Suvendu Adhikari
Hon'ble CM, Government of West Bengal &
Minister-in-Charge, FPI&H Department

Welcome to
Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture.

Directorate of Food Processing Industries	Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture. Department of Food Processing Industries became operational from May 1992. In due course Directorate of Horticulture came from Agriculture Department and joined this department in April 1997 and it came to be known as Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture. A separate Directorate for Food Processing Industries was formed in1998 that became fully functional from 2009. Directorate of Cinchona and other Medicinal Plants was brought administrative control of this Department from Commerce and Industries Department in the end of 2006. West Bengal State Food Processing and Horticulture Development Corporation Limited responsible for implementing various projects of this Department is also under administrative control of this Department.	Directorate of Horticulture
Directorate of Cinchona and other Medicinal Plant The Directorate started its functioning since 1862 right from almost foot hills to an altitude of 1800 M in the hilly terrain of Darjeeling District. The initial objective of...		West Bengal State Food Processing and Horticulture Development Corporation Limited West Bengal State Food Processing & Horticulture Development Corporation Limited is a company wholly owned by the Government of West Bengal under the administrative control ...