Lok Sabha Question No. 3277 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Expansion of FPIs
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3277

ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2021

## EXPANSION OF FPIs

## 3277.  MS CHANDRANI MURMU:

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

- (a) the details of progress made in setting up/expansion of Food Processing Industries (FPIs) in the country so far, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any survey regarding the possibility of setting up food processing industries and their expansion in the country;
- (c) if so, the details and the outcome thereof including the response of the Government thereto; and
- (d) the measures taken by the Government for expansion of food processing industries in the country and the progress made as a result thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  The Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Scheme for Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) under the Umbrella Scheme of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) for setting up/expansion of food processing industries in the country. Under the Scheme, grant-in-aid @ 35% of the eligible project cost is provided in General Areas and 50% of the eligible project cost in North Eastern States (including Sikkim), difficult areas i.e. Himalayan States/UTs (Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Ladakh & Uttarakhand), notified ITDP areas and Islands subject to a maximum of Rs.5.00 crore. Till date, 294 food processing units have been approved / sanctioned under the CEFPPC Scheme. Out of which 45 food processing units have been completed till date. The details of units approved till date  across  the  country  under  the  Scheme  for  Creation/Expansion  of  Food  Processing  and Preservation Capacities  (CEFPPC) of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) is as under:

|   Sr. No | State             |   Number of Units Approved/ Sanctioned |   Number of Units completed |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                      4 |                           0 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                      6 |                           0 |
|        3 | Assam             |                                     15 |                           3 |
|        4 | Bihar             |                                      1 |                           0 |

| 5 Chhatisgarh                     |   1 |   1 |
|-----------------------------------|-----|-----|
| 6 Goa                             |   1 |   0 |
| 7 Gujarat                         |  27 |   2 |
| 8 Haryana                         |  15 |   2 |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh                |  20 |   1 |
| 10 Jharkhand                      |   0 |   0 |
| 11 Karnataka                      |  18 |   1 |
| 12                                |  12 |   1 |
| Kerala 13 Madhya Pradesh          |   9 |   3 |
| 14 Maharashtra                    |  38 |   3 |
| 15 Manipur                        |   6 |   0 |
| 16 Meghalaya                      |   2 |   1 |
| 17 Mizoram                        |   2 |   0 |
| 18 Nagaland                       |   4 |   0 |
| 19 Odisha                         |   2 |   2 |
| 20 Punjab                         |   8 |   3 |
| 21 Rajasthan                      |  12 |   5 |
| 22 Sikkim                         |   1 |   0 |
| 23 Tamil Nadu                     |  22 |  11 |
| 24 Telangana                      |   2 |   0 |
| 25 Tripura                        |   5 |   0 |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh                  |  22 |   6 |
| 27 Uttarakhand                    |  10 |   0 |
| 28 West Bengal                    |   8 |   0 |
| 29 A&N Islands                    |   0 |   0 |
| 30 Chandigarh                     |   0 |   0 |
| 31 Delhi                          |   0 |   0 |
| 32 Dadra &Nagar Haveli Daman &Diu |   1 |   0 |
| 33 Jammu &Kashmir                 |  20 |   0 |
| 34 Ladakh                         |   0 |   0 |
| 35 Lakshdweep                     |   0 |   0 |
| 36 Pondicherry                    |   0 |   0 |
| Total                             | 294 |  45 |

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