Lok Sabha Question No. 1464 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Agri Logistics and Processing Facilities
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Kirron  Kher

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1464

ANSWERED ON 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## AGRI LOGISTICS AND PROCESSING FACILITIES

## 1464. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

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

- (a) the number and details of new agri-logistics and processing facilities established or proposed to be established in the last three  years;
- (b) the budget released and utilised under the Operation Greens scheme since its launch;
- (c) the  time-line  by  which  Market  Intelligence  and  Early  Warning  System  (MIEWS)  will  be launched by the Ministry; and
- (d) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  strengthen  Tomato-Onion-Potato  (TOP)  production clusters and their FPOs?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a): A total number of 504 food processing projects for infrastructure and logistic support have been approved  under  a  Central  Sector  Umbrella  Scheme-  PRADHAN  MANTRI  KISAN  SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY) during last three years as per details given below:

| S. No.   | Components of PMKSY                                                        |   Nos. of projects approved |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Mega Food Parks (MFP)                                                      |                           8 |
| 2        | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain)       |                         167 |
| 3        | Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters (APC)                          |                          47 |
| 4        | Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (BFL)                            |                          58 |
| 5        | Creation / Expansion Capacities (CEFPPC) of Food Processing & Preservation |                         219 |
| 6        | Operation Greens                                                           |                           5 |
|          | Total                                                                      |                         504 |

(b): Ministry has launched a new central sector scheme 'Operation Greens - a scheme for integrated development of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) value chain' with a budgetary allocation of Rs. 500 crores in November 2018. Till date, Ministry have approved five (5) projects for setting up of integrated value  chain  development  projects  under  the  scheme,  having  total  project  cost    of  ₹  425.83  crore including  grant  in  aid  of  ₹  161.17  Cr.  These  5  approved  projects  are  likely  to  be  create  4  nos.  of Secondary processing facilities with 11.3 MT/Hr. capacity, 46 nos. of primary processing facilities with 213 MT/Hr. capacity, 35 nos. of storage facilities with 89,350 MT capacity, 27 nos. of refer/ventilated vehicles and 25 nos. of retails outlets.

The details of the budget released and utilized under Operation Greens scheme is as under:-

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year    |   BE |     RE | AE              |
|---------|------|--------|-----------------|
| 2018-19 |    0 | 200    | 5.50            |
| 2019-20 |  200 |  30.03 | 2.73As on date) |

(c): The launch of Market Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS) is in pipeline.

(d): Ministry  has  organized  number  of  roadshows/workshops  in  the  major  TOP  crops  producing states  for  inviting  the  proposals  for  setting  up  of  integrated  value  chain  development  projects  under Operation  Greens  Scheme  in  coordination  with  respective  State  Governments.  Further,  72  FPOs  are likely to be created/strengthened in pursuance of 5 projects approved under the scheme.