Lok Sabha Question No. 1358 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: People Engaged in Food Processing Sector
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1358 ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2021

## PEOPLE ENGAGED IN FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

## 1358.  SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

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

- (a) the estimated number of people engaged in the food processing projects in the country, state wise;
- (b) whether the Government has sanctioned a total of 134 projects in the year 2020 in various states in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, state wise particularly for the state of Tamil Nadu and the present status thereof and the details of employment generation through the new projects directly and indirectly; and
- (d) the time by which the new projects are likely to begin their operations?

## ANSWER

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

- (a). Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Central Sector schemePRADHAN  MANTRI  KISAN  SAMPADA  YOJANA  (PMKSY)  for  overall  growth  and development  of  food  processing  sector  including  off  farm  employment  generation  across  the country. Major component schemes under PMKSY with employment potential include Mega Food Park, Agro-processing Clusters, Integrated Cold Chain, Operation Green, Creation/Expansion of Food  Processing  and  Preservation  Capacities  (CEFPPC)  and  Backward  &  Forward  Linkages. Based  on  state-wise  projects  approved  under  component  schemes  of  PMKSY,  the  estimated number of people engaged in these projects, state wise is as under:

|   Sl. No. | State/ UT         |   No. of Persons engaged |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                    36909 |
|         2 | Andaman &Nicobar  |                     2451 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh |                     6373 |
|         4 | Assam             |                    17038 |
|         5 | Bihar             |                    15370 |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh      |                     8231 |

| 7   | Daman &Diu       |   2644 |
|-----|------------------|--------|
| 8   | Goa              |    411 |
| 9   | Gujarat          |  50457 |
| 10  | Haryana          |  30210 |
| 11  | Himachal Pradesh |  21096 |
| 12  | Jammu &Kashmir   |  15303 |
| 13  | Karnataka        |  33166 |
| 14  | Kerala           |  22043 |
| 15  | Madhya Pradesh   |  26274 |
| 16  | Maharashtra      | 102753 |
| 17  | Manipur          |   6001 |
| 18  | Meghalaya        |   1142 |
| 19  | Mizoram          |   6509 |
| 20  | Nagaland         |   8197 |
| 21  | Odisha           |  13814 |
| 22  | Punjab           |  39807 |
| 23  | Rajasthan        |  20745 |
| 24  | Sikkim           |    697 |
| 25  | Tamil Nadu       |  31429 |
| 26  | Telangana        |  19760 |
| 27  | Tripura          |   5994 |
| 28  | Uttar Pradesh    |  35130 |
| 29  | Uttarakhand      |  35161 |
| 30  | West Bengal      |  17665 |
|     | Total            | 632780 |

(b)  to  (d).  During  the  year  2020,  149  projects  have  been  sanctioned  under various  component schemes of PMKSY across the country including Tamil Nadu. As per guidelines of these schemes, the time line for completion/operationalization of these new projects varies from scheme to scheme i.e. 18 to 30 months. The details of these 149 projects state wise including Tamil Nadu along with details of employment generation (direct and indirect) is indicated below:

|   Sl. No. | State/ UT         |   No. of Projects |   Employment |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                 9 |         5343 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                 2 |          229 |
|         3 | Assam             |                12 |         4962 |
|         4 | Bihar             |                 1 |          600 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |                 1 |         1115 |
|         6 | Daman &Diu        |                 2 |         2643 |
|         7 | Gujarat           |                17 |        12720 |
|         8 | Haryana           |                 6 |         3512 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                 9 |         2709 |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                 4 |         1308 |

| 11   | Karnataka      |   10 |   5642 |
|------|----------------|------|--------|
| 12   | Kerala         |    6 |   3857 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh |    4 |   2435 |
| 14   | Maharashtra    |   12 |   7553 |
| 15   | Manipur        |    6 |   5323 |
| 16   | Meghalaya      |    2 |   1041 |
| 17   | Mizoram        |    1 |    309 |
| 18   | Punjab         |    5 |   3405 |
| 19   | Rajasthan      |    7 |   2839 |
| 20   | Tamil Nadu     |   14 |  10101 |
| 21   | Telangana      |    2 |   1970 |
| 22   | Tripura        |    2 |    169 |
| 23   | Uttar Pradesh  |    8 |   3978 |
| 24   | Uttarakhand    |    4 |   2050 |
| 25   | West Bengal    |    3 |   1016 |
|      | Total          |  149 |  86829 |

The details of projects approved during 2020 and employment generation thereof in the state of Tamil Nadu is mentioned in table below;

| State      | Name of the Scheme                                                         |   No. of Projects |   Employment |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------|
| Tamil Nadu | Agro-processing Clusters                                                   |                 8 |         7073 |
| Tamil Nadu | Integrated Cold Chain                                                      |                 4 |         2400 |
| Tamil Nadu | Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) |                 1 |          418 |
| Tamil Nadu | Backward &Forward Linkages                                                 |                 1 |          210 |
|            | Total                                                                      |                14 |        10101 |

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