Lok Sabha Question No. 1726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Food Processing Infrastructure
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1726

ANSWERED ON 2 ND  JULY, 2019

## FOOD PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE

## 1726. SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any national level data on the volume of fruits and vegetables which go waste in the absence of processing infrastructure;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise, for the last three years; and
- (c) whether the Government is taking any concrete steps to address the aforesaid issue and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  As  per  Studies,  'Assessment  of  Quantitative  Harvest  and  Post-Harvest  Losses  of  Major Crops and Commodities in India' carried out by Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiana in 2010 and in 2015, the estimated cumulative percentages of annual harvest and post-harvest losses of fruits & vegetables are as follows:

|                       | Cumulative Wastage (%)          | Cumulative Wastage (%)          |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Agricultural Produces | Report 2010 (crop year 2005-06) | Report 2015 (crop year 2012-13) |
| Fruits &Vegetables    | 5.8-18.0                        | 4.58-15.88                      |

(c): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing various Central Sector  Schemes  for  overall  development  of  food  processing  sector  with  objectives,  inter  alia,  of reducing of wastage of agricultural produce and processing and value addition thereof. MoFPI is now implementing the Central Sector Umbrella Scheme of Pradhan Mantri KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY) with an allocation of Rs. 6,000 Crore for period 2016-20 co-terminus with the 14th Finance Commission cycle. PMKSY has seven component schemes viz. (i) Mega Food Parks, (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, (iii) Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters, (iv) Creation  of  Backward  and  Forward  Linkages,  (v)  Creation/Expansion  of  Food  Processing  & Preservation  Capacities,  (vi)  Food  Safety  and  Quality  Assurance  Infrastructure,  and  (vii)  Human Resources and Institutions. The PMKSY is designed to create robust modern infrastructure along the entire  food  processing  value/supply  chain  i.e.  from  farm  gate  to  consumer.  Also,  MoFPI  is implementing  a  new  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  'Operation  Greens'  as  a  vertical  of  PMKSY  for integrated development of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops value chain, with an outlay of Rs. 500 Crore in selected States on pilot basis.

The farmers, Farmer Producer Organizations, entrepreneurs, cooperatives, societies, Self Help Groups, Private Companies and State PSUs etc. are eligible to avail financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid under these schemes for setting up food processing projects in the country.

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