India’s food production, the second largest in the world behind China, amounted to US$ 849 billion, or Rs 75.3 lakh crore (also 75.3 trillion) in 2025, representing 20.3% of the country’s GDP of Rs 372 lakh crore or US$ 4.19 trillion. Ranking second worldwide in total farm output after China, the country is the world’s leading producer of milk, pulses, and spices. It is the second-largest producer of fruit, vegetables, and food grains, including rice and wheat, with significant positions in other categories, such as being the world’s top producer of buffalo meat and the second-largest producer of eggs and tea.
According to our estimate, the processed food sector, including exports, food services, processing, supply chain, and packaging value addition, totals US$ 232 billion, or approximately Rs 205 lakh crore – sixth largest in the world. The market value of the sector, including distribution and retail costs, is projected to be US$ 300 billion, growing by 5.5% to 8.8% in the coming years.
The Indian government permits 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in food processing and the retail trading of food products, including eCommerce, through its automatic route. From April 2000 to December 2024, the sector received FDI of US$ 13.01 billion – more than half of this in the past eleven years.
The Indian food industry, including its cold chain logistics, processing, exports, food service, and retail, is the driver of the brick-and-mortar economy, increasingly benefitting from its digital backbone and other infrastructure improvements. Regenerative agriculture, modern logistics, and processing point to the circular food economy. Innovations in food ingredients and products require sustainable innovations in processing and packaging, including the use of data collection, track-and-trace, and artificial intelligence at every step of the supply chain.
New products, added value and efficiency can decrease food waste in India, estimated to be as high as 75 million tons or 55 kilograms per capita (UNEP’s Food Waste Report 2024). The FoodTekPack Conference on 11 and 12 December 2025 in Noida will knowledgeably discuss the opportunity to lessen waste and bring more food to market.
Speakers from the major food brands, producers, processing and technology suppliers who are investing in every aspect of the food supply chain, will make this a unique face-to-face event. Tech innovations in agriculture, sorting, processing, cold chain, filling, sealing, packaging, energy saving, and recycling will be discussed. Practitioners, experts, and growth-oriented entrepreneurs and professionals, global and Indian food brand owners, processors, cold chain, packaging, filling and sealing, and material providers will interact in each session, sharing experience and insights, and answer participants’ questions.
Confirmed speakers thus far –
Confirmed speakers so far include Swarn Singh Grover, director R&D Kellogg’s India, keynote speaker Sandeep Ghosh, business head DS Spices, Swapnil Bhardwaj, Central Quality & Regulatory Affairs Manager Haldiram Snacks, Vaibhav Vijay Dugar, founder Vaarya Foods, Prabhod Halde, head Global Regulatory, Public Policy and Advocacy Marico Group, Aditi Jhala, CEO Misfit Foods, Nayandeep Banerjee Head packaging Pernod Ricard, Pranav Bhalara Balaji Multiflex, Amit Kher head sales and technology Food Business Buhler India, Mani Vajipey, co-founder & CEO of Banyan Nation, Ritesh Dhingra, MD of Multivac Laraon India, Barun Banerjee, CTO Jupiter Laminators, Srikanth Ramamurthy, Liquid Packaging Division, Parksons Packaging, BN Yengade Founder Binder Technology, Dr Keshav Kumar anti-counterfeiting expert, Associate Professor Paper & Packaging Technology IIT Roorkee KK Gaikwad, and Achintya Lahiri, technical sales director of Sidel. Several more food and beverage brand owners, processors, cold chain, food marketing, packaging, and recycling experts are expected to join.
The IPP Group’s FoodTekPack is a conference, ‘With Take-Home Value’ – the tech and business part of the Indian Save Food movement that discusses food production, processing, supply chain and logistics, and sustainable packaging, in the context of automation, efficiency, and sustainability.
The detailed conference program, available on our website (www.foodtekpack.com), includes sessions on the Indian Save Food Movement. Tech innovations for sustainable farming, sourcing, and food processing, distribution, and packaging for the domestic cold chain and exports, the circular food economy, food and beverage product and process innovations to convert waste food into protein, and to convert waste food into packaging will be discussed. As will be the FSSAI compliance and trends update, brand protection, anti-counterfeiting of inputs and food products from farm to thali.
Sessions will address food packaging technologies and optimization using data, AI, and automation of packaging machines, especially for sustainable materials. Sessions on Recyclability and compliance with Extended User Responsibility will highlight the US$ 5-9 billion business opportunity of packaging waste recycling. The conference is supported by institutions and associations, including ASPA.
