Lok Sabha Question No. 4587 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Employment under PMKSY
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4587

ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2021

## EMPLOYMENT UNDER PMKSY

## 4587.  SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

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

- (a) whether Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana(PMKSY) envisages creation of direct and indirect employment and if so, the period of implementation of the PMKSY and the total outlay for the Yojana along with the details of Schemes being implemented under PMKSY;
- (b) the steps/measures and policy initiatives taken by the Government to promote overall growth of food processing sector and generate employment opportunities;
- (c) whether a Special Fund has been created with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural  Development  (NABARD)  to  provide  affordable  credit  to  food  processing projects/units, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  from  the  State  Government  of Karnataka to set up projects under PMKSY, if so, the details thereof, including the major projects sanctioned during the last one year?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The Ministry of Food Processing industries (MoFPI) has been implementing Central Sector  umbrella  scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana  (PMKSY)  for  overall growth and development of food processing sector with an outlay of Rs. 6000 Crore for the period 2016-17 to 2019-20. The period has since been extended to FY 2020-21. PMKSY is expected to generate 5,30,500 direct/ indirect employments in the country. An additional new scheme "Operation Greens (OG)" was introduced in PMKSY in November, 2018 with an outlay of Rs 500 Crores. The component schemes of PMKSY are - (i) Mega Food Park;  (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure; (iii) Creation /Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation  Capacities;  (iv)  Infrastructure  for  Agro-Processing  Clusters;  (v)  Creation  of Backward & Forward linkages; (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure; (vii) Human Resource and Institutions; and   (viii) Operation Greens.
- (b) & (c): Some of the steps / policy measures to promote overall growth of food processing sector and generate employment opportunities are as follows
- i. A  Special  Food  Processing  Fund  of  Rs.  2000  crore  was  set  up  with  NABARD  in November 2014 to provide affordable credit for investments in setting up Mega Food Parks as well as processing units in the MFPs. In 2019, the coverage of the fund was extended to setting up of Agro Processing Clusters and individual manufacturing units
- within them. Total term loan sanctioned from the Fund as on 28.02.2021 amounts to Rs 689.32 Crores.
- ii. As  part  of  the  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  Initiative,  MoFPI  is  implementing  a  Centrally Sponsored Scheme-PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme for providing financial, technical and business support for setting up/upgradation of 2 lakh micro food processing enterprises through credit linked subsidy during five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs.10,000 cr.
- iii. Food & agro-based processing units and cold chain has been included as agricultural activity under Priority Sector Lending norms in April 2015.
- iv. 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under the automatic route has been permitted. Subsequently, 100% FDI was permitted under government approved route for retail trading,  including  through  e-commerce,  in  respect  of  food  products  manufactured/ produced in India in 2016-17.
- v. Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  (FSSAI)  has  allowed  ingredient  and additive based approvals in place of product-by-product approval.
- (d): Under  the  component  schemes  of  PMKSY,    MoFPI  provides  mostly  credit  linked financial assistance (capital subsidy) in the form of grants-in-aid to entrepreneurs for setting up of food processing / preservation industries.  The details of projects approved in Karnataka during 2019-20 and 2020-21 are enclosed at Annexure .

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (d)  OF  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4587  FOR  ANSWER  ON  23 RD   MARCH,  2021 REGARDING 'EMPLOYMENT UNDER PMKSY'.

## Details of Projects sanctioned in Karnataka during 2019-20 and 2020-21:

## 1. Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters Scheme:

(Rs. In Crore)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Project Execution Agency (PEA)                            | Date of approval   |   Project cost |   Grant approved | Status                |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | M/s Hiriyur Food Park Private Limited Chitradurga District, Karnataka | 04.01.2021         |          22.6  |           4.27   | Under Implement ation |
|         2 | M/s GEM Food Park LLP Distt. Davanagere, Karnataka                    | 15.03.2019         |          36.16 |           9.77   | Under Implement ation |
|         3 | M/s Mathias Properties Mangalore Taluk, Dakshina Kannada              | 01.07.2019         |          32.67 |           8.4482 | Under Implement ation |
|         4 | M/s Agro Cluster Vijayapur, Karnataka                                 | 09.01.2020         |          21.57 |          10      | Under Implement ation |

## 2. Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities Scheme:

(Rs. in Crore)

|   Sr. No. | Name of the Project                   | District   | Date Approval   |   of Project Cost |   Approved Grant | Status               |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | M/s Hitayu Dairy Private Limited      | Mandya     | 22.12.2020      |             19.64 |             5    | Under Implementation |
|         2 | M/s Sunrise Food Products             | Mandya     | 22.12.2020      |             20.28 |             5    | Under Implementation |
|         3 | M/s Sproutlife Foods Pvt. Limited     | Tumkur     | 22.12.2020      |             15.83 |             5    | Under Implementation |
|         4 | M/s Ashwarooda Enrich Foods           | Mandya     | 09.07.2019      |              5.07 |             1.06 | Under Implementation |
|         5 | M/s Sri Venkateshwara Industries      | Mysuru     | 09.07.2019      |              7.56 |             2.4  | Under Implementation |
|         6 | Sri Balaji Industries                 | Mysuru     | 09.07.2019      |              6.86 |             2.25 | Under Implementation |
|         7 | M/s Avantnature Foods Private Limited | Tumkur     | 02.12.2019      |              9.33 |             2.45 | Under Implementation |
|         8 | M/s Anutham Enterprises               | Vijaypur   | 02.12.2019      |             10.68 |             5    | Under Implementation |

| 9   | M/s Maxvita Foods (India) Private Limited   | Mandya   | 16.03.2020   | 18.91   | 4.86   | Under Implementation   |
|-----|---------------------------------------------|----------|--------------|---------|--------|------------------------|
| 10  | M/s Beri Agro Foods                         | Mandya   | 16.03.2020   | 19.42   | 5.00   | Under Implementation   |
| 11  | M/s Agro Cluster                            | Vijaypur | 08.12.2020   | 10.48   | 5.00   | Under                  |
|     | (Unit-II)                                   |          |              |         |        | Implementation         |
| 12  | M/s. Agro Cluster (Unit-I)                  | Vijaypur | 09.06.2020   | 10.58   | 5.00   | Under Implementation   |

## 3. Creation of  Backward and forward linkages Scheme :

(Rs. In crore)

|   Si No | Name of project   | Sector       | Approval Letter Date   |   Project Cost |   Approved Grant |   Released Amount | Status    |
|---------|-------------------|--------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------|
|       1 | Gem Sales         | Horticulture | 21- 022019             |          10.12 |             4.31 |              3.54 | Completed |

## 4. Food Testing Laboratories Scheme :

(Rs. in Cr)

|   S. No. | Name of the Project          | Date of Approval   |   Project cost |   Grant Sanctioned | Current status   |
|----------|------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Eureka Analytical, Bangalore | 24.09.2020         |          10.79 |               3.15 | On going         |