , Uttarakhand

•1847

•1961

•79

•.

•Indian

•Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab

•2008

•2012

•80

•.

•Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

•2015

•2016

•81

•.

•Indian Statistical Institute, West Bengal

•1931

•1959

•82

•.

•Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and

•Research, Puducherry

•1823

•2008

•83

•.

•Kalakshetra Foundation, Tamil Nadu

•1936

•1994

•84

•.

•Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan

•1963

•2009

•85

•.

•Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Madhya

•Pradesh

•1960

•2007

•86

•.

•Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

•Allahabad,

•Uttar Pradesh

•1961

•2007

•87

•.

•National Institute of Design, Gujarat

•1960

•2014

•88

•.

•National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences,

•Karnataka

•1925

•2012

•89

•.

•National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and

•Research, Punjab

•1998

•90

•.

•National

•Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and

•Research, Gujarat

•2007

•91

•.

•National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and

•Research, Bihar

•2007

•92

•.

•National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and

•2007

•15

•Research, Telangana

•93

•.

•National Institute of

•Pharmaceutical Education and

•Research, West Bengal

•2007

•94

•.

•National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and

•Research, Uttar Pradesh

•2007

•95

•.

•National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and

•Research, Assam

•2007

•96

•.

•National Institute of

•Technology Agartala, Tripura

•1965

•2007

•97

•.

•National Institute of Technology Calicut Kerala

•1961

•2007

•98

•.

•National Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi

•2010

•2012

•99

•.

•National Institute of Technology Goa

•2010

•2012

•100

•.

•National Institute of Technology Mizoram

•2010

•2012

•101

•.

•National Institute of Technology Nagaland

•2010

•2012

•102

•.

•National Institute of Technology Sikkim

•2010

•2012

•103

•.

•National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand

•2010

•2012

•104

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh

•2015

•NA

•105

•.

•National Institute of

•Technology, Arunachal Pradesh

•2010

•2012

•106

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Durgapur West Bengal

•1960

•2007

•107

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur Himachal

•Pradesh

•1986

•2007

•108

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

•1960

•2007

•109

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

•1960

•2007

•110

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana

•1963

•2007

•111

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Manipur

•2010

•2012

•112

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya

•2010

•2012

•113

•.

•National Institute of

•Technology, Patna Bihar

•1886

•2007

•114

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Puducherry

•2010

•2012

•115

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Raipur Chhattisgarh

•1956

•2007

•116

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Odisha

•1961

•2007

•117

•.

•National Institute of Technology,

•Silchar Assam

•1967

•2007

•118

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Srinagar Jammu and

•Kashmir

•1960

•2007

•119

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu

•1964

•2007

•120

•.

•National Institute of Technology, Warangal Telangana

•1959

•2007

•121

•.

•Pandit Dwarka

•Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information

•Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur.

•2005

•2014

•122

•.

•Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

•Chandigarh

•1962

•1

•967

•123

•.

•Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Uttar

•Pradesh

•2007

•124

•.

•Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Tamil

•Nadu

•1993

•2012

•125

•.

•Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

•Gujarat

•1961

•2007

•126

•.

•School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal Madhya

•Pradesh

•2008

•2014

•127

•.

•School of Planning and

•Architecture, Delhi

•1941

•2014

•128

•.

•School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada Andhra

•Pradesh

•2008

•2014

•129

•.

•Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and

•Technology Kerala

•1973

•1980

•130

•.

•Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

•1960

•2007

•16

•1

•.

•8

•.

•The

•Ministry

•in their background note submitted that status of INI

•will build a

•Brand

•for these

•Institutes

•and attract best faculties and students like IIITs/ IIMs and also adopt

•Global Standards

•in relation to courses and research activities in the

•S

ector.On the

•query of the Committee

•regarding quality of existing standards adopted by the Institutes

•for Courses and Research Activities, the Ministry stated:

•“

•The standards currently adopted by the institutes are below global standards.

•This is due to

•limited functional and academic autonomy currently enjoyed by the

•Institutes

•.”

•1

•.

•9

•.

•The Committee in this regard recall that Vision document of NIFTEM aims

•to be a

•prime academic institution in the areas of food technology, entrepreneurship and

•management, NIF

•TEM would offer courses and training programmes of global standards

•with optimal mix of inputs on food technology, management and entrepreneurship.

•On

•the query of the Committee regarding hindrance faced by the

•NIFTEM

•to adopt

•Global

•Standards

•in the areas

•of

•Food Technology

•, entrepreneurship and management despite

•it being part of their Mission Statement

•, the Ministry submitted:

•“

•The vision and mission statement was formulated initially keeping in view the

•future roadmap of development of NIFTEM. The

•Institute started only in 2011 and

•is continuously working towards achieving its objectives of the Mission Statement.

•The INI status will accelerate progress towards adopting global standards.

•”

•1

•.

•10

•.

•Further elaborating on the above issue, the

•Ministry

•stated:

•-

•“

•Some of the hindrances faced by the Institutes are:

•a

•)

•Lack of optimum number of faculty

•b

•)

•Lack of international exposure to the faculty and staff

•c

•)

•Lack of independence in formulating innovative curriculum

•d

•)

•Lack of dedicated faculty for research due

•to limited manpower

•e

•)

•Procedural delays faced in:

•-

•i

•.

