The Indian Chamber of Commerce, the leading organization of business and industry in Eastern and North-eastern India has been focusing on improving and increasing business opportunities for food industries in West Bengal. Given the growing importance of the Agro and Food Processing Sector in the Eastern region, ICC has formed the largest forum involving all stakeholders in the agro sector for facilitating growth and development. In the presence of the Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, ICC has launched a unique Forum for Food Industry in West Bengal named ICC Agri Business Initiative by opening its doors to all potential leaders from this sector. This Forum will be uniquely positioned as an all-industry trade association, representing the interests of every segment of the Foods industry from Eastern region, including, Growers, Cold storage / Cold Chain, Processors, Equipment provider, Retailers, Foodservice Operators, logistics Providers, Distributors and Suppliers.In view of the strategic and economic importance of food sector in the Indian economy the forum will identify major bottlenecks that hinder the growth of food sector, identify its competitiveness in the global market and suggest a policy framework that would rejuvenate it, address the conflicting domestic policies relating to production, procurement, pricing and distribution, ineffective subsidy system, regulated domestic markets, lack of infrastructure facilities, low productivity, low value addition, ad hoc export policies and sensitize all the stakeholders including the Central and the State Governments to catalyse the necessary policy changes that are needed to make this sector more vibrant and competitive.