Lok Sabha Question No. 269 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Food Parks Chains under PMKSY
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Arun Sao, Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 269 ANSWERED ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2021

## FOOD PARKS CHAINS UNDER PMKSY

## 269.   SHRI ARUN SAO: SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

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

- (a) the details of the mega and mini food parks, cold storage chains infrastructure and food testing  laboratories  set  up  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY), State-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (b) the details of the financial allocation made to improve the food processing infrastructure under the said scheme, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has made any assessment regarding the number of farmers benefitted/being benefitted from the said scheme;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of the employment opportunities generated through this scheme especially in rural areas?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): State-wise details of Mega Food Parks, Agro-Processing Clusters (Mini Food Parks), Integrated  Cold  Chain  projects  and  Food  testing  laboratories  assisted  under  corresponding component schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY), since the inception of these schemes, are placed at Annexure-I.
- (b): Being Central Sector  and demand driven scheme, no state wise allocation is made under PMKSY. The total financial allocation made under PMKSY since 201617 is placed at Annexure-II .
- (c)  to  (e):  Ministry  has  conducted  evaluation  study  of  the  relevant  component  schemes  of PMKSY. The evaluation study of Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure Scheme under PMKSY, conducted by M/s NABARD Consultancy Limited (NABCONS) in Year 2020, has estimated that captive projects under the scheme have resulted in increase in farm-gate prices by 12.38 % and each project is estimated to benefit more than 9500 farmers. The estimation of farmers benefitted and employment opportunity generated through projects completed under the component schemes is placed at Annexure-III .

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 269 FOR ANSWER ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2021 REGARDING FOOD PARKS CHAINS UNDER PMKSY.

| STATE/UT                  | Mega Food Parks   | Mega Food Parks   | Integrated Cold Chain projects   | Integrated Cold Chain projects   | Agro-Processing Clusters   | Agro-Processing Clusters   | Food Testing Laboratories   | Food Testing Laboratories   |
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| STATE/UT                  | Sanctio ned       | Comple ted        | Sanctio ned                      | Comple ted                       | Sanctio ned                | Completed                  | Sanctio ned                 | Comple ted                  |
| ANDHRA PRADESH            | 3                 | 2                 | 28                               | 9                                | 2                          | 0                          | 4                           | 1                           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 1                 | 0                 | 1                                | 1                                | 1                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| ASSAM                     | 1                 | 1                 | 2                                | 2                                | 6                          | 0                          | 6                           | 3                           |
| BIHAR                     | 2                 | 0                 | 7                                | 3                                | 1                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| CHHATTISGARH              | 1                 | 1                 | 2                                | 2                                | 2                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| GOA                       | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| GUJARAT                   | 2                 | 1                 | 28                               | 19                               | 5                          | 1                          | 17                          | 12                          |
| HARYANA                   | 2                 | 0                 | 20                               | 11                               | 2                          | 0                          | 15                          | 13                          |
| HIMACHAL                  | 1                 | 1                 | 16                               | 11                               | 1                          | 0                          | 3                           | 1                           |
| PRADESH                   |                   |                   |                                  |                                  |                            |                            |                             |                             |
| JHARKHAND                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                          | 0                          | 1                           | 1                           |
| KARNATAKA                 | 2                 | 1                 | 16                               | 12                               | 4                          | 0                          | 9                           | 6                           |
| KERALA                    | 2                 | 1                 | 6                                | 3                                | 2                          | 0                          | 7                           | 3                           |
| MADHYA PRADESH            | 2                 | 2                 | 12                               | 6                                | 4                          | 0                          | 8                           | 5                           |
| MAHARASHTRA               | 3                 | 2                 | 62                               | 56                               | 12                         | 3                          | 26                          | 20                          |
| MANIPUR                   | 1                 | 0                 | 1                                | 1                                | 0                          | 0                          | 2                           | 1                           |
| MEGHALAYA                 | 1                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 1                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| MIZORAM                   | 1                 | 1                 | 2                                | 2                                | 0                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| NAGALAND                  | 1                 | 0                 | 3                                | 1                                | 0                          | 0                          | 1                           | 1                           |
| ODISHA                    | 2                 | 1                 | 4                                | 3                                | 0                          | 0                          | 4                           | 2                           |
| PUNJAB                    | 3                 | 2                 | 23                               | 18                               | 3                          | 0                          | 9                           | 4                           |
| RAJASTHAN                 | 2                 | 1                 | 14                               | 11                               | 3                          | 0                          | 1                           | 1                           |
| SIKKIM                    | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                          | 0                          | 2                           | 1                           |
| TAMILNADU                 | 1                 | 0                 | 16                               | 11                               | 11                         | 0                          | 20                          | 12                          |
| TELANGANA                 | 2                 | 1                 | 11                               | 7                                | 1                          | 0                          | 4                           | 3                           |
| TRIPURA                   | 1                 | 1                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                          | 0                          | 1                           | 1                           |
| UTTAR PRADESH             | 0                 | 0                 | 25                               | 17                               | 4                          | 2                          | 9                           | 8                           |
| UTTARAKHAND               | 2                 | 2                 | 29                               | 24                               | 1                          | 0                          | 5                           | 2                           |
| WEST BENGAL               | 1                 | 1                 | 13                               | 9                                | 0                          | 0                          | 10                          | 7                           |
| ANDAMAN& NICOBAR          | 0                 | 0                 | 2                                | 1                                | 0                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| CHANDIGARH                | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| D&N HAVELI and DAMAN &DIU | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 1                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| DELHI                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                          | 0                          | 8                           | 8                           |
| JAMMU& KASHMIR            | 1                 | 0                 | 7                                | 6                                | 1                          | 1                          | 3                           | 1                           |
| LADAKH                    | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| LAKSHADWEEP               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| PUDDUCHERY                | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                | 0                                | 0                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 269 FOR ANSWER ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2021 REGARDING FOOD PARKS CHAINS UNDER PMKSY.

FINANCIAL ALLOCATION UNDER PMKSY OVER THE YEARS

(Rs. in Cr)

|   Financial Year | Budgetary Estimate (BE)   | Revised Estimate (RE)   |
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|           600    | 688.56                    | 2016-17                 |
|           725    | 633.84                    | 2017-18                 |
|          1313.08 | 870.33                    | 2018-19                 |
|          1101    | 889.43                    | 2019-20                 |
|          1081.41 | 750.00                    | 2020-21                 |
|           700    | -                         | 2021-22                 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  269  FOR  ANSWER  ON  30 TH   NOVEMBER,  2021 REGARDING FOOD PARKS CHAINS UNDER PMKSY.

Estimated farmers benefitted and the estimated employment (direct and indirect) opportunities generated through projects completed under referred component schemes of PMKSY:

|   Sr. No. | Name of the Scheme                                          | Estimated Number of farmers benefitted   | Estimated Number of employment (Direct and Indirect) generated   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Mega Food Park scheme                                       | 58,779                                   | 6,66,469                                                         |
|         2 | Infrastructure for Agro- Processing Clusters scheme         | 19,650                                   | 6,785                                                            |
|         3 | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure     | 23,68,896                                | 1,48,800                                                         |
|         4 | scheme and Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure | -                                        | 4,292                                                            |