•offering new academic programmes in line with the international

•standards and industrial requirements

•ii

•.

•increasing the intake strength

•iii

•.

•opening of new centres

•”

•17

•1

•.

•11

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding

•status of

•existing standards of UGC and

•All India Council of Technical Education

•(which approve Course Struct

•ure and Degree of

•NIFTEM), the

•Ministry

•submitted:

•“

•The existing regulatory guidelines of UGC and

•All India Council of Technical

•Education

•do not fully meet the needs of the fast

•-

•changing

•Food Processing

•Sector

•. Academic

•Programmes

•on food science & technology require intensive

•practical training and hands

•-

•on experience apart from classroom teaching. There

•should be more focus on research.

•”

•1

•.

•12

•.

•When asked about

•steps required to achieve Global Standard in Research and

•Teaching and Innovation in the areas of Food Technology

•Entrepreneurship and

•Management

•, the

•Ministry

•submitted as under:

•“

•Following steps may be taken to achieve the

•Global Standa

•rds

•in research,

•teaching and innovation:

•-

•a

•)

•Granting academic autonomy in designing of curriculum.

•b

•)

•Flexibility in hiring of faculty globally.

•c

•)

•Focused research in futuristic areas.

•d

•)

•Dual Degree and

•Multi Campus Programmes

•with reputed

•Institutions

•.

•e

•)

•Contract

•research to address the immediate needs of the

•Industry

•.

•The Ministry, NIFTEM and IIFPT have been deliberating on this crucial aspect.

•Collaborations with various foreign universities have been done by signing MoUs.

•Students and faculty have also been prov

•ided foreign exposure.

•”

•1

•.

•13

•.

•To

•the query of the Committee regarding ways by which

•NIFTEM will achieve

•these standards

•, the

•Ministry

•submitted:

•“

•If INI status is granted, NIFTEM will strive to achieve the standards by

•a

•)

•Functional autonomy for conducting

•academic and research programmes.

•b

•)

•Academic flexibility for student and faculty exchange with

•Universities/Institutions abroad to carry out research

•c

•)

•Timely updating of curriculum and syllabus on par with

•International Institutions

•d

•)

•Industry Institute interac

•tion to expose students and

•Faculty Members

•to carry

•out research on real time challenges faced by the

•Industries

•.

•e

•)

•Hiring of top international faculty.

•”

•1

•.

•14

•.

•When asked to

•explain the various constraints/challenges presently being faced

•by the Food Processing Industries and

•the manner in which

•proposed NIFTEM would be

•18

•able to take these constraints/challenges and drive the Food Processing Sector for

•sustainable growth and

•productivity in the Country

•, the Ministry submitted as under:

•“

•Major constraints/challenges that have been faced by the

•Food Processing

•Sector

•in the country are

•as follows

•:

•a

•.

•Round the year availability of quality raw materials &

•processable varieties

•b

•.

•Lack of efficient supply chain infrastructure

•c

•.

•Lack of innovative Food Products

•d

•.

•Low level of Mechanization

•e

•.

•Lack of efficient & Cost

•-

•effective Processing Technologies

•f

•.

•Limited Applied Research

•g

•.

•Shortage of skilled and trained manpower

•By enabling the INI

•status, the Institutions can overcome some of these

•challenges by:

•-

•a

•.

•Augmenting supply of highly skilled and trained manpower to the

•Industry

•;

•b

•.

•Proliferation of the sector with innovative products and processes through

•appliedR&D work

•c

•.

•Flexibility in adopting

•global/best

•practices in the

•Food Sector

•through

•Foreign Collaborations

•”

•C

•.

•IMPORT OF MACHINERIES AND ROYALTY PAID BY THE FOOD

•PROCESSING INDUSTRIES FOR PATENTS

•1

•.

•15

•.

•The Proposed Bill propose to declare certain institutions of Food Technology,

•Entrepreneurship and Management to be the

•Institutions

•of

•National Importance

•and to

•provide for instructions and research in food technology, entrepreneurship and

•management and

•for the advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge in

•such

•Branches

•and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. When asked

•about

•study conducted by the Ministry to assess requirement of Machineries/

•Technologies in Food Processi

•ng Sector in the Country, the Ministry submitted:

•“

•The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) conducted by National Sample Survey

•Office (NSSO) estimates the potential market size for food processing equipment

•until 2024

•-

SECTION Section 7

Untitled Section

4.

Prof.Ravindra Vishwanath Gaikwad

SECTION Section 70

Untitled Section

25.The analysis is based on the data f

•rom the year 2008

•-

•09 to 2014

•-

SECTION Section 71

Untitled Section

15.It is estimated that the gross value of plant and machinery deployed in food

•processing sector, by the year 2024

•-

•25 will be Rs. 3.6 Lakh Crore. The large

•19

•contribution to this market size are cereals processing, dairy proces

•sing, prepared

•meals and all other food products.

•(Rs. in Crore)

Sl.

No.

