Lok Sabha Question No. 228 (STARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Expansion of Food Processing Industries
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: RAMA DEVI, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.†*228

ANSWERED ON 1 ST  AUGUST, 2017

## EXPANSION OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## †*228.  SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a)        the  progress  made  in  setting  up/  expansion  of  food  processing    industries  in  the country;
- (b)        whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  regarding  the    possibility  of setting up food processing industries and their expansion in the country;
- (c)      if so, the details and the outcome thereof including the response of the Government thereto; and
- (d)    the measures taken by the Government for expansion of food processing industries in the country and the progress made as a result thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SMT. HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL)

- (a) to (d) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *228  FOR  ANSWER  ON  01.08.2017  REGARDING EXPANSION OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES.

- (a) The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  has  been  implementing  various  central sector schemes for promotion and development of food processing sector in the country.  The status of progress of the projects under various schemes since 11 th plan is at Annexure.
- (b)  & (c) No, Madam, Ministry of Food Processing Industries has not conducted  any such survey.
- (d)  With a view to promote food processing industries in the country, the Government has recently  approved  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  'KISAN  SAMPADA  YOJANA'  with  an allocation of Rs 6,000 crore for the period coterminous with the 14th Finance Commission cycle with the following schemes -
- i) Scheme for Mega Food Parks
- ii) Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure
- iii) Scheme for Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities
- iv) Scheme for Infrastructure for Agro processing clusters
- v) Scheme for Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages
- vi) Scheme for Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure
- vii) Scheme for Human Resource and Institutions

Further,  Government  has  allowed  100%  FDI  in  manufacturing  of  food  products  through automatic route. 100% FDI has also been permitted through approval route in trade, including e-commerce, of food products manufactured and / or produced in India. A special fund of Rs. 2000 crore has been set up in NABARD to make available affordable credit to the designated food parks and food processing units set up therein. Food & Agro based processing units and cold  chain  infrastructure  have  been  classified  under  agricultural  activities  under  Priority Sector Lending by the RBI and majority of food items have been placed in lower tax slab of 0 or 5% in the GST regime rolled out in the country on 1 st July,2017.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*228  ANSWERED  ON  01.08.2017  REGARDING  EXPANSION  OF  FOOD  PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

| Sl. No.   |                   | Mega Food Parks                 | Mega Food Parks   | Cold Chain Projects   | Cold Chain Projects   | Abattoirs          | Abattoirs        | Food Testing Laboratories   | Food Testing Laboratories   | TUS scheme         | TUS scheme       |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State             | Completed/ Operational Projects | Ongoing Projects  | Completed Projects    | Ongoing Projects      | Completed Projects | Ongoing Projects | Completed Projects          | Ongoing Projects            | Completed Projects | Ongoing Projects |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                               | 2                 | 2                     | 8                     | 1                  | 0                | 1                           | 0                           | 362                | 13               |
| 2         | Andman& Nicobar   | 0                               | 0                 | 0                     | 1                     | 0                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 0                  | 0                |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                               | 0                 | 0                     | 1                     | 0                  | 1                | 0                           | 0                           | 1                  | 0                |
| 4         | Assam             | 1                               | 0                 | 1                     | 1                     | 0                  | 0                | 1                           | 2                           | 29                 | 0                |
| 5         | Bihar             | 0                               | 1                 | 1                     | 2                     | 0                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 12                 | 1                |
| 6         | Chandigarh        | 0                               | 0                 | 0                     | 0                     | 0                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 2                  | 0                |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      | 0                               | 1                 | 2                     | 0                     | 0                  | 1                | 0                           | 0                           | 208                | 3                |
| 8         | Daman& Diu        | 0                               | 0                 | 0                     | 0                     | 0                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 2                  | 0                |
| 9         | Delhi             | 0                               | 0                 | 0                     | 0                     | 0                  | 0                | 2                           | 1                           | 9                  | 0                |
| 10        | Goa               | 0                               | 0                 | 0                     | 0                     | 1                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 8                  | 2                |
| 11        | Gujarat           | 0                               | 2                 | 8                     | 13                    | 0                  | 0                | 3                           | 4                           | 243                | 21               |
| 12        | Haryana           | 0                               | 2                 | 4                     | 6                     | 0                  | 2                | 4                           | 4                           | 142                | 7                |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                               | 1                 | 7                     | 5                     | 1                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 31                 | 4                |
| 14        | Jammu& Kashmir    | 0                               | 1                 | 3                     | 3                     | 0                  | 2                | 0                           | 0                           | 15                 | 1                |
| 15        | Jharkhand         | 1                               | 1                 | 0                     | 0                     | 0                  | 1                | 0                           | 0                           | 12                 | 0                |
| 16        | Karnataka         | 1                               | 1                 | 4                     | 4                     | 0                  | 4                | 3                           | 0                           | 191                | 16               |
| 17        | Kerala            | 0                               | 2                 | 1                     | 3                     | 0                  | 1                | 1                           | 0                           | 110                | 14               |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1                               | 2                 | 3                     | 7                     | 0                  | 0                | 0                           | 2                           | 77                 | 3                |
| 19        | Maharashtra       | 1                               | 2                 | 24                    | 26                    | 1                  | 1                | 6                           | 7                           | 447                | 31               |
| 20        | Manipur           | 0                               | 0                 | 1                     | 1                     | 0                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 33                 | 1                |
| 21        | Mizoram           | 0                               | 1                 | 2                     | 0                     | 0                  | 1                | 0                           | 0                           | 0                  | 0                |
| 22        | Meghalaya         | 0                               | 0                 | 0                     | 0                     | 0                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 3                  | 0                |
| 23        | Nagaland          | 0                               | 1                 | 0                     | 2                     | 1                  | 2                | 0                           | 1                           | 3                  | 0                |
| 24        | Odisha            | 0                               | 2                 | 1                     | 1                     | 0                  | 0                | 1                           | 1                           | 30                 | 3                |
| 25        | Puducherry        | 0                               | 0                 | 0                     | 0                     | 0                  | 1                | 0                           | 0                           | 4                  | 0                |
| 26        | Punjab            | 1                               | 2                 | 8                     | 9                     | 0                  | 2                | 2                           | 1                           | 298                | 11               |
| 27        | Rajasthan         | 0                               | 1                 | 4                     | 5                     | 0                  | 0                | 1                           | 0                           | 230                | 8                |
| 28        | Sikkim            | 0                               | 0                 | 0                     | 0                     | 0                  | 3                | 0                           | 0                           | 0                  | 0                |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu        | 0                               | 1                 | 2                     | 7                     | 0                  | 2                | 5                           | 3                           | 169                | 20               |
| 30        | Telangana         | 0                               | 4                 | 2                     | 3                     | 1                  | 0                | 0                           | 1                           | 0                  | 0                |
| 31        | Tripura           | 0                               | 1                 | 0                     | 0                     | 0                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 1                  | 0                |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh     | 0                               | 0                 | 7                     | 16                    | 0                  | 1                | 2                           | 0                           | 172                | 5                |
| 33        | Uttarakhand       | 1                               | 1                 | 9                     | 7                     | 0                  | 0                | 0                           | 0                           | 17                 | 1                |
| 34        | West Bengal       | 1                               | 0                 | 6                     | 3                     | 1                  | 5                | 0                           | 2                           | 51                 | 2                |
|           | Total             | 9                               | 32                | 102                   | 134                   | 7                  | 30               | 32                          | 29                          | 2912               | 167              |