Lok Sabha Question No. 1484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Promotion of Food Procesing Industries
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1484

ANSWERED ON 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## PROMOTION OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## 1484.  SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of organic farming in Jhalawar - Baran and export of organic produce to other countries;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  Government's  plans  to  promote  food  processing  industries  in  the  Kota Division of Rajasthan, district-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  estimated  investment  and  employment  opportunities  in  the  Kota  region  to  be generated in the next 5 years;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  support  processing  industries  for  organic  oranges, garlic, coriander, soyabean, etc.; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):  As  per  the  information  furnished  by  the  Agricultural  and  Processed  Food  Products  Export Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, an area of 5,676 hectares in the District  of  Baran  and  another  5,445  hectares  in  the  District  of  Jhalawar  of  Rajasthan  is  under  organic farming as per the certification bodies accredited under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP).  The  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers'  Welfare  has  been  assisting  the  State  Governments including the Government of Rajasthan for promotion of organic farming as they have released Rs.9760 lakhs  to  the  Government  of  Rajasthan  during  2015-16  to  2019-20  in  two  phases  to  cover  1.23  lakh hectares of land for organic farming.

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Central Sector Umbrella Scheme-  PRADHAN  MANTRI  KISAN  SAMPADA  YOJANA  (PMKSY)  with  a  total  allocation  of Rs.6000  crore  for  the  period  2016-2020  and  with  the  scheme  components  viz:  (i)  Mega  Food  Parks (MFP), (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain), (iii) Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters (APC), (iv) Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (BFL) (v) Creation / Expansion  of  Food  Processing  &  Preservation  Capacities  (CEFPPC),  (vi)  Food  Safety  and  Quality Assurance Infrastructure, (vii) Human Resources and Institutions and (viii) Operation Greens for overall development  of  food  processing  sector  in  the  country  including  in  the  Kota  Division  of  the  State  of Rajasthan.  The  scheme  component  'Operation  Greens'  for  integrated  development  of  value  chain exclusively of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops is implemented on a pilot basis in selected States only. Under the above schemes, mostly credit-linked capital subsidy in the form of grants-in-aid to the individuals, farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), Entrepreneurs, Cooperatives, Societies, Self Help  Groups  (SHGs),  Private  Companies  and  Central/  State  PSUs  etc.  is  provided  for  setting  up  of various food processing industries/projects/units  including the processing industries of organic produce including  oranges,  garlic,  coriander,  soybeans  etc.  The  Schemes  are  demand-driven  and  financial assistance is provided to the eligible applicants and against expressions of interests issued from time to time by the MoFPI. A project under the scheme of 'Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters' with a total grant-in-aid of Rs.9.48 crore and another under the 'Cold Chain' scheme with a total grant-in-aid of Rs.8.15 crore are under implementation in the District of Kota in Kota Division.