Lok Sabha Question No. 1931 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: Food Parks
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1931

ANSWERED ON 03 RD  MARCH, 2020

## FOOD PARKS

## 1931.  DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.:

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

- (a) the number of fully developed/functional food parks in the country as on  date;
- (b) the number of new food parks proposed to be set up/made functional during the current financial year; and
- (c) the extent to which farmers have been benefited through these food  parks?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c): Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  has  been  implementing  Mega  Food  Park Scheme (MFPS) to create modern infrastructure for the food processing industries since 2008. This  scheme  is  now  a  component  of  the  new  Central  Sector  Umbrella  Scheme  -  Pradhan Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY).  The  Mega  Food  Park  Scheme  (MFPS)  aims  at providing modern infrastructure facilities for food processing along the value chain from farm to  market.

Government has accorded approval for setting up 42 Mega food Parks in  the country and  presently  37  Mega  Food  Parks  approved  by  the  Ministry  are  under  various  stage  of implementation.  Out  of  these,  a  total  of  18    Mega    Food    Park  projects  at  Haridwar (Uttarakhand),  Chittoor  (Andhra  Pradesh),  Tumkur  (Karnataka),  Fazilka  (Punjab),  Nalbari (Assam),  Khargone  (Madhya  Pradesh),  Murshidabad  (West  Bengal),  Rayagada  (Odisha), Satara (Maharashtra), Ajmer (Rajasthan), Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand), Surat (Gujarat), Aurangabad  (Maharashtra),  Una  (HP),  West  Godavari  (Andhra  Pradesh),    West    Tripura (Tripura), Nizamabad (Telangana) and Dewas (Madhya Pradesh) have been made operational. Amongst these operational Mega  Food  Parks,  2  projects  at  Nizamabad (Telangana)  and Dewas (Madhya Pradesh)  have  been  made operational during current financial year. Ministry does not establish Mega Food Parks in the country on its own. The proposals under Mega Food Park Scheme for setting up of Mega Food Parks in the country are invited through Expression of Interest (EoI) from time  to  time. Presently, Ministry has invited EoI/proposal under this Scheme for filling up the vacant slots with the last date of submission of proposals as 31.03.2020.

As  per  Mega  Food  Park  scheme  guidelines,  each  Mega  Food  Park  on  being  fully operational with units would benefit about 25,000 farmers. Details of actual  farmers benefited from the 18 operational Mega Food Parks projects are at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1931  FOR  ANSWER  ON  03 RD   MARCH,  2020 REGARDING 'FOOD PARKS'.

## Details of actual farmers benefited by the 18 operational Mega Food Parks projects

| Sl. No.   | Name of MFP                                                        | Farmers benefited   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1.        | Patanjali Food and Herbal Park, Haridwar, Uttarakhand              | 7,015               |
| 2.        | Srini Food Park Pvt. Ltd, Chittoor, A.P.                           | 4,500               |
| 3.        | Integrated Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd., Tumkur, Karnataka             | 3,500               |
| 4.        | International Mega Food Park, Fazilka, Punjab                      | 550                 |
| 5.        | North East Mega Food Park, Nalbari, Assam                          | 110                 |
| 6.        | Indus Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd., Khargone, M.P.                     | 3,000               |
| 7.        | Jangipur Bengal Mega Food Park at Murshidabad, West Bengal         | 5,000               |
| 8.        | MITS Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd., Rayagada, Odisha                    | 1,400               |
| 9.        | Satara Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd, Satara, Maharashtra                 | 500                 |
| 10.       | Greentech Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd, Ajmer, Rajsthan                  | 200                 |
| 11.       | Himalayan Food park Pvt Ltd, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand        | 10000               |
| 12.       | Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park, Surat, Gujarat         | 1000                |
| 13.       | Paithan Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.           | 200                 |
| 14.       | Cremica Food Park Pvt Ltd,Una, HP                                  | 5000                |
| 15.       | Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park Pvt Ltd,West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh | 6000                |
| 16.       | Sikaria Mega Food Park, West Tripura, Tripura                      | 268                 |
| 17        | Smart Agro Mega Food Park, Nizamabad, Telangana                    | 70                  |
| 18        | Avantee Mega Food Park, Dewas, Madhya Pradesh                      | 2000                |
| Total     | Total                                                              | 50,313              |

Note:- Food processing industries being seasonal in nature, the above figures may change from time to time.