Miller Magazine Issue 110 / February 2019

INDIA 83 MILLER / FEBRUARY 2019 “India processes approximately 200 million tons of various grains and the industry emp- loys roughly 400,000 persons. Indian grain milling industry is a quaint amalgam of the traditional and the modern. Traditional mil- ling equipments coexist with modern mills. If the milling industry has to be described in one word, it would be ‘fragmentation’. There are a very large number of small mills and medium-sized milling units dotting the country’s skyline. Foreign direct investment in milling industry is permitted 100 percent under the automatic route. Many investors are exploring opportunities in India given its large size of the domestic market and opportunities of export to Asian and Afri- can neighbours.” Though fragmented, India’s grain milling industry is vibrant and growing Guruswamy Chandrashekhar*