•Sectors

•Fixed

•capital

•2016

•-

•17

•GV of plant

•& machinery

•2016

•-

•17

•Fixed

•capital

•2024

•-

•25

•GV of plant

•& machinery

•2024

•-

•25

SECTION Section 72

Untitled Section

1.

•Dairy products

•25242

•16471

•68712

•55657

SECTION Section 73

Untitled Section

2.

•Processing &

•preserving

•of fruit and vegetables

•6622

•5047

•12418

•8064

SECTION Section 74

Untitled Section

3.

•Cereal processing: grain

•mill products, starches

•and starch products

•bakery products

•41839

•22771

•116529

•62930

SECTION Section 75

Untitled Section

4.

•Processing of vegetable

•and animal oils and fats

•18970

•18676

•26243

•22848

SECTION Section 76

Untitled Section

5.

•Processing & preserving

•of meat fish, etc.

•7588

•4459

•25004

•15750

SECTION Section 77

Untitled Section

6.

•Soft drinks, mineral

•waters and other bottled

•waters

•19831

•15491

•48321

•37912

SECTION Section 78

Untitled Section

7.

•Prepared meals and

•other food products

•26299

•15729

•90279

•60487

SECTION Section 79

Untitled Section

8.

•Cocoa, chocolate and

•sugar

•confectionary

•9667

•15491

•49966

•43036

SECTION Section 8

Untitled Section

5.

•Shri Sanganna Amarappa Karadi

SECTION Section 80

Untitled Section

9.

•Prepared animal feeds

•11179

•7126

•79072

•53249

•Total

•167237

•121261

•516544

•359933

•1

•.

•16

•.

•When asked

•by the Committee

•to furnish details of foreign currency used by Food

•Processing Industries in the Country to import machineries the Ministry submitted:

•“

•The Year

•-

•wise details of import since 2014

•-

•15 is as below:

•-

•India’s import of major food processing machinery

•YEAR

•Import Value

•US$ Million

•2014

•-

•15

998.14

•2015

•-

•16

1059.43

•2016

•-

•17

985.93

•2017

•-

•18

1041.54

•2018

•-

•19

1232.48

•Total

5317.52

•Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata, 2019

•1

•.

•17

•.

•When asked to

•furnish details of Foreign Currency Outgo on Royalty, Copyrights,

•Trademark etc. on technologies used by Food Processing Industries during the last five

•years, the Ministry submitted as under:

•“

•Such payments are made by individual companies and would be r

•eflected in their

•financial statements. India's Balance of Payments statement states the figures

•20

•under the category 'Charges for the use of intellectual property' which is a

•compilation for all industries in the country. No separate data is available under

•this category for food processing industries with the Ministry. Combined figure

•under

•the head "Charges for use of intellectual property" are as under (Data

•Source: World Bank):

•Year

•Amount in Billion USD

•2014

4.85

•2015

5.01

•2016

5.47

•2017

6.51

•2018

7.91

•1

•.

•18

•.

•When asked about assessment on emerging/futuristic technologies/machineries in

•Food Processing Sector, the Ministry submitted:

•“

•The assessment done by Ministry/NIFTEM/IIFPT and Technology Information

•Forecasting Council (TIFAC) under D/o Science &

•Technology

•indicates the

•following emerging/futuristic technologies/machineries in Food Processing Sector.

•a

•.

•3D

•Printing

•of foods

•-

•an indigenous 3D printer was also developed apart from

•printable food matrix development for customized personal nutrition.

•b

•.

•Nanotechnology

•Applications

•in food delivery system and packaging

•c

•.

•Non

•-

•thermal processing techniques

•d

•.

•Biosensors for various

•Food Applications

•e

•.

•Novel

•Drying Techniques

•(RF drying, refractive window drying, electro spary

•drying, freeze

•-

•spray drying

•,

etc.)

•f

•.

•Pac

•kaging Techniques (Edible packaging, Micro packaging,

•Smart

•packaging,

•Anti

•-

•microbial Packaging,

•Water Soluble Packaging

•,

•Self

•-

•Heating

•and

•Cooling

•Packaging

•)

•g

•.

•Robochefs that may change the way of cooking food

•h

•.

•Personalized Nutrition/Bio

•-

fortication.

•i

•.

•Blockcha

•in to revolutionize the agri

•–

•food supply chain to improve the

•traceability

•j

•.

•Interactive & Smart Foods

•”

•1

•.

•19

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding steps taken by the NIFTEM/IIFPT to

•encourage research on above mentioned sector, the Ministry submitted:

•21

•“

•NIFTEM

•a

•)

•NIFTEM has made provision for Professional Development Allowance (PDA)

•up to three lakhs to individual faculty to initiate research on some of these

•strategic areas.

•b

•)

•NIFTEM has created a

•Dedicated Research Cell

•for supporting student and

•faculty res

earch.

•c

•)

•NIFTEM encourages faculty to apply for extramural funding for undertaking

research.

•d

•)

•NIFTEM encourages

•Industry Academic Collaborative Research

•.

•e

•)

•Various

•International,

•National Conferences

•,

•Seminar

•,

•Workshops

•are

•conducted to remain forefront in th

•e

•Sector

•-

•based research area.

