Lok Sabha Question No. 4466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Growth of FPI Sector
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Kapil Moreshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4466 ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2021

## GROWTH OF FPI SECTOR

## 4466.  SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government envisages and is expecting the processed food market to grow to $ 543 billion by 2020, a very high increase from mere $32.2 billion in 2016 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has recently sanctioned 32 projects in food processing sector with an investment of about Rs 406 Cr under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) which is having a total outlay of Rs 6000 Cr for the implementing period 2016-20; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes and has identified more projects to fast track in this sector and if so, the details of the projects under consideration?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Gross Value Added (GVA) of the food processing sector increased continuously from Rs.1.30 lakh crore in 2013-14 to Rs 1.61 lakh crore in 2015-16 and further to Rs. 2.08 lakh crore in 2018-19. The size of processed food market expands along with the increase in the size of GVA of the food processing sector.

(b): The Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) was launched in July 2017 with an allocation of Rs. 6,000 crore for the period 2016-20 (extended up to 2020-21) with 7 component schemes  namely;  (i)  Mega  Food  Park  (MFP)  (ii)  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition Infrastructure  (ICC)  (iii)Creation  /  Expansion  of  Food  Processing  &  Preservation  Capacities (CEFPPC) (iv)  Infrastructure  for  Agro-Processing  Clusters  (APC)  (v)  Creation  of  Backward  & Forward linkages (CBFL) (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure (FTL), and (vii) Human Resource and Institutions. Operation Green was added as the 8 th  sub-scheme during 201819.

During the year 2020-21, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries has sanctioned 155 projects with total project cost of Rs. 3305.19 crore and grant of Rs. 1051.34 crore. The schemewise projects and grant approved during 2020-21 are indicated as under:

## Status of projects sanctioned under PMKSY during 2020-21(up to 28.2.2021)

| Scheme           |   (Rs. in Crore) Projects |   Total Project cost |   Total Grants Approved |
|------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| BFL              |                         8 |                84.02 |                   17.99 |
| CEFPPC           |                        55 |               581.73 |                  192.12 |
| APC              |                        22 |               715.68 |                  165.99 |
| Operation Greens |                         1 |                35.97 |                   13.11 |

| Mega Food Park                                           |   0 |       0 |       0 |
|----------------------------------------------------------|-----|---------|---------|
| Cold Chain                                               |  45 | 1228.04 |  371.9  |
| Food Testing Laboratories                                |  15 |   99.26 |   45.13 |
| Skill Development(under Human Resource and Institutions) |   9 |  560.49 |  245.1  |
| Total                                                    | 155 | 3305.19 | 1051.34 |

(c): Besides  PMKSY,  the  Ministry  is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme-  PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (PMFME) from the year 2020-21 for providing financial, technical and business support for upgradation / setting up of 2 lakh micro food processing enterprises based on One District One Product (ODOP) approach. The scheme is being implemented for the period 2020-21 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs. 10,000 crore.

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