Lok Sabha Question No. 996 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Setting up of Industrial Units in FPIs
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 996 ANSWERED ON 08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## SETTING UP OF INDUSTRIAL UNITS IN FPIs

## 996. DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

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

- (a) whether Food Processing Industry(FPI) is a key sector that would help the country in achieving its target of a five trillion-dollar economy;
- (b) if so, whether despite several policy challenges the food processing industry is moving with a steady pace, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  there  is  high  scope  for  setting  up  of  industrial  units  for  primary/minimal processing, juice concentrate, jams, jellies and marmalade;
- (d) if so, the steps taken by the Government to set up industrial units to harness the high scope along with the success achieved in this regard so far;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  classified  States  particularly  Odisha  into  various  agro climatic zones; and
- (f) if so, the details of the food processing units identified for setting up to harness the high scope, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) & (b): Food processing sector is an important component of manufacturing sector in India. Despite  certain  challenges  afflicting  the  food  processing  sector,  there  has  been  significant growth in the gross value addition (GVA) by food processing sector from Rs 1.34 Lakh Crore in  2014-15 to Rs 2.24 Lakh Crore in 2019-20 (at 2011-12 prices). The GVA of the sector constituted 9.87 per cent and 11.38 per cent of the GVA in Manufacturing and Agriculture sectors respectively during 2019-20.

(c) to (f): Considering the potential for setting up of the food processing units in the country, Ministry of Food Processing is implementing the Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing/ Preservation Capacities(CEFPPC)/ Unit scheme, a demand-driven scheme under the PM-Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), for creation  of  processing  and  preservation  capacities  and modernisation/ expansion of existing food processing units. The Scheme provides grants-inaid @35% of eligible project cost in general areas and @50% of eligible project cost in the North East States including Sikkim and difficult areas namely Himalayan States, State notified Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) areas & Islands subject to maximum of Rs. 5.00 crore per project.

The  Ministry is  also  implementing  a  new  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme,  PMFormulisation  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises  (PM-FME)  for  providing  financial, business and technical assistance to 2 lakh micro food processing enterprises. The scheme has adopted  the  One  District  One  Product  (ODOP)  approach.  137  unique  products  from  710 districts of 35 States/ UTs have been approved by the Ministry.

The State-wise details of the food processing units assisted under CEFPPC Scheme and PMFME scheme are given at Annexure.

There are 15 Agro-climatic Regions in India and Odisha comes under 2 Agro-climatic Regions namely, Eastern Plateau & Hill Region and East Coast Plains & Hill Region.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART (c)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  996  FOR  ANSWER  ON  08 TH   FEBRUARY,2022 REGARDING SETTING UP OF INDUSTRIAL UNITS IN FPIs

State-wise  number  of  Food  Processing  Units/Enterprises  assisted  under  CEFPPC  (Unit) scheme and PM-FME scheme:

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT                   |   CEFPPC Scheme (No. of Units) | PMFME Scheme (No. of Enterprises)   |
|----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                              4 | 91                                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                              6 | 0                                   |
| 3        | Assam                              |                             18 | 2                                   |
| 4        | Bihar                              |                              1 | 0                                   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                       |                              1 | 2                                   |
| 6        | Goa                                |                              1 | 1                                   |
| 7        | Gujarat                            |                             27 | 1                                   |
| 8        | Haryana                            |                             15 | 17                                  |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                             17 | 106                                 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                          |                              0 | 0                                   |
| 11       | Karnataka                          |                             18 | 48                                  |
| 12       | Kerala                             |                             12 | 17                                  |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                              9 | 43                                  |
| 14       | Maharashtra                        |                             37 | 47                                  |
| 15       | Manipur                            |                              5 | 67                                  |
| 16       | Meghalaya                          |                              2 | 0                                   |
| 17       | Mizoram                            |                              1 | 0                                   |
| 18       | Nagaland                           |                              4 | 0                                   |
| 19       | Odisha                             |                              2 | 28                                  |
| 20       | Punjab                             |                              8 | 53                                  |
| 21       | Rajasthan                          |                             12 | 32                                  |
| 22       | Sikkim                             |                              1 | 1                                   |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                         |                             22 | 31                                  |
| 24       | Telangana                          |                              1 | 13                                  |
| 25       | Tripura                            |                              4 | 3                                   |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                             22 | 22                                  |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                        |                              9 | 3                                   |
| 28       | West Bengal                        |                              9 | -                                   |
| 29       | A&N Islands                        |                              0 | 0                                   |
| 30       | Chandigarh                         |                              0 | 3                                   |
| 31       | Delhi                              |                              0 | 0                                   |
| 32       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                              1 | 0                                   |
| 33       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                             19 | 5                                   |
| 34       | Ladakh                             |                              0 | 0                                   |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                        |                              0 | 0                                   |
| 36       | Pondicherry                        |                              0 | 0                                   |
|          | Total                              |                            288 | 636                                 |