New Delhi Apr 24 PTI The Delhi government will hold a stakeholder consultation on Tuesday on the formulation of a cloud kitchen policy announced in its annual budget for 2022-23Several cloud kitchen operators and food delivery aggregators have been invited to the session to be chaired by Dialogue and Development Commission DDC vice-chairman Jasmine Shah said an official statementCloud kitchens have a huge potential to attract investments increase the market size of the food and beverages sector and generate large-scale direct and indirect jobs Shah saidThe consultation organised by the DDC in collaboration with the industries department aims at understanding the various challenges faced by Delhis cloud kitchen operators and exploring the potential and viability of setting up cloud kitchen clusters across the cityThe government is deliberating upon the provision of land and other incentives to cloud kitchens easing of licence regulations for such units and setting up of cloud kitchen clusters with plug and play features across different land parcels in Delhi the statement saidThe number of cloud kitchens in Delhi is growing at a rate of over 20 per cent every year There are more than 20000 cloud kitchens currently active in the city which provide direct employment to around 200000 people and indirect employment to at least 50000 it saidCloud kitchens are set to be a USD 2 billion industry in India by 2024 up from USD 400 million in 2019As cloud kitchens prepare and deliver food at the customers doorstep after taking orders via online food ordering platforms they can operate at a fraction of a traditional restaurant space it added PTI VIT IJT