Lok Sabha Question No. 1837 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Food Processing Industries in Maharashtra
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1837

ANSWERED ON 06 TH  MARCH, 2018

## FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES IN MAHARASHTRA

## 1837.   SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

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

- (a) the number of food processing industries functioning in Maharashtra at present along with the number of workers therein;
- (b) the number of food processing industries in Maharashtra which have been provided financial  and  technical  assistance  by  the  Government  during  the  last  three  years, place-wise; and
- (c) the cost of vegetables/fruits which get rotten every year, at present?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  the  latest  Annual  Survey  of  Industries  (ASI),  2014-15,  Central  Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, the total number of registered food  processing units (factories) in Mahashtra  is estimated at 3,014.  The  estimated employment generated in these registered food processing units (factories) is about 2.39 lakh during the same period.
- (b)     The number of food processing industries in Maharashtra which have been provided financial assistance by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries during the last three years place-wise is given at Annexure .
- (c) As  per  a  study,  'Assessment  of  Quantitative  Harvest  and  Post-Harvest  Losses  of Major Crops and Commodities in India' by Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology  (CIPHET),  Ludhiana  commissioned  in  2012,  the  estimated  annual  value  of harvest and post-harvest losses of Fruit & Vegetables at national level was Rs. 31,486 crores. The study was based on production data of 2012-13 and wholesale prices of 2014.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  IN  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1837  ANSWERED  ON  06.03.2018  REGARDING  FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES IN MHARASHTRA

Location of Food Processing Indusytries (Units) in Maharasghtra which have been Provided Financial Assistance by Ministry of Food Processing Industries during 2014-15 to 2016-17.

| Sl.No.   | Name of the District   | Number of Units   | Number of Units   | Number of Units   |
|----------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl.No.   | Name of the District   | 2014-15           | 2015-16           | 2016-17           |
| 1        | Ahamednagar            | 3                 | 1                 | -                 |
| 2        | Akola                  | 6                 | 5                 | 1                 |
| 3        | Amaravati              | 3                 | 1                 | -                 |
| 4        | Aurangabad             | -                 | 2                 | -                 |
| 5        | Beed                   | 4                 | 2                 | -                 |
| 6        | Bhandra                | 6                 | 7                 | 4                 |
| 7        | Buldhana               | -                 | 1                 | 1                 |
| 8        | Chandrapur             | 4                 | 2                 | -                 |
| 9        | Dhule                  | -                 | -                 | 1                 |
| 10       | Gondia                 | 5                 | 1                 | -                 |
| 11       | Hingoli                | -                 | 1                 | 1                 |
| 12       | Jalna                  | -                 | 1                 | -                 |
| 13       | Jalgaon                | 2                 | 1                 | 1                 |
| 14       | Kolhapur               | 1                 | 2                 | 8                 |
| 15       | Latur                  | 5                 | 8                 | 3                 |
| 16       | Mumbai City            | -                 | 1                 | -                 |
| 17       | Mumbai Suburban        | -                 | 1                 | 2                 |
| 18       | Nanded                 | 2                 | 2                 | -                 |
| 19       | Nagapur                | 13                | 3                 | 4                 |
| 20       | Nasik                  | 2                 | 8                 | 4                 |
| 21       | Osmanabad              | 1                 | 2                 | -                 |
| 22       | Parbani                | 1                 | -                 | -                 |
| 23       | Pune                   | 4                 | 2                 | 6                 |
| 24       | Raigad                 | 3                 | -                 | 1                 |
| 25       | Ratnagiri              | 2                 | 2                 | 4                 |
| 26       | Sangli                 | 6                 | -                 | -                 |
| 27       | Solapur                | 2                 | 2                 | -                 |
| 28       | Satara                 | 4                 | 2                 | 3                 |
| 29       | Sindhudurgh            | -                 | 1                 | -                 |
| 30       | Thane                  | 2                 | 4                 | 2                 |
| 31       | Wardha                 | 2                 | 1                 | 1                 |
| 32       | Yavatmal               | 1                 | 4                 | -                 |