•IIFPT

•Basic research in the sector are being undertaken at IIFPT. For example, India’s

•first food 3D

•Printing Research Work

•was done at IIFPT. IIFPT also is the

•National

•Leader

•in emerging areas such as food nanotechnology, no

•n

•-

•thermal processing

•of foods, personalized nutrition etc. Applied research has also shown promising

•results and several industries have approached IIFPT for commercialization of

•these emerging technologies.

•”

•1

•.

•20

•.

•On being

•asked

•by the Committee

•to furnish

•details of Research being done by

•both Institutes on above mentioned technologies, the Ministry submitted:

•“

•NIFTEM

•i

•.

•Development of biosensor for detecting onion spoilage.

•ii

•.

•Graphene based biosensors for detection of artificial ripening in banana.

•iii

•.

•Cellulose b

•ased packaging material from potato peel.

•iv

•.

•Antioxidant based edible film from pomegranate peel.

•v

•.

•Bio

•-

•nano composite for removal of biofilm from food industry.

•vi

•.

•Development of smart magnetic nano material for capturing and killing of

•food borne pathogens.

•vii

•.

•Biologically derived fluorescent nano probe for rapid robust, selective,

•universal safe staining of viable gram negative bacteria of food industry.

•viii

•.

•Design and development of hybrid super

•-

•heated steam dryer.

•ix

•.

•IT/IOT application for process automation in foo

•d industry.

•22

•IIFPT

•a

•)

•Designing 3

•-

•D printed foods for personalized nutrition

•b

•)

•Development of sensors for quality evaluation of coconut oil

•c

•)

•Design & development of cold plasma based portable water treatment unit for

•armed forces in difficult conditions

•d

•)

•Developm

•ent of active intelligent packaging system with antimicrobial agents

•for fruits & vegetables

•e

•)

•Development of non

•-

•dairy symbiotic food to ensure food safety & combat

•hidden hunger deficiency

•f

•)

•Integrated Coconut Processing Unit for continuous removal of shell,

•testa,

•coconut water & dicing of coconut meat

•g

•)

•Technology development & capacity building in neera preservation and value

•addition

•h

•)

•Development of process for β

•-

•carotene

•-

•in cyclodextrine

•-

•in

•-

•iron liposomes for

•delivery of nutritional supplements

•i

•)

•Development

•of micro/nano

•-

•anacardic acid from cashew nut waste as an

•effective alternative to synthetic food preservatives

•j

•)

•Development of Non

•-

•thermal plasma System for Liquid Food Sterilization

•k

•)

•GrainCare

•l

•)

•Design and Development of Engineered Nano Food Particles

•m

•)

•Nano pa

•tterning with low temperature process for the production of instant

•foaming soluble coffee

•n

•)

•Smart warehouses with application of frontier EM & electronics based

•technology

•o

•)

•Performance evaluation of RF sterilizer

•p

•)

•Development of nutraceutical product for

•special persons

•q

•)

•Design and Development of MW Dryer/Roaster for farm Produce

•r

•)

•Apart from that IIFPT has submitted proposal for creating centre of excell

•ence

•in Non

•-

•thermal processing.”

•D

•.

•MAN POWER REQUIREMENT IN FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

•1

•.

•21

•.

•In reply to the

•query

•by

•the Committee regarding assessment of skilled and semi

•-

•skilled manpower requirement of the Food Processing sector in the Country, the Ministry

•submitted:

•“

•National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has engaged IMaCS (ICRA

•Management Consulting

•Services Limited) to prepare Human Resource and Skill

•Requirements in the Food Processing Sector (2022). They have identified the total

•23

•annual demand of the manpower in the sector given in the Table below:

•Category

•Required Annual Demand

•Food

•Technologists

•-

•PG

•2,384

•Food Technologists

•5,363

•Diploma

•4,768

•ITI/ ITC

•4,768

•Short

•-

•term course trained personal with

•Education below 10

•th

•/ 12

•th

•standards

•95,351

•Total

•112,633

•Source: IMaCS analysis

•While there are gaps in terms of excess of demand over supply in the

•Organized

•Sector

•at all levels, the gap is maximum when considering the demand for ‘those

•trained by short

•-

•term courses’ with low educational qualification (below 10th/12th

•standard). The

•re is a required demand for about 1 lakh trained persons annually

•against a supply of over 10,000 persons. This requirement will increase to over

5.3 lakh, if the

•Unorganized Sector

•is also taken into account.

•The Table below

•also details the incremental h

•uman resource requirement for those trained by

•modular/short

•-

•term training programmes across different segments in the Food

•Processing Industry on an annual basis (i.e., annual requirement):

•-

•Sector

•Total Demand

•Required Annual

•demand (in 1000’s) in

•Organ

•ised sector

•Fruit and Vegetable

•Processing

•12

•2

•Food Grain Milling

•12

•8

•Dairy Products

•68

•12

•Meat and Poultry

•Processing

•104

•19

•Fish Processing

•1

•0

•Bread and bakery

•258

•46

•Alcoholic beverages

•42

•8

•Aerated water/ soft

•drinks

•2

•0

•Total

•530

•95

•Source: IMaCS analysis

•1

•.

