RS Passed The NIFTEM Bill

• Rajya Sabha passed the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) Bill in 2019.
• The bill declares that food technology, entrepreneurship and management agencies as institutions of national importance.
• The institutes are – (1) National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (Kundli, Haryana); (2) Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu).
• The bill declares these institutions as the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management.