Pashupati Kumar Paras gets key Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Lok Janshakti Party MP Pashupati Kumar Paras was inducted into the new Cabinet of the Narendra Modi-led government as the Minister of Food Processing Industries.

Pashupati Kumar Paras, MP from Hajipur, was on Wednesday inducted into the Narendra Modi-led government as a Cabinet minister and given the charge of the key Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The portfolio was earlier with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. The ministry has assumed more significance in recent years as the government is focusing on raising the processing level of fruits and vegetables to reduce wastage.