{"id":1701,"date":"2026-02-02T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:11:55","slug":"union-budget-2026-strengthens-agri-food-value-chain-abhay-parnerkar-ceo-of-godrej-foods-ltd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/?p=1701","title":{"rendered":"Union Budget 2026 Strengthens Agri &#038; Food Value Chain: Abhay Parnerkar, CEO of Godrej Foods Ltd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"451\"><em data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"225\">Mumbai:<\/em> Reacting to the Union Budget 2026, Mr. Abhay Parnerkar, CEO of Godrej Foods Ltd, said the Budget has placed a strong and welcome emphasis on strengthening India\u2019s agriculture, animal husbandry, and food value-chain ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"738\">Mr. Parnerkar noted that the government\u2019s focus on credit-linked support for animal husbandry, the development of farmer producer organizations (FPOs), and integrated measures to enhance farmer incomes would significantly contribute to building resilient and future-ready food systems.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"1121\">\u201cThe Union Budget 2026 reflects a strong and welcome focus on strengthening India\u2019s Agri and animal husbandry ecosystem. The government\u2019s push towards credit-linked support for animal husbandry, development of farmer producer organizations, and integrated approaches to improving farmer incomes will go a long way in reinforcing resilient, future-ready food value chains,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1123\" data-end=\"1400\">Highlighting Godrej Foods Ltd\u2019s commitment to farmers, Mr. Parnerkar added that the company\u2019s farm-to-fork model is anchored in deep partnerships with farming communities. \u201cFarmers remain central to everything we do, from quality and traceability to consumer trust,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1668\">He further emphasized that continued government investment in agricultural infrastructure, innovation, and manufacturing capabilities would empower farmers while enabling food companies to deliver safe, nutritious, and responsibly produced food to Indian households.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1670\" data-end=\"1793\">\u201cThese measures signal a positive step towards building a more sustainable and inclusive food economy,\u201d Mr. Parnerkar said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: Reacting to the Union Budget 2026, Mr. Abhay Parnerkar, CEO of Godrej Foods Ltd, said the Budget has placed a strong and welcome emphasis on strengthening India\u2019s agriculture, animal husbandry, and food value-chain ecosystem. Mr. Parnerkar noted that the government\u2019s focus on credit-linked support for animal husbandry, the development of farmer producer organizations (FPOs),&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1703,"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions\/1703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samajsanchar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}