Lok Sabha Question No. 3759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: FPIs in Tribal Areas
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Durga Das Uikey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3759

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2021

## FPIs IN TRIBAL AREAS

## †3759. SHRI DURGA DAS (D.D.) UIKEY

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

- (a) whether there is any plan of the Government to set up food processing industry(FPIs) in tribal areas;
- (b) whether there is plenty of forest produce in tribal areas on which 90 percent of tribals are dependent for their livelihood;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to increase the value of forest products by bringing and processing primary  forest  produce  and  food  stuff  in  Baitul  and  rest  of  Madhya Pradesh to the Government warehouses and food processing centres;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  does  not  set  up  food  processing industries on its own. However, it incentivizes setting up of these Industries through Grants to entrepreneurs  under  component  schemes  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana (PMKSY). The food processing projects in Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) areas and those from Scheduled Tribe (ST) entrepreneurs are provided several concessions including higher rate of Grants under PMKSY. A total of 25 such projects have been approved from ST entrepreneurs under Tribal sub plan(TSP) head in PMKSY. MoFPI also provides Grants for setting up/ upgradation of micro food processing units across the country, including in tribal areas,  under  centrally  sponsored  PM  Formalization  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme.

- (b): Yes, Sir.

(c) & (d): MoFPI provides financial, technical and business support for upgradation/ setting up of micro food processing units based on One District One Product (ODOP) approach across the country  under  PMFME  scheme.  List  of  Districts  with  ODOP  identified  as  'Minor  Forest Produce' is placed at Annexure. Mango is identified as ODOP for Betul district in Madhya Pradesh. MoFPI has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with  Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED)  for identification and mobilization of ST beneficiaries, training and marketing & branding support and is supporting the establishment of Mini TRIFOOD Units for primary and secondary processing of minor forest produce (MFP).

- (e): Not applicable.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3759  FOR  ANSWER  ON  21 ST   DECEMBER,  2021 REGARDING FPIs IN TRIBAL AREAS

## LIST OF DISTRICTS WITH MINOR FOREST PRODUCE (MFP) AS ONE DISTRICT ONE  PRODUCT  (ODOP)  UNDER  PM  FORMALIZATION  OF  MICRO  FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES (PMFME)

|   Sl. No. | District            | State        | ODOP                                                   |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Bijapur             | Chhattisgarh | Minor Forest Produce (Mahua etc.)                      |
|         2 | Gariyaband          | Chhattisgarh | Minor Forest Produce (Chiraunjee etc.)                 |
|         3 | Jagdalpur (Bastar)  | Chhattisgarh | Minor Forest Produce (Tamarind)                        |
|         4 | Korba               | Chhattisgarh | Minor Forest Produce (Mahua etc.)                      |
|         5 | Narayanpur          | Chhattisgarh | Minor Forest Produce (Harra etc.)                      |
|         6 | Khunti              | Jharkhand    | Minor Forest Produce (Tamarind)                        |
|         7 | Latehar             | Jharkhand    | Minor Forest Produce (Mahua)                           |
|         8 | SaraiKela-Kharsawan | Jharkhand    | Minor Forest Produce (Chironjee)                       |
|         9 | Gadchiroli          | Maharashtra  | Minor Forest Produce (Mahua/ Honey/ Hirda/ Behda etc.) |
|        10 | Rajsamand           | Rajasthan    | Minor Forest Produce (Amla. Jamun, Custard Apple etc.) |
|        11 | Udaipur             | Rajasthan    | Minor Forest Produce (Amla. Jamun, Custard Apple etc.) |