New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday inaugurate the World Food India (WFI) 2025, which will see the participation of more than 21 countries along with 21 Indian states and UTs, 10 Central Ministries and 5 allied government organisations, making it the largest congregation of stakeholders in India’s food processing sector. The inaugural session will be attended by Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Chirag Paswan. WFI 2025 will see the participation of over 1,700 exhibitors, more than 500 international buyers, and representatives from over 100 nations. Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday highlighted how World Food India 2025 serves as a strategic platform for India to become a global food basket. He highlighted that WFI’s agenda rests on five core pillars: sustainability and net-zero food processing; India as a global food processing hub; frontiers in food processing, products, and packaging technologies; processed food for nutrition and health; and livestock and marine products accelerating the rural economy.