Lok Sabha Question No. 3142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Food Processing Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI, MAMTAZ SANGHAMITA, ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE, HARISH DWIVEDI, M. I. SHANAVAS, P.R. SUNDARAM, RAMA KISHORE SINGH, Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, PARASURAMAN K., CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3142 ANSWERED ON 21 ST  MARCH, 2017

## FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

## 3142. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

DR. MAMTAZ SANGHAMITA:

SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI RAMA KISHORE SINGH:

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

SHRI CHANDARKANT KHAIRE:

SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

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

- (a)      whether a number of flagship programmes are under  implementation to improve storage facilities in the food processing  industries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the current status of food  processing units/ industries in the country during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  financial,  technological  and  logistic  support  provided  and  utilised  for setting  up  of  food  processing  units  using  herbal,  horticulture  and  floriculture  produces during the last three  years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  target  for  the  development  of  food  processing industries mainly to prevent wastage of perishable  food items in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the number of food processing units proposed to be set up and funds allocated for the purpose; and
- (e) the  number  of  workers  engaged  and  employment  created  in  the  food  processing industries during the said period, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a) to (d): Ministry of Food Processing Industries implemented the Scheme for Technology Upgradation/Establishment/Modernization  of  Food  Processing  Industries  during  11 th Plan. Under this scheme, financial assistance has been provided in the form of Grant-in-aid to eligible entrepreneurs in the country for setting up of new food processing units as well as technological upgradation and expansion of existing food processing units.

This  scheme  was  subsequently  subsumed  in  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)National  Mission  on  Food  Processing  (NMFP)  with  effect  from  01.04.2012  till  31.03.2015. Thereafter, the said scheme got delinked from Government of India's assistance and it was left to  the  State  Governments  to  decide  on  its  continuance  from  their  increased  resources  as  per recommendations of 14 th Financial Commission.

Details  of  financially  assisted  units  of  food  processing  units  under  the  Scheme  for Technology Upgradation/Establishment/Modernization of Ministry of Food Processing Industries during the last three years and current year, State-wise are at Annexure-I .

In order to arrest post-harvest losses of horticulture and non-horticulture produce, and to provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities from the farm gate to the consumer or from the production site to the market, Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition Infrastructure. The scheme is primarily private sector driven wherein financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid upto maximum of Rs. 10 crore per project is provided for setting up the cold chain infrastructure in the country.

(e): Food Processing Industry is one of the major employment intensive segments constituting 13.04%  of  employment  generated  in  all  Registered  Factory  sector.  As  per  Annual  Survey  of Industries the total number of persons engaged in registered food processing sector was 17.41 lakh in 2013-14. Unregistered food processing sector supports employment to 47.9 lakh workers as per the NSSO 67 th round, 2010-11.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3142  FOR  21 ST   MARCH,  2017  REGARDING  FOOD PROCESSING UNITS.

Details  of  financially  assisted  units  of  food  processing  units  under  the  Scheme  for Technology  Upgradation/Establishment/Modernization  of  Ministry  of  Food  Processing Industries during the last three years and current year, State-wise.

| S.    |                    | 2013-14   | 2013-14         | 2014-15   | 2014-15         | 2015-16   | 2015-16         | 2016-17   | 2016-17         |
|-------|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|
| No.   | State              | Nos.      | Amount [in Cr.] | Nos.      | Amount [in Cr.] | Nos.      | Amount [in Cr.] | Nos.      | Amount [in Cr.] |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADES H    | 145       | 29.40           | 144       | 25.85           | 38        | 7.05            | 33        | 6.23            |
| 2     | ASSAM              | 10        | 2.14            | 2         | 0.40            | 4         | 0.53            | 1         | 0.21            |
| 3     | BIHAR              | 2         | 0.27            | 6         | 0.72            | 3         | 0.59            | 2         | 0.19            |
| 4     | CHANDIGARH         | 2         | 0.33            | 1         | 0.08            | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH       | 68        | 8.01            | 57        | 6.91            | 22        | 2.48            | 15        | 1.69            |
| 6     | DAMAN &DIU         | 0         | 0.00            | 1         | 0.25            | 1         | 0.25            | 1         | 0.25            |
| 7     | DELHI              | 6         | 1.18            | 2         | 0.50            | 2         | 0.50            | 2         | 0.34            |
| 8     | GOA                | 5         | 0.93            | 6         | 1.05            | 1         | 0.07            | 1         | 0.19            |
| 9     | GUJARAT            | 80        | 14.31           | 70        | 11.75           | 54        | 9.86            | 74        | 13.36           |
| 10    | HARYANA            | 34        | 5.66            | 27        | 5.12            | 26        | 5.45            | 17        | 3.27            |
| 11    | HIMACHAL PRADE SH  | 10        | 2.60            | 11        | 2.52            | 9         | 2.19            | 7         | 1.64            |
| 12    | JAMMU AND KASH MIR | 3         | 0.55            | 3         | 0.48            | 9         | 2.22            | 5         | 1.26            |
| 13    | JHARKHAND          | 2         | 0.38            | 5         | 1.18            | 3         | 0.67            | 3         | 1.00            |
| 14    | KARNATAKA          | 68        | 8.40            | 74        | 10.84           | 49        | 7.44            | 51        | 8.23            |
| 15    | KERALA             | 43        | 7.40            | 21        | 3.55            | 20        | 2.93            | 44        | 8.13            |
| 16    | MADHYA PRADES H    | 30        | 4.05            | 23        | 3.57            | 17        | 3.25            | 12        | 2.10            |
| 17    | MAHARASHTRA        | 171       | 24.17           | 144       | 21.01           | 100       | 15.07           | 60        | 10.04           |
| 18    | MANIPUR            | 36        | 7.93            | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            |
| 19    | MEGHALAYA          | 3         | 0.72            | 1         | 0.38            | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            |
| 20    | NAGALAND           | 1         | 0.08            | 0         | 0.00            | 1         | 0.13            | 1         | 0.13            |
| 21    | ODISHA             | 5         | 0.73            | 14        | 2.59            | 7         | 1.19            | 6         | 1.10            |
| 22    | PONDICHERRY        | 1         | 0.25            | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            | 0         | 0.00            |
| 23    | PUNJAB             | 83        | 9.49            | 42        | 4.68            | 27        | 3.64            | 28        | 3.51            |
| 24    | RAJASTHAN          | 50        | 5.45            | 76        | 12.42           | 84        | 15.64           | 51        | 8.50            |
| 25    | TAMILNADU          | 58        | 9.97            | 62        | 11.69           | 31        | 6.74            | 23        | 4.71            |
| 26    | UTTAR PRADESH      | 59        | 10.58           | 64        | 10.96           | 33        | 6.31            | 37        | 5.81            |
| 27    | UTTARAKHAND        | 7         | 2.25            | 6         | 1.56            | 4         | 0.96            | 3         | 0.84            |
| 28    | WEST BENGAL        | 18        | 3.90            | 27        | 4.67            | 17        | 4.09            | 8         | 1.56            |
| Total | Total              | 1000      | 161.13          | 889       | 144.73          | 562       | 99.25           | 485       | 84.29           |