Lok Sabha Question No. 1202 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: FPI in Rural Areas
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1202

## ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2021

## FPI IN RURAL AREAS

## †1202. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government  is facing challenges in developing Food  Processing Industries(FPI) in the rural areas of Bihar including Bhagalpur district of Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  funds  sanctioned  and  released  for  the  human  resources  and  skill  development through National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) during the last two years and the current year;
- (d) the achievements of Bihar State and Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituency so far;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  from  the  State  of  Bihar  for establishment  of  more  food  processing  industries  in  the  rural  and  backward  areas especially in my Parliamentary Constituency Bhagalpur district; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has taken various measures for sufficient proposals from different regions of the country including from entrepreneurs of Bihar under its schemes and timely implementation of approved projects like- (i) Creating awareness of benefits available under the schemes for establishment of Food Processing industries; (ii) Application submission for projects through online portal; (iii) Dashboard for monitoring the implementation  of  the  projects;  (iv)  Regular  review  meetings  with  the  promoters  to  help remove bottlenecks in implementation; (v) Assessing the progress of projects though Virtual site visit in the wake of Covid Pandemic to prevent delays in their completion . Ministry has also resolved many logistical and manpower related issues during covid pandemic, through interventions.

(c) to (f) : Ministry has been implementing a central sector umbrella scheme- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) for overall growth and development of food processing sector of the country including of Bihar. Under its component scheme of Skill Development Human  Resource  &  Institutions,  MoFPI  provides  financial  assistance  for  development  of course  curriculum  for  training  modules  and  also  for  setting  up  of  Infrastructure  of  food processing related skill training centers. Proposals for financial assistance are invited through Expression of Interest (EoI) under component schemes of PMKSY. So far, a total of 10 projects have been approved under component schemes of PMKSY in Bihar. The details of projects are placed at Annexure .

As part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative, MoFPI is implementing centrally sponsored "PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme" for providing financial, technical and business support for upgradation/ setting up of two lakh micro food processing units based on One District One Product (ODOP) approach in a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs. 10,000 crores. Out of this, a total of 11,333 units have been allocated to Bihar with outlay of Rs 535.19 crore. Jardalu Mango has been identified as ODOP for Bhagalpur district.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) TO (f) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1202 ANSWERED ON 27.07.2021 ON FPI IN RURAL AREAS.

## List of projects sanctioned under component Schemes of PMKSY in Bihar

(Rs. In Cr.)

| Sl. No                                                                  | Project Name                                                            | District                                                                | Date of appr oval                                                       | Project Cost                                                            | Grant Approved                                                          | Status                                                                  |
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| Scheme- Mega Food Park                                                  | Scheme- Mega Food Park                                                  | Scheme- Mega Food Park                                                  | Scheme- Mega Food Park                                                  | Scheme- Mega Food Park                                                  | Scheme- Mega Food Park                                                  | Scheme- Mega Food Park                                                  |
| 1                                                                       | Pristine Mega Foo d Park Pvt. Ltd.                                      | Khagaria                                                                | 06.08.2014                                                              | 120.13                                                                  | 41.9                                                                    | Under Impleme ntation                                                   |
| 2                                                                       | Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA)                     | Muzaffarpur                                                             | 31.03.2021                                                              | -                                                                       | -                                                                       | In-principle App roval                                                  |
| Scheme- Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | Scheme- Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | Scheme- Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | Scheme- Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | Scheme- Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | Scheme- Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | Scheme- Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         |
| 3                                                                       | Ganga Dairy Ltd.                                                        | Begusarai                                                               | 27.03.2009                                                              | 22.6                                                                    | 9.35                                                                    | Completed                                                               |
| 4                                                                       | Mahua Cooperati ve Cold Storage L imited                                | Vaishali                                                                | 22.05.2015                                                              | 21.33                                                                   | 7.31                                                                    | Under Implementation                                                    |
| 5                                                                       | RK Agri Biz LLP                                                         | Muzaffarpur                                                             | 04.05.2017                                                              | 22.79                                                                   | 7.48                                                                    | Completed                                                               |
| 6                                                                       | Shalimar Cold Sto rage                                                  | Patna                                                                   | 22.07.2019                                                              | 29.87                                                                   | 10.00                                                                   | Under implementation                                                    |
| 7                                                                       | ABZ Agro Pvt Lt d                                                       | Kishanganj                                                              | 24.07.2019                                                              | 43.34                                                                   | 10.00                                                                   | Under implementation                                                    |
| 8                                                                       | Saran Dairy Prod ucer Company Li mited                                  | Gopalganj                                                               | 28.09.2020                                                              | 11.66                                                                   | 3.05                                                                    | Under Implementation                                                    |
| Scheme- Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | Scheme- Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | Scheme- Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | Scheme- Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | Scheme- Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | Scheme- Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | Scheme- Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     |
| 9                                                                       | M/s Shreekangan Food Park, Agapu r, Teghra                              | Begusarai                                                               | 15.03.2019                                                              | 30.434                                                                  | 7.908                                                                   | Under Imple mentation                                                   |
| Scheme- Creation /Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Scheme- Creation /Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Scheme- Creation /Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Scheme- Creation /Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Scheme- Creation /Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Scheme- Creation /Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Scheme- Creation /Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities |
| 10                                                                      | M/s Natraja Nutri feed Pvt Ltd                                          | Khagaria                                                                | 25.07.2019                                                              | 23.21                                                                   | 5                                                                       | Completed                                                               |