Lok Sabha Question No. 2292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-31
Subject: Food Processing Industries
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, SHER SINGH GHUBAYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2292

ANSWERED ON 31 ST  JULY, 2018

## FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## 2292.  DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY: SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  food  processing  industries  in  the  country  at  present,  State-wise especially in Punjab and Jharkhand;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up any new food processing centres in Punjab and Jharkhand; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As  per  latest  Annual  Survey  of  Industries,  2015-16,  the  estimated  total  number  of registered food processing factories/units in the country was 39,320. The State-wise number of registered food processing factories/units in the country during 2015-16 is at Annexure.
- (b)  &  (c):  The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  does  not  set  up  any  food processing  industries/units/projects  on  its  own.  It  provides  financial  assistance  in  the  form  of grants-in-aid under component schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPAD Yojana (PMKSY) to the individual, farmers, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), entrepreneurs, cooperatives, societies,  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs),  Private  Companies  and  Central/State  PSUs  etc.  under  its various schemes for setting up of food processing industries/units/projects. The schemes are not any region specific or state specific, but are demand driven.  Financial assistance to the eligible applicants  are  provided  against  the  Expression  of  Interest  issued  by  the  MoFPI  from  time  to time.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2292 FOR ANSWERED ON 31 ST  JULY, 2018 REGARDING FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

| State/UT-wise No. of Registered Food Processing Units in India   | State/UT-wise No. of Registered Food Processing Units in India   | State/UT-wise No. of Registered Food Processing Units in India   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                           | Name of the State/UTs                                            | Number of registered units                                       |
| 1                                                                | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                         | 5                                                                |
| 2                                                                | Andhra Pradesh                                                   | 5,913                                                            |
| 3                                                                | Arunachal Pradesh                                                | 30                                                               |
| 4                                                                | Assam                                                            | 1,354                                                            |
| 5                                                                | Bihar                                                            | 894                                                              |
| 6                                                                | Chandigarh (U.T.)                                                | 18                                                               |
| 7                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                     | 1,274                                                            |
| 8                                                                | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                              | 6                                                                |
| 9                                                                | Daman &Diu                                                       | 33                                                               |
| 10                                                               | Delhi                                                            | 166                                                              |
| 11                                                               | Goa                                                              | 97                                                               |
| 12                                                               | Gujarat                                                          | 2,068                                                            |
| 13                                                               | Haryana                                                          | 857                                                              |
| 14                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                                 | 171                                                              |
| 15                                                               | Jammu &Kashmir                                                   | 152                                                              |
| 16                                                               | Jharkhand                                                        | 233                                                              |
| 17                                                               | Karnataka                                                        | 2,159                                                            |
| 18                                                               | Kerala                                                           | 1,579                                                            |
| 19                                                               | Lakshadweep                                                      | NA                                                               |
| 20                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                   | 846                                                              |
| 21                                                               | Maharashtra                                                      | 3,031                                                            |
| 22                                                               | Manipur                                                          | 25                                                               |
| 23                                                               | Meghalaya                                                        | 19                                                               |
| 24                                                               | Mizoram                                                          | NA                                                               |
| 25                                                               | Nagaland                                                         | 20                                                               |
| 26                                                               | 0disha                                                           | 1,064                                                            |
| 27                                                               | Pudducherry                                                      | 59                                                               |

## Annexure (Concluded)

2,895

880

21

5,082

3,961

79

2,086

364

1,879

39,320

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

Punjab

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Tripura

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

Total

Source: Annual Survey of Industries, 2015-16