The foreign direct investment (FDI)in the food processing sector is expected to rise by 38 per cent to $1 billion this fiscal, driven by recent reforms, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said today. Efforts are being made to translate the proposals worth $14 billion signed during the ‘World Food India 2017’ held in November last year into actual investment. Already, 17 companies, including ITC, have started the ground work, she said. The Railways has set a target of training 30,000 apprentices at its 16 zonal and seven production units in 2018-19, as part of the government’s Skill India initiative, the national transporter said in a statement today.

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