Lok Sabha Question No. 298 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-01
Subject: Modernization of Food Processing Industries
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *298

ANSWERED ON 1 ST  JANUARY, 2019.

## MODERNIZATION OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## * 298.  SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU.:

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

- (a) Whether  any  innovative  measures  have  been  taken  for  the  modernization  of  food processing industries in the country during the last three years;
- (b) If so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the extent to which the implementation of infrastructure development projects in the food processing sector has been successful in various States including Chhattisgarh during the Twelfth Five Year Plan along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SMT. HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL)

(a) to (c):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *298  FOR  ANSWERED  ON  01 ST   JANUARY,  2019 REGARDING MODERNIZATION OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

(a)  &(b):  An  innovative  umbrella  scheme,  'Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana (PMKSY)' has been launched in 2017 to promote modernisation and capacity enhancement of  food  processing  industries  in  the  country.  The  implementation  period  of  the  scheme  is 2016-2020  with  a  total  allocation  of  Rs.6000  crores.  The  PMKSY  has  seven  component schemes  viz;  (i)  Mega  Food  Parks,  (ii)  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition Infrastructure,  (iii)  Infrastructure  for  Agro-Processing  Clusters,  (iv)  Creation  of  Backward and Forward Linkages, (v) Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities, (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure and (vii) Human Resources and Institutions.

A  new  Central  Sector  Scheme  'Operation  Greens'  for  integrated  development  of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops value chain, with an outlay of Rs.500 crore to, inter alia, promote Farmers Producers Organizations (FPO), agri-logistics, processing facilities and professional management of FPOs has been launched in 2018.

(c): During the Twelfth Five Year Plan, infrastructure development projects were funded under the scheme of Mega Food Parks (MFP) and Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain).  The Ministry has so far approved 40 MFPs in different States including  one  MFP  in  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh.  Fourteen  (14)  MFPs  have  become operational  so  far.  The  Ministry  has  also  approved  286  Cold  Chain  Projects  in  different States,  of  which  94  projects  were  approved  during  Twelfth  Five  Year  Plan,  including  2 projects  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh.  One  hundred  and  thirty-five  (135)  Cold  Chain  Projects have been completed.

The sate-wise approved and operational/completed projects under the two schemes are available at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *298 FOR ANSWERED ON 01 ST  JANUARY, 2019 REGARDING MODERNIZATION OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

State-wise Approved and Operational/Completed Projects Under MFP and Cold Chain Scheme

|         | Name of the State   | Mega Good Park              | Mega Good Park                 | Cold Chain                  | Cold Chain                   |
|---------|---------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| SL. No. | Name of the State   | Number of Projects Approved | Number of Projects Operational | Number of Projects Approved | Number of Projects Completed |
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar   | -                           | -                              | 1                           | 0                            |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      | 3                           | 1                              | 17                          | 4                            |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1                           | 0                              | 1                           | 0                            |
| 4       | Assam               | 1                           | 1                              | 2                           | 2                            |
| 5       | Bihar               | 1                           | 0                              | 3                           | 1                            |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh        | 1                           | 0                              | 2                           | 2                            |
| 7       | Gujarat             | 2                           | 1                              | 22                          | 9                            |
| 8       | Haryana             | 2                           | 0                              | 11                          | 6                            |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh    | 1                           | 0                              | 14                          | 9                            |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir      | 1                           | 0                              | 6                           | 3                            |
| 11      | Jharkhand           | 1                           | 1                              | -                           | -                            |
| 12      | Karnataka           | 2                           | 1                              | 12                          | 5                            |
| 13      | Kerala              | 2                           | 0                              | 8                           | 1                            |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh      | 2                           | 1                              | 6                           | 4                            |
| 15      | Maharashtra         | 3                           | 2                              | 61                          | 30                           |
| 16      | Manipur             | -                           | -                              | 2                           | 1                            |
| 17      | Mizoram             | 1                           | 0                              | 2                           | 2                            |
| 18      | Nagaland            | 1                           | 0                              | 3                           | 0                            |
| 19      | Odisha              | 2                           | 1                              | 2                           | 2                            |
| 20      | Punjab              | 3                           | 1                              | 19                          | 9                            |
| 21      | Rajasthan           | 1                           | 1                              | 10                          | 4                            |
| 22      | Tamil Nadu          | -                           | -                              | 12                          | 3                            |
| 23      | Telangana           | 2                           | 0                              | 9                           | 4                            |
| 24      | Tripura             | 1                           | 0                              | -                           | -                            |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh       | 3                           | -                              | 25                          | 11                           |
| 26      | Uttarakhand         | 2                           | 2                              | 25                          | 15                           |
| 27      | West Bengal         | 1                           | 1                              | 11                          | 8                            |
|         | Total               | 40                          | 14                             | 286                         | 135                          |