Lok Sabha Question No. 295 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Implementation of PMFME Scheme
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *295

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  MARCH, 2023

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PMFME SCHEME

## *295.  SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA): SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Food Processing Sector is a rising segment/sector in the country and has created history in agriculture and processed food exports by exporting products worth US$25.6 billion in Financial Year 2022 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is successfully implementing Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme in the country;
- (c) If so, the details thereof along with the achievements made since its inception;
- (d) the number of individual beneficiaries, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs) and producer cooperatives that have been benefited under PMFME Scheme since its launch, State-wise;
- (e) the percentage of beneficiaries in the rural and urban areas out of those who have availed the Scheme; and
- (f) the number of skill training workshops/sessions which have been conducted under the Scheme till date?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI PASHUPATI KUMAR PARAS)

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  *295  ANSWERED  ON  21.03.2023  REGARDING  'IMPLEMENTATION  OF PMFME SCHEME'

(a).  As  per  the  Directorate  General  of  Commercial  Intelligence  and  Statistics  (DGCIS),  the  total  agriexports  for  2021-22  was USD 46.1  Billion  out  of  which  USD  10.4  Billion  was  of  processed  food products.

(b) to (e). Yes, Sir. Till date, 25,774 loans have been sanctioned under credit linked subsidy component of PMFME Scheme to individual beneficiaries, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs)  and  producer  cooperatives.  In  addition,  seed  capital  has  been  released  for  92,108  rural  SHG members (81.82%) and 20,462 urban SHG members (18.17%). The State-wise details are at Annexure .

(f). Under the Capacity Building component of PMFME Scheme, 25 training workshops/sessions have been conducted for 486 Master Trainers, 76 sessions for 983 District Level Trainers, 54 sessions for 1286 District Resource Persons and 1085 sessions for 27,949 beneficiaries have been conducted till date.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *295 FOR ANSWER ON 21.03.2023 REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF PMFME SCHEME'

State-wise  details  of  loans  sanctioned  under  credit  linked  subsidy  /  seed  capital  component  of PMFME Scheme to  individual  beneficiaries,  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  (FPOs),  Self  Help Groups (SHGs) and producer cooperatives

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                              | Credit Linked Subsidy   | Credit Linked Subsidy   | Credit Linked Subsidy   | Credit Linked Subsidy   | Seed Capital   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                              | Individual Enterprises  | FPOs                    | SHGs                    | Producer Cooperatives   | SHG members    |
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar Islands           | 11                      | -                       | -                       | -                       | 56             |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                        | 1462                    | -                       | 1                       | 1                       | 12058          |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 19                      | -                       | 1                       | -                       | 1498           |
| 4         | Assam                                 | 563                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 8544           |
| 5         | Bihar                                 | 2146                    | -                       | 56                      | -                       | 4155           |
| 6         | Chandigarh                            | 5                       | -                       | -                       | -                       | 0              |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                          | 202                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 6572           |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman And Diu | 2                       | -                       | -                       | -                       | 22             |
| 9         | Delhi                                 | 94                      | -                       | -                       | -                       | 0              |
| 10        | Goa                                   | 40                      | -                       | -                       | 1                       | 395            |
| 11        | Gujarat                               | 98                      | -                       | -                       | 1                       | 1584           |
| 12        | Haryana                               | 379                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 83             |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                      | 750                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 1170           |
| 14        | Jammu And Kashmir                     | 209                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 189            |
| 15        | Jharkhand                             | 134                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 515            |
| 16        | Karnataka                             | 1881                    | 5                       | 3                       | 1                       | 6931           |
| 17        | Kerala                                | 565                     | -                       | 2                       | -                       | 3196           |
| 18        | Ladakh                                | 20                      | -                       | 1                       | -                       | 0              |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh                        | 1423                    | 1                       | 2                       | 1                       | 5977           |
| 20        | Maharashtra                           | 5675                    | 1                       | 24                      | -                       | 20494          |
| 21        | Manipur                               | 245                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 82             |
| 22        | Meghalaya                             | 29                      | -                       | -                       | -                       | 626            |
| 23        | Mizoram                               | 4                       | -                       | -                       | -                       | 1137           |
| 24        | Nagaland                              | 24                      | -                       | -                       | -                       | 1399           |
| 25        | Odisha                                | 630                     | 3                       | 94                      | -                       | 15342          |
| 26        | Puducherry                            | 47                      | -                       | -                       | -                       | 429            |
| 27        | Punjab                                | 924                     | 1                       | 1                       | 2                       | 512            |
| 28        | Rajasthan                             | 270                     | -                       | 3                       | -                       | 3078           |
| 29        | Sikkim                                | 28                      | -                       | 3                       | -                       | 612            |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu                            | 3430                    | 4                       | -                       | -                       | 2698           |
| 31        | Telangana                             | 1884                    | 1                       | -                       | -                       | 9034           |
| 32        | Tripura                               | 46                      | -                       | -                       | -                       | 1251           |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh                         | 2114                    | 1                       | -                       | 1                       | 2361           |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                           | 205                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 570            |
|           | Total                                 | 25,558                  | 17                      | 191                     | 8                       | 112570         |