•22

•.

•When asked about system existing in the Country to provide skilled and semi

•-

•skilled manpower for Food Processing Sector in the Country, the Ministry stated as

•under:

•-

•“

•As part of the Skill India initiative by NSDC, there are 87

•Skilling Centres

•providing skilling in various job roles in

•the formal education sector, there are many State Agricultural Universities (SAU)

•and Colleges conducting Graduate and Post Graduate degree programs in

•Food Processing

•and

•Institutions

•in Public and Private Sector

•1

•.

•23

•.

•When asked about

•steps being taken by the NIFTEM to bridge the gap of skilled

•and semi

•-

•skilled manpower as

•NIFTEM

•-

•In pursuit of its mandate for capacity building and human resource

•24

•providing skilling in various job roles in

•food processing and 64 B.Voc. colleges. In

•the formal education sector, there are many State Agricultural Universities (SAU)

•and Colleges conducting Graduate and Post Graduate degree programs in

•and

•Allied Disciplines

•. The State wise details of no. of

•in Public and Private Sector

•are

•given below:

•steps being taken by the NIFTEM to bridge the gap of skilled

•skilled manpower as

•identified, the Ministry stated as under:

•In pursuit of its mandate for capacity building and human resource

•food processing and 64 B.Voc. colleges. In

•the formal education sector, there are many State Agricultural Universities (SAU)

•and Colleges conducting Graduate and Post Graduate degree programs in

•t

•he

•. The State wise details of no. of

•steps being taken by the NIFTEM to bridge the gap of skilled

•identified, the Ministry stated as under:

•-

•In pursuit of its mandate for capacity building and human resource

•25

•development in food processing sector, NIFTEM has been organizing series of

•Training

•and

•Skill Development Programmes

•since 2011. The fol

•lowing steps are

•being taken in skilling and training the people in

•Food Processing

•:

•i

•.

•At NIFTEM Campus under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) and

•State Skill Mission

•–

•High end trainings are regularly been organized which

•includes Training of Tra

•iners (ToTs), Training of Master Trainers (ToMTs),

•Training of Assessors (ToAs).

•ii

•.

•Apart from Skill Development Trainings, various information dissemination,

•outreach and one/two weeks Trainings on food processing were organized by

•NIFTEM under Village Adop

•tion Programme.

•iii

•.

•Other need based trainings for different organizations like KVIC, NHB, Farmer

•Producer Organization, Women Entrepreneurs, NGOs, and FSSAI, etc were

•organized as and when required.

•iv

•.

•Developed Course Content and Learning Material for 33 select

•ed job roles in

•Food Processing which are been used for PMKVY and various state skill

missions.

•v

•.

•Developing course content and learning material for 13 new job roles in Food

•Processing for PMKVY and State Skill Mission.

•vi

•.

•So far NIFTEM has trained 4040 partic

•ipants in 105 training programmes

•(Three to Five Days and two weeks duration) and 10055 participants in 39

•training programmes (Outreach/One day) since 2011

•-

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12.

•IIFPT

•IIFPT is offering

•Skill Development Trainings

•of various durations to clients

•including farmers, self

•-

•help members, unemployed youth, students, entrepreneurs

•(without educational and age limits) in all aspects of food processing through Food

•Processing Business Incubation Centre

•established at Thanjav

•ur, Guwahati and

Bathinda.

•From 2010 to 2018, IIFPT has conducted 295 consultancies, 1034

•training programmes, 27 mobile processing unit programmes, and 319 incubation

•services and benefitted 885, 10820, 23250 and 677 stakeholders/farmers

•respectively from

•these services.

•1

•.

•24

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding plan of NIFTEM to open small Centre or

•Courses for

•short

•-

•term courses’ with low educational qualification (below 10th/12th

•standard)

•, the Ministry stated as under:

•-

•26

•“

•Yes, both institutes intend t

•o open small Centre or Courses for short

•-

•term

•courses' with low educational qualification (below 10

•th

•/12

•th

•standard)

•”

•1

•.

•25

•.

•When asked to furnish details of Universities

•and Institutions are engaged in

•research for Food Processing Sector in the country

•, the

•Ministry submitted:

•“

•The details of

•Institutions/Universities

•engaged in research for food processing

•sector in the country

•are:

•-

S.No.

