Lok Sabha Question No. 4929 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Setting up New Food Parks
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Gopal Jee Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4929

ANSWERED ON 23 RD  JULY, 2019

## SETTING UP NEW FOOD PARKS

## †4929.  SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  food  parks  in  various  districts  of  Bihar  including Darbhanga;
- (b) whether the Government is considering any concrete action plan for upliftment of fruit and vegetable growing farmers of Darbhanga district; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up any national level college or institute for food technology and research in Darbhanga and if so, the details in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a): No, Sir. Ministry of Food Processing Industries is presently not implementing Food Parks scheme. However, Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS) to  create  modern  infrastructure  for  the  food  processing.  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  does  not establish Mega Food Parks in the country on its own but assist Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) registered under the Companies Act and State Government/ State Government entities/Cooperatives to establish Mega Food Parks under the Mega Food Park Scheme. The proposals under the scheme for Mega Food Parks of Ministry are invited through Expression of Interest (EOI) from time to time. At present, Ministry has not floated any EoI for submission of proposals under the Scheme and as on date, there is no proposal under consideration  to  set  up  new  Mega  Food  Parks  in  any  district  of  Bihar,  including  Darbhanga.    However, Ministry has accorded final approval to one project in the state of Bihar for setting up of Mega Food Park project as per following details.

|   S.No. | Project Name                                 |   Project Cost (Rs. In Cr.) | Date of In- principle Approval   | Date of Final Approval   |   Amount of grant approved (Rs. in Cr) |   Amount of grant released (Rs. in Cr) | Status               |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Pristine Mega Food Pvt. Ltd, Khagaria, Bihar |                      127.91 | 21.09.2012                       | 06.08.2014               |                                  43.77 |                                  24.51 | Under Implementation |

(b): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has launched Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) in May, 2017 with the objective of augmenting the capacity of food processing through technology infusion/ upgradation, creating effective backward and forward linkages by linking farmers to the processors and  markets,  creating  effective  supply  chain  and  transport  logistics  for  perishable  products,  creation  of modern  infrastructure  for  development  of  agro  processing  clusters.  Under  the  PMKSY,  Ministry  is implementing  following  schemes  -  (i)  Mega  Food  Parks;  (ii)  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition Infrastructure; (iii) Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities; (iv) Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters; (v) Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages; (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance  Infrastructure;  and  (vii)  Human  Resources  and  Institutions.  Interested  entrepreneurs  including farmers and Farmer Producer Organizations(FPOs) of Darbhanga district may submit their proposals under the these scheme of PMKSY as and when Expression of Interest(EoIs) are invited.

- (c): No, Sir,

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