Lok Sabha Question No. 1484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Setting up of Food Processing Plants
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1484

ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2022

## SETTING UP OF FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS

## 1484.  SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of Food Processing Industries be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering any proposal in regard to food processing plants to be set up in Nashik district of Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  does  not  set  up  any  food processing industries/projects/units/plants on its own. However, MoFPI has been incentivizing setting up/ upgradation of Food Processing Industries through Central Sector Umbrella Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME)  scheme  across  the  country (including the State of Maharashtra).  The  details  of  projects  approved  in  Nashik  district  of  Maharashtra  are  at Annexure-I.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1484 FOR ANSWER ON 26 th  JULY,2022 REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS'

## Food Processing Industries approved/completed in Nashik district of Maharashtra state under corresponding component schemes of PMKSY since inception

| Sl. No.   | Component Scheme                                                        |   No. of projects Approved |   No. of projects Completed |   Grants -in-aid Approved (Rs. Crore) |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1         | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure                 |                         13 |                          13 |                                83.55  |
| 2         | Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters Scheme                      |                          1 |                           1 |                                 8.656 |
| 3         | Creation / Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities Scheme |                          8 |                           7 |                                31.97  |
| 4         | Scheme for Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages                    |                          2 |                           2 |                                 6.07  |
| 5         | Operation Greens                                                        |                          1 |                           0 |                                13.11  |
| Total     | Total                                                                   |                         25 |                          23 |                               143.356 |

## Investment proposals approved in Nashik district of Maharashtra under PLISFPI

| District   |   No. of Food Processing Plants |   Investment (Rs. Crore) |
|------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Nashik     |                               5 |                   135.12 |

## Micro  Food  Processing  Industry  based  proposals  approved  in  Nashik  district  of Maharashtra under PMFME

| District   |   Proposals approved/loan sanctioned |   Grants -in-aid Approved (Rs.) |
|------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Nashik     |                                   21 |                        10085317 |