Lok Sabha Question No. 319 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: PM Kisan Sampada Yojana
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *319

ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2019

## PM KISHAN SAMPADA YOJANA

## *319.  SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK: DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  allocated  Rs.  6,000  crore  to  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan Sampada Yojana  (Scheme  for  Agro-Marine  Processing  and  Development  of  AgroProcessing Clusters) for the period 2016-20;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether PM Kisan Sampada Yojana is expected to leverage investment of Rs. 31,400 crore  for  handling  of  334  lakh  MT  agro-produce  valued  at  Rs.  1,04,125  crore, benefiting 20 lakh farmers and generating 5,30,500 direct/indirect employment in the country during the year 2019-20 and if so, the progress made so far;
- (d) the  total  funds  released  for  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  as  on  date along with the amount utilised from the said funds; and
- (e) the  financial  assistance  provided  to  address  post-harvest  losses  of  horticulture  and non-horticulture produce through setting up of integrated cold chain, preservation and value addition infrastructure facilities during the last two years along with the other steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SMT. HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL)

(a) to (e):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *319  FOR  ANSWER  ON  10 TH   DECEMBER,  2019 REGARDING 'PM KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA'

- (a)  & (b): Yes, Sir. The scheme components along with respective outlay are:  (i) Mega Food Parks (₹ 1500 crore); (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (₹ 1650 crore); (iii) Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (₹ 1290 crore); (iv) Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters (₹ 750 crore); (v) Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (₹ 150 crore) (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure (₹ 165 crore), (vii) Human Resources and Institutions (₹ 285 crore) and (viii) Operation Greens (₹ 500 crore)
- (c): The PMKSY envisages to leverage investment of 31,400 crore, handling of 334 lakh MT  agro-produce  valuing  1,04,125  crore,  benefit  20  lakh  farmers  and  generate  5,30,500 direct/ indirect employment in the country on completion of sanctioned projects.   So far, 701 projects  have  been  sanctioned  under  different  component  schemes,  which  is  expected  to leverage investment of about 12,455 crore, handle about 259 lakh MT agro-produce valuing about  67,054  crore,  benefit  about  46.37  lakh  farmers  and  generate  about  5.6  lakh  direct/ indirect employment in the country on completion of the projects.
- (d): The total fund allocated and released under PMKSY since 2016-17 as on 30.11.2019 is given in the table below:
- (e): The  financial  assistance  provided  under  scheme  of  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and value Addition Infrastructure during the last two years is given below:

| Year    |   Budget Allocation (in ₹ crore) |   Fund Released (in ₹ crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                           688.56 |                       677.16 |
| 2017-18 |                           633.84 |                       605.58 |
| 2018-19 |                           870.33 |                       591.38 |
| 2019-20 |                          1101    |                       468.64 |

| Year    |   Amount of financial assistance (₹ crore) |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                                     195.86 |
| 2018-19 |                                     244.74 |

Apart  from  the  assistance  under  PMKSY,  measures  like  (i)  bringing  cold  storage units/cold storage chains to store agriculture produce/products under priority sector lending, (ii) allowing 100% deduction for capital expenditure incurred on setting up and operating of cold  chain  facility,  (iii)  concessional  import  duty  of  5%  under  project  imports  of  cold storage,  cold  room,  have  been  taken  to  promote  cold  storage  and  cold  chain  infrastructure with a   view  to  address  post-harvest  losses  of  horticulture  and  non-horticulture  produce  in the  country.

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