PMFME Sponsored Seed Capital SHG beneficiaries’ Training Program

    One day Seed Capital SHG Training conducted on February 21, 2023 for   14 beneficiaries  from Salcette & Bardez taluka of South &  North Goa districts, respectively. The beneficiaries were trained on various aspects of Food Processing Entrepreneurship covering topics like Overview of PMFME, understanding supply chain in food processing industries, other government of India Schemes supporting food processing enterprises Procurement of Machinery & Raw Material, Storage, Transportation, Recruitment & Staff by Dr. Mathala Gupta, Senior Scientist, ICAR CCARI. Motivation, Inventory Management: Record keeping of daily transactions, Maintain Purchase register, Sales register etc; Working Capital Management: working capital decisions, cash in hand for emergency etc. by Mr. Pravin Sabnis, Training Faculty at Unlearning Unlimited, Panaji. An introduction to packaging with different packaging methods & machines involved in packaging by Er. Vinod Atkari, Assistant Professor (Agril. Engg). Government Agriculture College, Old Goa, Basics and benefits: FSSAI Registration & Licensing, Schedule IV – FSSAI (GMP, GHP, GLP practices including requirement for testing of food products) Udyami registration, GST & PAN by Mr. Atul Dessai, Food Safety Officer, Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration, followed by hands on training at post-harvest lab and Virgin coconut oil unit using food based domains by Dr. Mathala Juliet Gupta & Mrs. Sunetra Talaulikar.