Lok Sabha Question No. 3388 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Agro Food Processing Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: S. Ramalingam

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3388

## ANSWERED ON 21.03.2023

## AGRO FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

## 3388.  SHRI RAMALINGAM S.:

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

(a) the number of the agro food processing units in the State of Tamil Nadu dedicated to fruit exports;

(b) the details of common infrastructures facilities such as cold chains in food processing sector provided in Tamil Nadu during the last five years;

(c) the details of amount sanctioned, allotted, released and spent in Tamil Nadu during the said period;

(d) the details of action specifically taken  to export  fruits  specifically  Banana,  Mango, Pomegranate and Papaya particularly in the districts of Trichy, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam; and

(e) the schemes/action/policy initiated by the Government to boost fruit exports?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry of Food Processing Industries has assisted 32 food processing units in Tamil Nadu under  its  Creation/  Expansion  of  Food  Processing/  Preservation  Capacities(Unit)  Scheme.  Out  of these,  9  food  processing  units  are,  inter-alia,  engaged  in  fruits  processing.  Also,  there  are  11 packhouses with integrated facilities for fruits/vegetables recognised by Agricultural and Processed Food  Products  Export  Development  Authority  (APEDA)  and  Directorate  of  Plant  Protection Quarantine and Storage (DPPQ&S) in Tamil Nadu dedicated to fruit exports.

(b) & (c): Under the Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure scheme, 13 Cold Chain projects assisted by MoFPI in Tamil Nadu during the last five years up to 2021-22. The details of the projects including the amount sanctioned and released for these projects is given at Annex.

(d): The following measures have been taken by APEDA for fruits exports from Tamil Nadu:

- (i) APEDA-Chennai organized India-Japan Webinar on 'Exploring Tamil Nadu and its potential agriculture  &  processed  food  products'  on  07.02.2022  which,  inter-alia,  focused  on  red banana, banana value added products, mango and its value added products, pomegranates.
- (ii) APEDA- Chennai  in  association  with  Directorate  of  Horticulture,  Tamil  Nadu  organized mango buyer Seller Meet on 17.05.2022.
- (iii) APEDA in association with ICAR-NRCB (National Research Centre for Banana)- Trichy organized national level workshop on 'Export of GI and Traditional banana' at Trichy on 21.12.2022 & 22.12.2022.
- (iv) APEDA Chennai organizes various 'Hortinet' and 'Mangonet' training programmes in Tamil Nadu.

(e): The  major  steps/measures  taken/being  taken  by  Government  of  India  for  boosting  exports  of processed-food products including fruits products are given below:

- (i) The District  as  Export  Hubs  (DEH)  scheme  is  being  implemented  on  the  ODOP  (One District One Product) basis.
- (ii) Production Linked Incentives (PLI) scheme is being implemented by MoFPI for creating global food champions and boosting exports. The processed fruits & vegetables products are  one  of  the  food  segments  covered  under  PLI  scheme.  The  branding  and  marketing support is also being provided under the scheme to increase global visibility of Indian food products.
- (iii) APEDA has also undertaken several measures to increase export including fruits exports, such as:
-  Collaboration with Missions/ Embassies.
-  Organizing virtual trade fairs and Buyer-Seller meets.
-  Export promotion of GI products
-  Product promotion meetings and webinars are organized regularly.
-  Organising sensitization/ capacity building programmes

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3388 FOR ANSWER ON 21 ST  MARCH, 2023 REGARDING 'AGRO FOOD PROCESSING UNITS'

The details of Cold Chains Projects assisted in Tamil Nadu during the last 5 years up to 2021-22

| S. No.   | Project Name                                             | District              |   Approved amount of grant-in-aid (₹ Crore) |   Amount of grant released (₹ Crore) |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Marble Valley Foods and Beverages Private Limited        | Tirunilveli           |                                        8.24 |                                 8.24 |
| 2.       | ABT Industries Limited                                   | Coimbatore            |                                        6.3  |                                 6.3  |
| 3.       | Hatsun Agro Product Ltd                                  | Kanchipuram &Palacode |                                       10    |                                10    |
| 4.       | Aachi Masala Foods Pvt. Ltd.                             | Thiruvallur           |                                        8.14 |                                 8.14 |
| 5.       | Monsoon Bounty Foods Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd.             | Thiruvallur           |                                        3.42 |                                 3.42 |
| 6.       | Cocoland Agro Pvt. Ltd.                                  | Coimbatore            |                                        2.43 |                                 2.43 |
| 7.       | The Salem District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. | Salem                 |                                        1.43 |                                 0.36 |
| 8.       | Swami Chickens Pvt Ltd                                   | Dindugal              |                                        9.82 |                                 9.82 |
| 9.       | Shanthi Feeds Pvt Ltd                                    | Dindugal              |                                        9.9  |                                 9.9  |
| 10.      | Sivasakthi Milk Dairy                                    | Erode                 |                                        5.04 |                                 3.28 |
| 11.      | GRB Dairy Foods Private Limited                          | Dindigul              |                                        6.53 |                                 1.55 |
| 12.      | Gamma Tech India Private Limited                         | Tuticorin             |                                        6.26 |                                 4.06 |
| 13.      | ABC Fruits                                               | Krishnagiri           |                                       10    |                                 6.25 |
|          |                                                          | Total                 |                                       87.51 |                                73.75 |