Lok Sabha Question No. 305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Wastage of Food Products
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 305

ANSWERED ON 20 TH  JULY, 2021

## WASTAGE OF FOOD PRODUCTS

## †305.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

- (a) whether it is true that according to an estimate about Rs.92,600 crore of food products are wasted every year during and after harvesting of major crops and similarly the loss of fruits and vegetables is about Rs.40,800 crores;
- (b) is  so,  the  details  of  budget  allocated  and  amount  spent  by  the  Government  to  develop facilities  for  pre-conditioning,  pre-cooling,  ripening,  packing  and  labeling  of  fruits  and vegetables  and  cold  chains  for  storage  of  perishable  fruits  and  vegetables  and  faster transportation systems; and
- (c) the details in this regard State-wise including Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As per  study  'Assessment  of  Quantitative  Harvest  and  Post-  Harvest  Losses  of  Major Crops and Commodities in India' carried out by Central Institute of Post-harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiana in 2015 for the crop year 2012-13, the estimated annual value of harvest and post-harvest losses of major agricultural produces at national level was Rs 92,651 Crores. The study was based on production data of 2012-13 and wholesale prices of 2014. The estimated loss for fruits in the study was Rs. 16644 crores and losses for vegetable was estimated at Rs. 14842 crores.
- (b) & (c): Under component schemes of  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY), Ministry of Food Processing Industries provides credit linked financial assistance (capital subsidy) in  the  form  of  grants-in-aid  to entrepreneurs  for  setting  up  of  food  processing  /  preservation industries including Cold Chains with associated infrastructure like primary processing facilities, collection centers, pre-conditioning, pre-cooling, ripening, packing etc.  The component schemes of  PMKSY  are  demand  driven  and  therefore,  state  wise  budget  is  not  allocated  under  these schemes. Year  wise   Budgetary  Allocation  and  expenditure  made  under  relevant  component schemes of PMKSY is placed at Annexure .

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ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) AND (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 305 ANSWER ON 20 TH JULY, 2021 ON WASTAGE OF FOOD PRODUCTS.

## Year wise Budgetary Estimate (BE), Revised Estimate (RE) & Actual expenditure (AE) for component schemes of PMKSY

|       |                                                                     | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21    | 2020-21   |
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| Sl No | Component Scheme                                                    | BE        | RE        | AE        | BE        | RE        | AE        | BE        | RE        | AE        | BE        | RE        | AE        | BE        | RE         | AE        |
| 1     | Mega Food Parks                                                     | 222.30    | 300.15    | 300.08    | 300.00    | 298.56    | 296.72    | 390.00    | 182.86    | 181.47    | 200.00    | 140.00    | 106.73    | 100.00    | 61.85      | 61.85     |
| 2     | Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters                         | 0.01      | 0.01      | 0         | 35.00     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 20.00     | 30.00     | 22.65     | 48.75     | 50.14     | 43.83     | 65.00     | 56.6948.46 |           |
| 3     | Integrated Cold Chain a nd Value Addition Infras tructure           | 158.23    | 185.21    | 184.88    | 180.00    | 198.68    | 196.15    | 400.00    | 271.59    | 244.74    | 290.00    | 326.16    | 271.12    | 349.71    | 252.58     | 207.40    |
| 4     | Creation/Expansion of F ood Processing and Pres ervation Capacities | 112.16    | 87.25     | 86.31     | 95.00     | 21.18     | 11.31     | 395.00    | 90.00     | 74.85     | 160.00    | 202.52    | 171.78    | 190.00    | 219.30     | 202.8     |
| 5     | Creation of Backward a nd Forward Linkages                          | 0.01      | 0.01      | 0         | 20.00     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 20.00     | 18.80     | 11.50     | 40.00     | 50.46     | 42.92     | 100.00    | 56.60      | 54.41     |
| 6     | Operation Greens                                                    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 200.00    | 5.50      | 200.00    | 30.03     | 2.85      | 127.50    | 38.20      | 38.20     |