Lok Sabha Question No. 4519 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-08
Subject: New Processing Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, RAJESH PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4519

ANSWERED ON 08 TH  JANUARY, 2019

## NEW PROCESSING UNITS

## 4519. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented various schemes and is extending financial assistance for setting up of fruit and vegetable processing units in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the fruit and vegetable processing units in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh covered/benefited under these schemes during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) & (b): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Central Sector Scheme for  Creation/Expansion  of  Food  Processing  &  Preservation  Capacities  (CEFPPC)  under  the Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY)  for  setting  up/expansion  of  food  processing industries including fruits and vegetables processing units in the country. Under the scheme, grants-inaid @ 35% of the eligible project cost is provided in General Areas and 50% of the eligible project cost  in  North  Eastern  States  including  Sikkim  and  Difficult  areas  including  Himalayan  States (Himachal  Pradesh,  J&K  &  Uttarakhand),  State  notified  ITDP  areas  and  Islands  subject  to  a maximum of Rs.5.00 crore.

The food processing units including fruits and vegetables processing units can be setup in Mega Food Parks (MFPs), Agro Processing Clusters (APC) and Designated Food Parks (DFPs) notified by the Ministry from time to time. However, in States / UTs having no MFP, APC or DFP, the food processing units may be setup anywhere in the State / UT.  Further, the units  having  majority stake of SC / ST promoter(s) and with an eligible project cost of more than Rs. 5 (five) crore can be set up at any location in the country.

- (c): The  MoFPI  is  implementing  the  Scheme  for  Creation/Expansion  of  Food  Processing  & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) of PMKSY since 2017. No fruits & vegetables processing unit  has  been  approved  in  the  State  of  Jharkhand  till  date  due  to  non-receipt  of  proposals. However, the details of food processing units including fruits & vegetables (F&V) processing units approved in the State of Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4519 FOR ANSWERED ON 08 TH  JANUARY, 2019 REGARDING NEW PROCESSING UNITS

Details of food processing units including fruits & vegetables (F&V) processing units approved in the State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  under  the  Scheme  for  Creation/Expansion  of  Food  Processing  & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the applicant                           | Location of the project / District   | Sector            |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | M/s C.P. Milk and Food Products Pvt. Ltd.       | Lucknow                              | Milk Processing   |
|         2 | M/s Shivashrit Foods Private Limited            | Aligarh                              | F&V Processing    |
|         3 | M/s Bikanervala Foods Private Limited           | Greater Noida                        | Consumer Products |
|         4 | M/s Mehrotra Consumer Products                  | Greater Noida                        | Consumer Products |
|         5 | M/s Krishna Synthetics Limited                  | Gautam Buddh Nagar                   | F&V Processing    |
|         6 | M/s Avyukta Dairy Products Pvt. Ltd.            | Ghaziabad                            | Milk Processing   |
|         7 | M/s Organic India Pvt. Ltd                      | Barabanki                            | Consumer Products |
|         8 | M/s Bhagwati Foods Pvt Ltd                      | Kanpur                               | Consumer Products |
|         9 | M/s Natures Fresh Enterprises Pvt Ltd           | Varanasi                             | Consumer Products |
|        10 | M/s Mohani Tea Leaves Pvt. Ltd                  | Kanpur Dehat                         | Consumer Products |
|        11 | M/s Maa Veshno Consumer Products Pvt Ltd        | Gautam Budh Nagar                    | Consumer Products |
|        12 | M/s Ajanta Raaj Proteins Limited                | Agra                                 | F&V Processing    |
|        13 | M/s Pal Agro                                    | Bareilly                             | Consumer Products |
|        14 | M/s Kedarnath Industries                        | Hardoi                               | Grain Milling     |
|        15 | M/s Crazy Bakery Udyog                          | Gorakhpur                            | Consumer Products |
|        16 | M/s Ekstaze India Pvt Ltd                       | Gautam Buddh Nagar                   | Consumer Products |
|        17 | M/s ILEX Infrastructure LLP                     | Gautam Buddh Nagar                   | Grain Milling     |
|        18 | M/s Kamuna Food Processing Ltd                  | Mirzapur                             | F&V processing    |
|        19 | M/s JH Agro Products                            | Pilibhit                             | Grain Milling     |
|        20 | M/s Aashirvaad Cuisines                         | Amroha                               | Milk Processing   |
|        21 | M/s Shri Balaji Rohilkhand Rice Mills Pvt. Ltd. | Shahjhanpur                          | Grain Milling     |