•Name of State

•Name of Institutes

•1

•Andhra Pradesh

•GITAM University, Visakhapatnam

•2

•Assam

•Tezpur University,

•Napaam

•3

•Assam Agricultural University, Guwahati

•4

•Assam University, Silchar, Assam

•–

•788011

•5

•CSIR, NEIST, Jorhat

•6

•Gauhati University, Guwahati

•7

•Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

•8

•National Research Centre on Pig, Indian Council of

•Agricultural Research, Rani Guwahati 781131

•-

•Assam

•9

•Bihar

•Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa

•10

•Chhattisgarh

•National Institute of Technology Raipur, Raipur 492010

•11

•Delhi

•Ganesh Scientific Research Foundation, New Delhi

•12

•Indian Agriculture

•Research Institute, New Delhi

•13

•Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New

•Delhi110016

•14

•Lady Irwin college, University Of Delhi, Sikandara Road,

•New Delhi

•15

•University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New

•Delhi

•-

•110021

•16

•Gujarat

A.D. Patel Institute of Technology, Anand

•17

•Gujarat Agricultural University, Sardar Krushinagar

•18

•Sardar Patel University, VallabhVidyanagar

•19

•Sardar krushinagar Dantiwada Agricultaral University, Sardar

•krushinagar

•20

•21

•Haryana

•Department of Food Science and Technology, CCS ,

•Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar

•-

•125004

•22

•Guru Jambseshwar University, Hissar

•23

•Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal

•Sciences, Hisar

•24

•National Dairy Research Institute,

•Karnal

•-

•132001

•25

•National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and

•Management, Sonepat131028

•26

•Himachal

•Pradesh

•Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur

•27

•J&K

•Department of Food Science & Technology, University of

•Kashmir,

•Srinagar

•28

•Jharkhand

•Indian Institute of Natural Resins & Gums, Ranchi

•29

•Birla Institute of Technology, Rachi

•30

•Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi

•31

•Karnataka

•Central Food Technological Research Institute,Mysore

•-

•570020

•32

•CSIR

•-

•Central Food

•Technological Research Laboratory,

•Mysuru, Karnataka

•33

•Defence Food Research Laboratory, DFRL, Siddarthanagar,

•Mysore

•-

•570011

•34

•Center for Emerging Technologies, Jain Global Campus,

•Jain University, Ramanagara District, Bangalore562112

•35

•NDRI,

•Southern Regional station Bangaluru, Karnataka

•36

•National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal,

•Shrinivasnagar, Mangalore575025

•37

•University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka

•38

•Kerala

•Amrita Centre for Nanoscinces, Amrita

•Vishwavidyapeetham, Elamakara, Cochin

•-

•682026,Kerala

•39

•Indian Institute of Spices Research,Calicut 673012, Kerala.

•40

•41

•ICAR

•-

•Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin,

•Kerala

•42

•Maharashtra

•Division of Fisheries Resources, Harvest &

•Post

•-

•harvest

•Management, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Seven

•Bungalows, Versova, Mumbai

•43

•College of Dairy Technology, Pusad

•44

Dr.B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli

•45

Dr.Baba Saheb Amedkar Marathwada University,

•Aurangabad

•46

•Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai400019

•47

•Indian Institute of Packaging , Andheri, Mumbai

•48

•Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai,

•Mumbai

•49

•M/s Ghatge Precision Engineering Pvt. Limited, Satara

•50

•Marathwada Agricultural

•University, Parbhani

•51

•National Environmental Engineering Research Institute,

•Nagpur

•52

•Chemical Engineering Division, NCL, Pune,

•53

S.G.B Amravati University, Amravati

•54

•Department of Food Science and Technology, Shivaji

•University,

•Kolhapur416004

•28

•55

•University of Pune, Pune

•56

•Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technique, Nagpur

•57

•Meghalaya

•College of Home Science CAU, Tura, Meghalaya

•58

•State Institute of Rural Development, Nongsder

•59

•Odisha

•Department of Food Process

•Engineering, National Institute

•of Technology, Rourkela

•60

•Pondicherry

•Pondicherry University, Pondicherry

•61

•Punjab

•Central Institute of Post

•-

•Harvest Engineering and

•Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab

•62

•Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science

•University,

•Ludhiana141004

•63

•Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab

•64

•Panjab University, Chandigarh

•65

•Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala

•66

•Rajasthan

•Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology,

•Udaipur,

•Rajasthan

•67

•Tamil Nadu

•Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore641003

•68

•Anna University, Chennai

•69

•Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli

•70

•Central for post

•-

•harvest technology, Agricultural Engineering

•College and Research University,

•Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

•71

•Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Coimbatore

•72

•Fisheries College Research Institute, Thoothukudi

•73

•Indian Institute of Crop Technology Thanjavur, T.N.

•74

•IIT Madras

•75

•Karunya University, Coimbatore

•76

•Kongu Engineering College, Erode

•77

•Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu

•78

•Suganthi Devadason Marine Research institute, Tuticorin,

•Tamilnadu

•79

•Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore

•80

•Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Chennai.

•81

•Tamil

•Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

•82

•Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Home Science College

•and Research Institute, Madurai

•83

•Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Periyakulam

•–

•625604,

•Tamil Nadu

•84

•Fisheries College and Research Institute,

•Tamilnadu

•Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Thoothukudi

•85

•Verterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal

•86

•Telangana

•Central Food Technological Research Institute, Habshiguda,

•Uppal Road,Hyderabad

•-

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Untitled Section

500007.

•29

•87

•CSIR

•-

•Indian Institute of

•Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

•88

•National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), Jamaiosmania,

•Hyderabad500007

•89

•ICAR

•-

•National Research Centre on Meat, Chengicherla,

•Boduppal (Post)

•90

•Tripura

•Central Agricultural University, Agartala

•91

•Uttar Pradesh

•Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Vidya Vihar,

•Raebareli Road, Lucknow

•–

•226025

•92

•Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

•93

•Bundelkhand University, Kanpur Road, Jhansi

•-

SECTION Section 83

Untitled Section

284128.

