Lok Sabha Question No. 3260 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Agro Processing Clusters
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Lallu Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3260 ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2021

## AGRO PROCESSING CLUSTERS

## 3260.  SHRI LALLU SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has approved a number of projects to create infrastructure for agro-processing cluster (APC) under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to reduce wastage of surplus produce and add value to the horticulture/agricultural produce?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has not approved any project under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Kalyan yojana. However, MoFPI has been implementing the Scheme for Creation of  Infrastructure  for  Agro  Processing  Clusters  (APC) under  the  Umbrella  Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) to incentivize setting up of agro processing clusters in the country. Till date, Ministry has approved 56 agro processing cluster projects under the scheme. The State/UT wise number of projects approved under the scheme are at Table A.

Further,  MoFPI  has  been  implementing  various  schemes  namely  Mega  Food  Parks, Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure,  Creation/  Expansion  of  Food Processing/ Preservation Capacities (Unit Scheme), Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters, Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages, Operation Greens under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) to reduce wastage of surplus produce and add value to the horticultural / agriculture produce.

Table A

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs             |   No. of Projects approved |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         |                          2 |
| 2         | Assam                  |                          3 |
| 3         | Bihar                  |                          1 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh           |                          2 |
| 5         | Goa                    |                          0 |
| 6         | Gujarat                |                          5 |
| 7         | Haryana                |                          2 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh       |                          1 |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir         |                          1 |
| 10        | Jharkhand              |                          0 |
| 11        | Karnataka              |                          4 |
| 12        | Kerala                 |                          2 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh         |                          4 |
| 14        | Maharashtra            |                          9 |
| 15        | Orissa                 |                          0 |
| 16        | Punjab                 |                          3 |
| 17        | Rajasthan              |                          0 |
| 18        | Tamil Nadu             |                         10 |
| 19        | Telangana              |                          1 |
| 20        | Uttar Pradesh          |                          3 |
| 21        | Uttarakhand            |                          1 |
| 22        | West Bengal            |                          0 |
| 23        | Arunachal Pradesh      |                          0 |
| 24        | Manipur                |                          0 |
| 25        | Meghalaya              |                          1 |
| 26        | Mizoram                |                          0 |
| 27        | Nagaland               |                          0 |
| 28        | Tripura                |                          0 |
| 29        | Sikkim                 |                          0 |
| 30        | A &NIslands            |                          0 |
| 31        | Chandigarh             |                          0 |
| 32        | D &NHaveli &Daman &Diu |                          1 |
| 33        | Delhi                  |                          0 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep            |                          0 |
| 35        | Pondicherry            |                          0 |
| 36        | Ladakh                 |                          0 |
|           | Total                  |                         56 |

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