Lok Sabha Question No. 5535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Wastage of Foodgrains in Bihar
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5535 To BE ANSWERED ON 6TH APRIL, 2022

## WASTAGE OF FOODGRAINS IN BIHAR

## 5535. DR: ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- (a) whether wastage huge quantity of food grains, fruits vegetables is due to lack of adequate and including in processing facilities in the country Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details of the scheme rolled out for food with the progress made therein in Bihar processing along particularly in district Gopalganj;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated under such scheme in Bihar; and
- (d) the details of the food processing industries working in Bihar?

## ANSWE R

MINISTER OE STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a): No Sir.

- (b) & (c): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing Central Sector Umbrella   SchemePradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) centrally sponsored PM Formalisation of Micra Food Processing  Enterprises Scheme (PMFME) and Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food   Processing  Industry  (PLISFPI) for overall growth and development of food processing sector across the country:

PMKSY is not any region or state specific but demand driven and financial assistance is provided to the eligible applicants selected on the basis of Expression of Interest (Eol) issued from time to time. Under component schemes of PMKSY, MoFPI provides mostly credit linked financial assistance (capital subsidy) in the form of grants-in-aid to for setting up of food processing entrepreneurs preservation industries: The details of the projects approved in Bihar State under various component of PMKSY vis-a-vis funds approvedl released are as under:

| No   | Project                                                         | No. of projects Approvedl Completed   |   Total Project Cost (Crore) |   Grants in aid Approved (Crore) |   in-aid Released (Crore) |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|      | Mega Food Park                                                  | 2/0                                   |                      120.13  |                           41.9   |                     34.81 |
| 2    | Cold Chain                                                      | 7/4                                   |                      177.36  |                           55.76  |                     34.14 |
| 3    | Processing Clusters Agro                                        | 1/0                                   |                       30.434 |                            7.908 |                      0    |
| 4    | Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities | 1/1                                   |                       23.21  |                            5     |                      4.56 |

(d): Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation for manufacturing sector   including brings out data Annual food processing sector   through the of Industries (ASI) and for enterprises through National Sample As 2018-19, in Bihar; 884 number of per latest ASI units are in registered sector and out of Survey