•94

•Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow

•95

•Central

•Institute for Research on Goat (CIRG), Makhdoom,

U.P

•96

•ICAR

•-

•Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kalyanpur, Kanpur

•97

•Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP

•98

•Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

•99

•West

•Bengal

•Bidhannagar College. W.B.

•100

•Post Harvest Technology, ICAR

•-

•Central Institute of Fisheries

•Education Salt Lake, Kolkatta 700091

•101

•Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West

•Bengal

•102

•Jadavpur University, Kolkata

•103

•University of Calcutta, Kolkata

•E

•.

•RECRUITMENT IN NIFTEM AND IIFPT

•1

•.

•26

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding

•process of recruitment for faculties in

•existing Institutes

viz.NIFTEM and IIFPT

•, the Ministry submitted:

•“

•As far as NIFTEM is concerned, the conditions on minimum qualifications for

•appointment of teachers and other measures for the maintenance of the

•standards in higher education have been stipulated by UGC and

•ALL INDIA

•COUNCIL OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

•.

•Afore

•said

•authorities have prescribed

•the selection methodology for calculating academic/research score. Direct

•Recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and

•Professors are made on the basis of merit through All India advertisement,

•f

•ollowed by selection through duly constituted selection committee as per

•guidelines of UGC and

•ALL INDIA COUNCIL OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

•. The

•30

•Selection Methodology for calculating academic/research score has also been

•stipulated by the UGC.

•The recruitment

•of teaching faculties in IIFPT is governed by the IICPT Service

•Rules, 2007 for Recruitment & Promotion of Scientific, Technical, Administration

•and Supporting Staff.

•The teaching faculties are categorized in different cadre as

•Professor, Associate Profes

•sor and Assistant Professor. Recruitment Rules (RR)

•are framed and approved by the Board for each cadre. The initial appointment for

•each cadre is through

•direct recruitment. Reservation Roster for each cadre of

•Post is being maintained as per the orders o

•f Govt. of India from time to time.

•Applications are invited from the eligible candidates as per the RR for the Post for

•initial appointment of faculties. The applications so received are screened by a

•Screening Committee on the basis of Score Card, the s

•creening committee

•recommends the names of the eligible candidates for the Post. The candidates

•who have been recommended by the Screening Committee are called for an

Interview.A Selection Committee is constituted as per the composition given in

•the RR. T

•he Selection Committee recommends the name of the candidate

•selected for the Post based on the performance in the Interview and their merit as

•per score card. The

•List

•of the selected candidates is placed before the Governing

•Board for its approval. After

•approval of the Governing Board, offer of appointment

•is issued to the selected candidates.

•”

•1

•.

•27

•.

•When asked about confirmation of Recruitments

•Rules adopted by IIFPT as per

•stipulations of UGC and

•ALL INDIA COUNCIL OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

•?

•“

•Recruitments Rules f

•ollowed in IIFPT are in line with Indian Council of

•Agricultural Research (ICAR)

•Regulations

•.

•”

•1

•.

•28

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding jurisdiction

•UGC and

•All India Council of

•Technical Education

•over NIFTEM after according the status of INI, the

•Ministry

•submitted:

•-

•“

•The Bill gives the powers and functions of the Institutes under clause

•-

•6 which

•inter

•-

•alia enables the Institute to provide for instruction and research and for the

•advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge in such branche

•s, to

•hold examination and grant degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic

•distinctions or titles, to Institute and award fellowship, scholarships, exhibitions,

•prizes and medals, to do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or

•31

•conducive

•to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the Institute.

•Further, clause

•-

•12 of the Bill provides for powers and functions of Board

•which enables the Institute to create academic, administrative, technical and other

•posts and determine by Statute

•s, the qualifications, classification, terms and

•conditions of service and method of appointment of such posts and also to set up

•centres of food processing studies and allied areas within the country and abroad

•after approval of the Central Government.

•Hence, the Regulations of UGC and

•ALL INDIA COUNCIL OF TECHNICAL

•EDUCATION

•in this regard may be seen as guidance for framing such regulations

•for NIFTEM after the grant of INI status.

•”

•1

•.

•29

•.

•To a

•query

•by

•the Committee regarding

•problems being faced by exist

•ing institutes

•in attracting best talent for their faculties

•, the Ministry submitted:

•“

•The problems being faced by existing Institutes in attracting best talent for their

•faculties are:

•-

•i

•.

•Lack of sabbatical and stage/outreach programmes on long term

basis.

•ii

•.

•Limited availability of qualified faculty

•iii

•.

•Lack of flexibility in paying higher remuneration/incentives

•”

•1

•.

