Lok Sabha Question No. 2095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Functioning of NFTI
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Manjulata Mandal, Dhanush M Kumar, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, DNV Senthilkumar. S., C.N. Annadurai, Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2095

ANSWERED ON 20.12.2022

## FUNCTIONING OF NFTI

## 2095.  SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI  SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRIMATI  MANJULATA MANDAL:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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

- (a) the number of National Food Technology Institute (NFTI) functioning under the Ministry in the country;
- (b) the number of courses being offered in the field of food   technology and allied sectors;
- (c) whether NFTI has been able to meet the increasing demand   of manpower in the food Processing Industries;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the corrective steps taken in this regard;
- (e) Whether the Government   has assessed and reviewed the functioning of the NFTI and if so, the details of assessment   along with corrective measures taken on the shortcomings;
- (f) the details of the employment opportunities created in the food processing sector during the last three years and the current   year, State / UT- wise; and
- (g) the targets set for creation of employment opportunities in the food processing sector by the next five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a): There are 2 National Food Technology   Institutes functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) -National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship  and  Management  (NIFTEM),  Kundli,  Haryana  and  National  Institute  of  Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

- (b): The details of professional courses offered by NIFTEMs is placed at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d): Both the NIFTEMs have been playing important role in fulfilling human resource requirement of  Food  Processing  sector.  Every  year,  around  270  undergraduate  B.  Tech  students,  126  M.  Tech students  &  30  MBA  students  are  admitted  to  these  Institutes.  Apart  from  NIFTEMs,  various  other centrally funded, state run and private institutions/Universities offer courses to take care of manpower requirement in food technology and allied sector.

(e): Keeping  in  view  the  functioning  and  importance  to  the  sector,  both  the  NIFTEMs  have  been accorded  with  Institute  of  National  Importance  (INI)  status  through  NIFTEM  Act,  2021.  The  Act envisages Council to coordinate the activities of the Institutes and facilitate the sharing of experiences, idea and concerns with a view to enhance the performance of the Institutes. There is also provision for Board of Governors, Senate and other such authorities has been made in the Act for oversight on the functioning of these Institutes.

(f)  &  (g): MoFPI  uses  employment  data  published  by  Ministry  of  Statistics  &  Programme Implementation  (MoSPI)  through  Annual  Survey  of  Industries  (ASI)  for  registered  manufacturing sectors including food processing sector and no specific sectoral employment target is set by MoFPI. The State wise and year wise number of persons engaged in registered food processing factories/units since 2016-17 are placed at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2095 FOR ANSWER ON 20 TH DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING 'FUNCTIONING OF NFTI'

## List of Courses offered by National Institutes of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEMs)

## NIFTEM - KUNDLI

- i. B. Tech ( Food Technology Management)
- ii. M. Tech in Food Processing Engineering and Management (FPEM)
- iii. M. Tech in Food Technology and Management (FTM)
- iv. M. Tech in Food Safety and Quality Management (FSQM)
- v. M. Tech in Food Supply Chain Management (FSCM)
- vi. M. Tech in Food Plant Operation and Management (FPOM)
- vii. Ph. D in Food Engineering (FE)
- viii. Ph. D. in Food Science and Technology (FST)
- ix. Ph. D in Basic and Applied Science (BAS)
- x. Ph. D in Agriculture and Environment Science (AES)
- xi. Ph. D in Food Business Management & Entrepreneurship Development (FBM & ED)
- xii. Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

## NIFTEM -  Thanjavur

- i. B. Tech (Food Technology)
- ii. M. Tech (Food Technology) Food Process Engineering
- iii. M. Tech (Food Technology) Food Process Technology
- iv. M. Tech (Food Technology) Food Safety and Quality Assurance
- v. Ph. D (Food Technology) Food Process Technology
- vi. Ph. D (Food Technology) Food Process Engineering

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (f)  &  (g)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2095 FOR ANSWER ON 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING 'FUNCTIONING OF NFTI'

Number  of  Persons  engaged  in  Registered  Food  Processing  factories/Units  as  per  Annual  Survey  of Industries Data

|   S. No. | Name of the State/UT   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |
|----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | A &NIslands            | 140       | 68        | 108       |       124 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh         | 154227    | 168404    | 181016    |    184063 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1214      | 999       | 949       |      1059 |
|        4 | Assam                  | 92064     | 88415     | 93739     |    101458 |
|        5 | Bihar                  | 22564     | 24258     | 35380     |     29928 |
|        6 | Chandigarh             | 939       | 690       | 745       |      1453 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh           | 29060     | 26837     | 32919     |     35479 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli    | 295       | 336       | 290       |       321 |
|        9 | Daman &Diu             | 1987      | 1773      | 1918      |      1556 |
|       10 | Delhi                  | 15590     | 13400     | 14326     |     13287 |
|       11 | Goa                    | 7307      | 6795      | 8438      |      7372 |
|       12 | Gujarat                | 119403    | 122015    | 132589    |    127313 |
|       13 | Harayana               | 66304     | 68637     | 90131     |     80589 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh       | 16839     | 12949     | 11630     |     12213 |
|       15 | Jammu and Kashmir      | 7543      | 9910      | 8822      |      8350 |
|       16 | Jharkhand              | 6820      | 7670      | 7511      |      8103 |
|       17 | Karnataka              | 139954    | 137854    | 144604    |    153510 |
|       18 | Kerala                 | 97541     | 101668    | 107494    |     99251 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh         | 58317     | 57688     | 62654     |     69942 |
|       20 | Maharasthra            | 223624    | 238477    | 240389    |    252555 |
|       21 | Manipur                | 634       | 727       | 706       |       678 |
|       22 | Meghalaya              | 807       | 1242      | 1133      |       926 |
|       23 | Mizoram                | NA        | NA        | NA        |       231 |
|       24 | Nagaland               | 286       | 274       | 308       |       264 |
|       25 | Odisha                 | 31714     | 34073     | 38731     |     36505 |
|       26 | Puducherry             | 3445      | 3510      | 3208      |      3196 |
|       27 | Punjab                 | 128578    | 149319    | 141275    |    124344 |
|       28 | Rajasthan              | 40555     | 42838     | 43632     |     45989 |
|       29 | Sikkim                 | 1963      | 2008      | 2114      |      2141 |
|       30 | Tamil Nadu             | 216886    | 226675    | 197080    |    206923 |
|       31 | Telangana              | 62919     | 68669     | 77176     |     88996 |
|       32 | Tripura                | 2524      | 2509      | 2400      |      2737 |
|       33 | Uttar Pradesh          | 175589    | 171058    | 178696    |    183572 |
|       34 | Uttarakhand            | 27794     | 31822     | 29522     |     28391 |
|       35 | West Bengal            | 98390     | 109862    | 113612    |    119206 |