Meeting with Union Cabinet minister on #FOPL


Today a delegation (Lenin Raghuvanshi, Abhishek Pratap, Shirin Shabana Khan and Abhimanyu) met with Shri Pashupati Nath Paras, Union Cabinet Minister,  Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India. He is currently serving as a member of Lok Sabha from Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)and national President of Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party and Dalit Sena. 

We submitted the memorandum for demanding for strong and mandatory FOPL. Mr. Abhishek Pratap provided a suggestion of inclusion of FOPL for schemes of Ministry.  Minister and IAS of Ministry agreed on this and appeal to delegation to come ministry for concrete presentation for further implementation.  

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