•30

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding

•existing Rules of UGC and

•All India

•Council of Technical Education

•bar

•sabbatical and stage/outreach pro

•grammes on long

•term basis

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•UGC Regulations 2018 provides that the permanent whole

•-

•time teachers of the

•University who have completed seven years’ of service as Associate Professor or

•a Professor may be granted sabbatical leave to

•undertake study or research or

•any other academic pursuit solely for the object of increasing their proficiency and

•usefulness to the university and higher education system. The duration of leave

•shall not exceed one year, at a time, and two years in the

•entire career of the

teacher.A teacher shall during the period of sabbatical leave pre

•-

•paid full pay and

•allowances at the rate applicable immediately proceeding on sabbatical leave.

•Similarly,

•All India Council of Technical Education

•Regulations

•,

•2019

•prescribes that

•Faculty Mem

•bers shall be entitled to sabbatical leave of six months

•for working in Industry/ Professional Development subject to the condition that the

•faculty has a teaching experience of minimum five years. Such leave shall be

•32

•available o

•nly twice in the teaching career.

•Hence existing rules of UGC and

•All

•India Council of Technical Education

•are restrictive in nature.

•”

•1

•.

•31

•.

•On the query of the Committee regarding length of

•sabbatical required for

•attracting quality Faculty

•, the Ministry

•submitted:

•-

•“

•Minimum three years of sabbatical leave may be required for attracting quality

•faculty and the same can be extended to maximum five years.

•1

•.

•32

•.

•When asked about ways by which

•shortage of

•qualified faculty in the Country will

•be tackled following

•grant of status of INI

•, the Ministry submitted:

•-

•“

•The premium branding of the institution as INI itself can attract qualified faculty

•within the country. Also the flexibility to have foreign collaborations enable faculty

•exchange programs through which se

•rvice of competent faculty members as

•visiting /adjunct faculty members from abroad Universities/Institutions can be

availed.

•”

•1

•.

•33

•.

•Replying to the

•query of the Committee regarding recruitment from Private sector

•or Food Processing Industries in

•NIFTEM/IIFPT, the Ministry submitted:

•“

•The recruitment rules adopted by the NIFTEM and IIFPT (which are based on

•guidelines of

•All India Council of Technical Education

•/UGC/ICAR) do not bar

•recruitment from the

•Private Sector

•or Food Processing Industries

•,

•if one fulfils the

•eligibility criteria. The details of the present faculty having prior experience of

•Private sector/Food Processing Industries are

•as follows:

•-

•NIFTEM

S.

No.

•Name

•Designation

•Experience

SECTION Section 84

Untitled Section

1.

Prof.Manjeet

•Aggarwal

•Professor

•Shriram Institute for Industrial Research

SECTION Section 85

Untitled Section

2.

Dr.P.K. Nema

•Associate

•Professor

•Anand Agricultural University, Fable Investment

•Limited, Knk College Of Horticulture, North

•Eastern Regional Institute of Science and

•Technology (NERIST)

SECTION Section 86

Untitled Section

3.

Dr.Vijendra

•Mishra

•Associate

•Professor

•Anand Agricultural University, Bundelkhand

•University, Mody University, Swami Ramanand

•Teerth Marathwada University

•33

SECTION Section 87

Untitled Section

4.

Dr.Kalyan Das

•Associate

•Professor

B.P. Poddar Institute of Management &

•Technology,Baranagar Sri Sri

•Ramakrishna

•Vidyapith,Heramba Chandra College,VIT

•University

SECTION Section 88

Untitled Section

5.

Dr.Sanjay

•Bhayana

•Associate

•Professor

•Chhaju Ram Memorial (CRM) Jat College, Guru

•Jambheshwar University, Jan Nayak Ch.Devi

•Lal Vidyapeeth, MR DAV Institute of

•Management Studies, Ms

•ASIANLAK HEALTH

•FOOD LTD.

SECTION Section 89

Untitled Section

6.

Dr.Neela

•Emanuel

•Associate

•Professor

•Texas A&M International University

SECTION Section 9

Untitled Section

6.

•Shri Nalin

•Kumar Kateel

SECTION Section 90

Untitled Section

7.

Dr.Vikas

•Saxena

•Associate

•Professor

•Graduate School of Business Administration,

•IIMT Management College, INMANTEC

•Business School, Institute of

•Technology and

•Science, Sriram Institute of Management &

•Technology

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8.

Dr.Vimal Pant

•Associate

•Professor

•AMS, IFTM, RR Group, UCO bank

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9.

Dr.Neeraj

•Associate

•Professor

•Assocham, IIT, DAAD Germany

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10.

Dr.P. Murali

•Krishna

•Assistant

•Professor

•JRF at Andhra University

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11.

Dr.Bhaswati

•Bhattachrya

•Assistant

•Professor

•Universiteit Stellenbosh University

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12.

Dr.Chakkarvarthi

•Sarvanan

•Assistant

•Professor

•Coimbra Portugal

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13.

Dr.Tripti

•Agarwal

•Assistant

•Professor

•National Physical Laboratory,

•JNU, ART

•research station, IARI

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14.

Sh.Kumar

•Rahul

•Assistant

•Professor

•Shyamlal College

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15.

Dr.Vijay Kumar

•Assistant

•Professor

•Sharda University

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16.

Dr.Prarabdh

•Badgujar

•Assistant

•Professor

•No experience at the time of joining