Lok Sabha Question No. 3120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Food Parks in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3120

ANSWERED ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2022

## FOOD PARKS IN TAMIL NADU

## 3120.  SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.:

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

- (a) the amount of funds allocated, disbursed and utilised for setting up food parks in the State of Tamil Nadu; and
- (b) whether any steps have been taken by the Government for setting up food parks in Pollachi Constituency and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  has  been  implementing  Mega  Food  Park Scheme  (MFPS),  a  component  scheme  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana (PMKSY), to create modern infrastructure for the food processing sector along the value chain from farm to market. PMKSY is a central sector scheme and there is no state wise allocation of fund. Ministry does not set up Mega Food Parks on its own.The scheme is demand driven and proposals are invited through Expression of Interest. Under the scheme, Ministry had approved one Mega Food Park project at  Tirunelveli  District  of  Tamil  Nadu.  The  status  of  the  Park including Grant in Aid approved and released are at Annexure I .

This scheme has been discontinued by the Government with effect from 01.04.2021 with provision for committed liabilities for ongoing projects and there is no proposal under process for approval of Mega Food Park in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Ministry  is  also  implementing  the  Scheme  for  Creation  of  Infrastructure  for  Agro Processing Clusters (APC) (similar to mini food park) which is also a component scheme under PMKSY for development of modern infrastructure to encourage entrepreneurs to set up food processing units based on cluster approach. Also,this scheme is demand driven and proposals are invited through Expression of Interest (EOI) and interested entrepreneurs may participate in the EOIs invited by the

Ministry. So far Ministry has approved 11 APC in the state of Tamil Nadu. The details of these APCs including Grant in Aid approved and released are at Annexure II .

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3120 ANSWER ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2022 REGARDING 'FOOD PARKS IN TAMIL NADU'.

## Details of Mega Food Park in Tamil Nadu

(INR in Cr.)

|   Sr. No. | SPV/ IA Name                                               | Date of Approval   |   Project Cost |   Amount of grant approved | Amount of grant released   | Status               |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board, Tirunelveli | 23.06.2021         |         77.024 |                      23.63 | Nil                        | Under Implementation |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3120 ANSWER ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2022 REGARDING 'FOOD PARKS IN TAMIL NADU'.

## Details of Agro Processing Clusters in Tamil Nadu

|   S. No. | Name of the Project Execution Agency (PEA)   | District       | Date of approval   |   Project cost (In Cr.) |   Grant Approved (in Cr.) |   Total Grant released (in Cr.) |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|        1 | M/s JFK International                        | Coimbatore     | 01.08.2019         |                   16.71 |                      4.19 |                            1.35 |
|        2 | M/s P Duraisamy Maharaja Rice Mills Pvt Ltd  | Tiruppur       | 03.10.2019         |                   26.83 |                      8.77 |                            2.8  |
|        3 | M/sTiruvannamalai Market Committee           | Tiruvannamalai | 29.04.2020         |                   25.51 |                      5.75 |                            0    |
|        4 | M/s Salem Market Committee                   | Salem          | 29.04.2020         |                   25.25 |                      5.98 |                            0    |
|        5 | M/s Theni Market Committee                   | Theni          | 29.04.2020         |                   26.31 |                      5.99 |                            0    |
|        6 | M/s Dharmapuri Market Committee              | Krishnagiri    | 29.04.2020         |                   26.83 |                      5.89 |                            0    |
|        7 | M/s Madurai Market Committee                 | Madurai        | 29.04.2020         |                   32.07 |                      5.79 |                            0    |
|        8 | M/s Dindigul Market Committee                | Dindigul       | 29.04.2020         |                   29.02 |                      6.74 |                            0    |
|        9 | M/s Cuddalore Market Committee               | Cuddalore      | 29.04.2020         |                   25    |                      5.98 |                            0    |
|       10 | M/s Delta Foods                              | Pudukkottai,   | 08.06.2020         |                   24.31 |                      7.47 |                            0    |
|       11 | M/s Vamsi RS Industrial Zone                 | Erode          | 17.11.2021         |                   33.17 |                      9.14 |                            0    |

(INR in Cr.)