Lok Sabha Question No. 1841 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Lallu Singh, Anil Firojiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1841 ANSWERED ON 03 RD  MARCH, 2020

## PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA

## 1841.   SHRI LALLU SINGH: SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

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

- ( a ) whether the Government has made any assessment regarding the works and performance of PMKSY during the last three years and if so, the details thereof;
- ( b ) whether  the  Government  has  developed  an  electronic  platform  in  line  with  the  country's 'Digital  India'  programme  to  carry  out  all  the  processes  related  to  the  submission  of proposals under various schemes and to make Grants-in-aid simple, easy and transparent; and
- ( c ) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government in this regard for the development of  food processing industries in the country and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been assessing the works and performance of various constituent component schemes of PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY)  based  on  the  information  received  from  the  promoters  of  various  food  processing projects/units  through  its  project  management  agencies  (PMAs)  and  also  through  the  electronic platform based dashboard of the SAMPADA portal of the Ministry on regular basis. Since 2014, the completed  projects  under  the  Schemes  of  Mega  Food  Parks,  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value Addition  Infrastructure,  Creation  /  Expansion  of  Food  Processing  &  Preservation  Capacities  and Creation  of  Backward  and  Forward  Linkages  have  benefited  an  estimated  15  lakh  farmers  agro produce  worth  Rs.22,154  crore  has  been  processed.  These  projects/units  created  processing  and preservation  capacities  of  86.49  lakh  MT  of  agro  produce  per  annum  and  generated  direct  and indirect job opportunities for 4.46 lakh persons.

(b): Yes  Sir.  The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  has  developed  an  online portal called SAMPADA portal-(https://www.sampada-mofpi.gov.in) to carry out all the processes related to the submission of proposals under various schemes and to release grants-in-aid making the processes thus easy and transparent.

(c): The  major  steps  and  policy  initiatives  taken  by  the  government  for  promotion  of  food processing  industries  in  the  country  include  100%  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  through automatic route in manufacturing of food products, 100% FDI under Government approval route for retail  trading,  including  through  e-commerce,  in  respect  of  food  products  produced  and/or manufactured in India, creation of special a fund of Rs.2000 crore in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to provide affordable credit to food processing projects/units, food & agro-based processing units, cold storage units/cold storage chains have been brought under the ambit of Priority Sector Lending (PSL), 100 percent income tax exemption for profit derived from activities such as post-harvest value addition to agriculture by FPOs' having annual turnover up to Rs.100 crore, 100% income tax exemption for new food processing units for a period of five years, 100% deduction for capital expenditure incurred on setting up and operating of cold chain facility and concessional import duty for plant and machinery under project imports benefit scheme.