Lok Sabha Question No. 129 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Inadequate Food Processing Facilities
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *129

ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2022

## INADEQUATE FOOD PROCESSING FACILITIES

## *129.  SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that though India is the world's second largest producer of fruits  and  vegetables,  a  sizeable  part  of  the  same  goes  waste  in  the  absence  of  adequate processing facilities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the corrective steps taken/being taken by the Government to achieve the aim of raising the processing level to 25 percent by 2025; and
- (c) the details of the schemes rolled out for food processing along with the funds allocated for the same and the progress made therein especially in Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

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

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

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.*129 FOR ANSWER  ON  26 TH JULY,2022  ON  'INADEQUAE  FOOD PPROCESSING FACILITIES'

(a)  to  (c):    Yes,  Sir.  India  is  the  second  largest  producer  of  fruits  &  vegetables  in  the  world  and  the estimated annual harvest and post-harvest losses in these sub-sector varies from 4.58% to 15.88%. With  a  view  to  raise  the  processing  level,  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  is implementing a central sector umbrella scheme known as 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)' since 2016. Apart from PMKSY, as a part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, the Ministry is also implementing a centrally sponsored Prime Ministers' Formalization of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme since 2020 and a central sector Product Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme since 2021. Under PMKSY, 1028 projects have been sanctioned across the  country,  out  of  which  630 projects have been completed. In Tamil Nadu, a total 81 number of projects have been sanctioned and 48 projects have been completed under various component schemes of PMKSY. Under PMFME scheme, out of 4,869 loan applications sanctioned in the country, 445 loan application has been sanctioned for Tamil Nadu. Under PLI Scheme, out of 56 applicants with proposed investment  to  the  tune  of  Rs  7721.7  Crore  approved  in  the  country,  10  applicants  with  proposed

investment to the tune of Rs 676.9 Crore has been approved for Tamil Nadu.

The  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  under  various  schemes  in  2021-22  is  given  at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *129 FOR ANSWER ON 26TH JULY, 2022 REGARDING 'INADEQUATE FOOD PROCESSING FACILITIES'.

## The fund allocated under PM Kisan Sampada Yojana (PM KSY) in FY 2021-22

(Rs. in Crore)

|   S.No. | Name of the Scheme                                                            |   Budget Estimates |   Revised Estimates |   Actual Expenditure |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Scheme for Mega Food Parks                                                    |               47.6 |               54.37 |                52.59 |
|       2 | Scheme of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters                         |               37.5 |               53.9  |                49.08 |
|       3 | Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure            |              227.6 |              263    |               225.31 |
|       4 | Scheme for Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities |              162   |              242.5  |               238.08 |
|       5 | Scheme for Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages                          |               51.7 |               40.79 |                32.98 |
|       6 | Scheme of Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure                    |               45.2 |               46.7  |                34.25 |
|       7 | Scheme for Operation Greens                                                   |               73.4 |               74.5  |                68.15 |

## The fund allocated under PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) in FY 2021-22

(Rs. in Crore)

|   S.No. | Name of the Scheme                                    |   Budget Estimates |   Revised Estimates |   Actual Expenditure |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises |                500 |                 399 |               326.46 |

## The fund allocated under Production linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industries (PLIS) in FY 2021-22

(Rs. in Crore)

|   S.No. | Name of the Scheme                 |   Budget Estimates |   Revised Estimates |   Actual Expenditure |
|---------|------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Production Linked Incentive Scheme |                 10 |                  10 |                 9.27 |