Lok Sabha Question No. 1637 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Setting up of New Industries
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Ajay (Teni) Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 1637

ANSWERED ON 2 ND  JULY, 2019

## SETTING UP OF NEW INDUSTRIES

## †1637. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  considering/likely  to  consider  setting  up  food  processing industries  in  each  district  of  the  country  with  a  view  to  providing  better  prices  for  the produce of farmers and to provide employment in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and location-wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to (c):    The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  industries  does  not  setup  any  food  processing industries/  units/projects  on  its  own.  It  provides  financial  assistance  as  capital  subsidy  in  the form  of grant-in-aid to the individual, farmers, Farmer  Producer  Organisations (FPOs), Entrepreneurs,  Cooperatives,  Societies,  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs),  Private  Companies  and Central/ State PSUs etc. under its umbrella scheme of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) for setting up of  food processing  industries/ units/ projects.  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. The Schemes are demand driven. Financial assistance to the eligible applicant is provided as per the  Scheme  guidelines  against  the  Expression  of  Interest  issued  by  the  Ministry  from  time  to time. Under the scheme of 'Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters', one of the component schemes  of  PMKSY,  about  100  projects  are  envisaged  for  assistance  all  over  India  for  agroprocessing cluster (APC) infrastructure projects; otherwise called 'Mini Food Parks' by 2019-20. The  State-wise  number  of  allocated  slots  for  assistance  is at  Annexure .  In  the  case  of  other constituent schemes of PMKSY no state-wise slots are allocated/earmarked.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 1637 FOR ANSWERED ON 2 ND  JULY, 2019 REGARDING SETTING UP OF NEW INDUSTRIES

State-wise  numbers  of  Projects  Approved  under  the  Scheme  of  'Infrastructure  for  Agro  Processing Clusters' of PMKSY (as on 30.06.2019)

| Sl. No.   | State             | Number of slots Allotted   |   Number of Slots Filled | Number of vacant slots available as on 24.06.2019   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 5                          |                        1 | 4                                                   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                          |                        0 | 1                                                   |
| 3         | Assam             | 2                          |                        0 | 2                                                   |
| 4         | Bihar             | 5                          |                        1 | 4                                                   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 2                          |                        0 | 2                                                   |
| 6         | Goa               | 1                          |                        0 | 1                                                   |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 5                          |                        3 | 2                                                   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 5                          |                        5 | 0                                                   |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                          |                        1 | 0                                                   |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1                          |                        1 | 0                                                   |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 2                          |                        0 | 2                                                   |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 5                          |                        5 | 0                                                   |
| 13        | Kerala            | 2                          |                        1 | 1                                                   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 6                          |                        5 | 1                                                   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 8                          |                        6 | 2                                                   |
| 16        | Manipur           | 1                          |                        1 | 0                                                   |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 1                          |                        0 | 1                                                   |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 1                          |                        0 | 1                                                   |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 1                          |                        0 | 1                                                   |
| 20        | Orissa            | 3                          |                        0 | 3                                                   |
| 21        | Punjab            | 5                          |                        3 | 2                                                   |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 5                          |                        1 | 4                                                   |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 1                          |                        0 | 1                                                   |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 5                          |                        0 | 5                                                   |
| 25        | Telangana         | 2                          |                        1 | 1                                                   |
| 26        | Tripura           | 1                          |                        0 | 1                                                   |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 12                         |                        2 | 10                                                  |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 1                          |                        1 | 0                                                   |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 6                          |                        0 | 6                                                   |
| 30        | A & N Islands     |                            |                        0 | 3                                                   |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |                            |                        0 |                                                     |
| 32        | D & N Haveli      | 4                          |                        0 |                                                     |
| 33        | Delhi             |                            |                        0 |                                                     |
| 34        | Daman & Diu       |                            |                        0 |                                                     |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |                            |                        0 |                                                     |
| 36        | Pondicherry       |                            |                        1 |                                                     |
| Total     | Total             | 100                        |                       39 | 61                                                  |