Lok Sabha Question No. 2241 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-31
Subject: Setting up of Food Processing Industries
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2241

ANSWERED ON 31 ST  JULY, 2018

## SETTING UP OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## 2241.  SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- (a) the progress made in the setup/expansion of food processing industries during the last two years in the country, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan; and
- (b) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  expansion  of  food  processing industries in the country along with the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  With  a  view  to  promoting  food  processing  industries  in  the  country,  Ministry  of  Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has sanctioned 42 Mega Food Parks, 234 Integrated Cold Chain and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure,  17  Agro  Processing  Clusters,  32  Backward  and  Forward Linkages  and  83  food  processing  units  under  various  schemes  of  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY).  The  statement  indicating  the  State-wise  details  of  the  food processing industries sanctioned in the country  including Rajasthan during last two  years and current year is at Annexure .

(b): To promote food processing, MoFPI is implementing Mega Food Parks Scheme, Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters Scheme, Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure  Scheme,  Creation of Backward and  Linkages Scheme, Food Safety and Quality Assurance  Infrastructure  Scheme  and  Human  Resource  &  Institutions  Scheme  in  the  country. Out of 42 Mega Food Parks 12 have become operational, out of 234 Integrated Cold Chain 124 have become operational and out of 116 Food Testing Laboratories 75 have become operational. In  addition,  under  3  new  schemes  approved  in  2017  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada Yojana  (PMKSY)  viz  Creation  of  Infrastructure  for  Agro  Processing  Clusters,  Creation  / Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) and Creation of Backward & Forward Linkages, a total number of 132 projects have been sanctioned.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2241 FOR ANSWERED ON 31 ST  JULY, 2018 REGARDING SETTING UP OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

State-wise  number  of  food  processing  industries  sanctioned  by  Ministry  under  various schemes during last two years and current year (as on 26.07.2018)

| Sl. No.   | State             | No. of food processing industries sanctioned   | No. of food processing industries sanctioned   | No. of food processing industries sanctioned   | No. of food processing industries sanctioned   | No. of food processing industries sanctioned   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State             | Mega Food Parks                                | Cold Chain                                     | Agro Processing Clusters                       | Food Processing Units                          | Backward & Forward Linkages                    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                                              | 5                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 3         | Assam             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              |
| 4         | Bihar             | 0                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              |
| 6         | Goa               | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 1                                              | 9                                              | 1                                              | 4                                              | 2                                              |
| 8         | Haryana           | 1                                              | 3                                              | 2                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                                              | 3                                              | 0                                              | 3                                              | 1                                              |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0                                              | 3                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              | 1                                              |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 1                                              | 4                                              | 0                                              | 5                                              | 3                                              |
| 13        | Kerala            | 0                                              | 2                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              | 1                                              |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                                              | 2                                              | 1                                              | 3                                              | 0                                              |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 0                                              | 26                                             | 6                                              | 10                                             | 10                                             |
| 16        | Manipur           | 0                                              | 1                                              | 1                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 1                                              | 2                                              | 0                                              | 3                                              | 0                                              |
| 20        | Odisha            | 0                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              | 2                                              |
| 21        | Punjab            | 0                                              | 7                                              | 1                                              | 4                                              | 3                                              |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 0                                              | 6                                              | 1                                              | 5                                              | 1                                              |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 0                                              | 6                                              | 0                                              | 19                                             | 5                                              |
| 25        | Telangana         | 1                                              | 3                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              |
| 26        | Tripura           | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 3                                              | 12                                             | 2                                              | 14                                             | 1                                              |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 0                                              | 7                                              | 1                                              | 5                                              | 1                                              |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 0                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 30        | A &NIslands       | 0                                              | 1                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 32        | D &NHaveli        | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 33        | Delhi             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 34        | Daman &Diu        | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 36        | Pondicherry       | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
|           | Total             | 9                                              | 106                                            | 17                                             | 83                                             | 32                                             |