Lok Sabha Question No. 2354 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Investment Proposal in FPI
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: DILIP PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2354

ANSWER ON 02 ND  JANUARY, 2018

## INVESTMENT PROPOSAL IN FPI

## 2354.  SHRI DILIP PATEL:

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

- (a) whether several foreign and private investment proposals have been approved for setting up  of  food  processing  units  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise including Gujarat; and
- (b) the impact of such investment on domestic food processing industries?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  No  prior  approval  of  the  Government  is  required  for  investment  in  food  processing industries.  100%  foreign  direct  investment  (FDI)  in  food  processing  industries  is  allowed through automatic route subject to applicable laws/sectoral rules/ regulations/ security conditions. According  to  Department  of  Industrial  Policy  &  Promotion  (DIPP),  Ministry  of Commerce  &  Industry , there  has  been  FDI  equity  inflow  of  US$6492.19  million  in  the  food processing  sector  during  2010-11  to  2016-17.      As  per  the  latest  Annual  Survey  of  Industries (ASI) conducted by Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in 2014-15, the total invested capital by the registered food processing units was at  Rs.368,43,371  lakhs . The  state-wise  invested  capital  in  the  food  processing  industries  by 2014-15 as per the survey is at Annexure.
- (b): As per the surveys under Annual Survey of Industries conducted by Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the number of registered food processing units has increased from 35,838 in 2010-11 to 38,603 in 2014-15.

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## ANNEURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2354 REGARDING INVESTMENT PROPOSAL IN FPI

## State-wise Invested Capital in Registered Food Processing Units by 2014-15

| Sr. No.   | State               | Invested Capital (Rs. Lakh)   |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1         | A&NIslands          | 733                           |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      | 2303736                       |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 6822                          |
| 4         | Assam               | 802132                        |
| 5         | Bihar               | 688407                        |
| 6         | Chandigarh          | 7251                          |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh        | 355497                        |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 2337                          |
| 9         | Daman &Diu          | 33297                         |
| 10        | Delhi               | 651151                        |
| 11        | Goa                 | 152223                        |
| 12        | Gujarat             | 2568716                       |
| 13        | Haryana             | 2054238                       |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh    | 296996                        |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir   | 112583                        |
| 16        | Jharkhand           | 124541                        |
| 17        | Karnataka           | 3227013                       |
| 18        | Kerala              | 703629                        |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh      | 1218209                       |
| 20        | Maharashtra         | 6749766                       |
| 21        | Manipur             | 5537                          |
| 22        | Meghalaya           | 44828                         |
| 23        | Nagaland            | 1938                          |
| 24        | Odisha              | 333689                        |
| 25        | Puducherry          | 70505                         |
| 26        | Punjab              | 2298109                       |
| 27        | Rajasthan           | 953902                        |
| 28        | Sikkim              | 18285                         |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu          | 2809159                       |
| 30        | Telangana           | 1008565                       |
| 31        | Tripura             | 20030                         |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh       | 5119369                       |
| 33        | Uttarakhand         | 506498                        |
| 34        | West Bengal         | 1593680                       |
| Total     | Total               | 368,43,371                    |

Source:  Annual  Survey  of  Industries, Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics  & Programme Implementation