Lok Sabha Question No. 3818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Setting up of Small Food Processing  Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Jugal Kishore Sharma, Geeta Kora, Dileshwar Kamait

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3818

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2021

## SETTING UP OF SMALL FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

## †3818. SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA: SHRIMATI GEETA KORA: SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to encourage the setting up of small food processing units at farm level keeping in view of the abundance of agricultural produce in certain geographical area;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has identified such cereals,  oilseeds,  vegetables,  fruits  etc. which may be processed and packed in small scale food processing units particularly in Supaul Bihar, West Singhbhum Parliamentary Constituencies in Jharkhand and Jammu & Kashmir Parliamentary Constituencies respectively; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Central Sector umbrella scheme- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) since 2016-17 for overall growth and development of food processing sector including cereals, oilseeds, vegetables & fruits  based  processing  industries.  Under  its  component  schemes,  Ministry  provides  credit linked financial assistance (capital subsidy) in the form of grants-in-aid to entrepreneurs for setting  up  of  food  processing  /  preservation  industries  with  farm  level  infrastructure  like primary processing facilities, collection centers etc. So far, a total of 285 Food Processing Units have  been  approved  for  assistance  under  component  scheme  Creation  /Expansion  of  Food Processing & Preservation Capacities. Also, as on 31.10.2021, a total of 122 Primary Processing Centres with processing capacity of 8500 MT, Dry Warehouse capacity of 116450 MT, Cold Storage capacity of 56520 MT and deep freezer capacity of 1750 MT have been approved for assistance in 41 Mega Food Parks.
- (c)  &  (d):  As  part  of  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  initiative,  MoFPI  is  implementing  centrally sponsored "PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme" for providing financial, technical and business support for upgradation/ setting up of two lakh micro food processing units based on One District One Product (ODOP) approach in a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs. 10,000 crores. Makhana (Foxnut) for Supaul District of Bihar and Custard apple for  West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand has been identified  as  ODOP  .  District-wise  ODOPs  identified  in  Jammu  &  Kashmir  is  placed  at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) AND (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3818  FOR  ANSWER  ON  21 ST   DECEMBER,  2021 REGARDING SETTING UP OF SMALL FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

## One District One Product finalized for different   districts of Jammu & Kashmir

|   Sl. No. | District   | ODOP                               |
|-----------|------------|------------------------------------|
|         1 | Anantnag   | Fish based products                |
|         2 | Bandipora  | Processed poultry/ mutton products |
|         3 | Baramulla  | Apple                              |
|         4 | Budgam     | Milk based products                |
|         5 | Doda       | Olive Products                     |
|         6 | Ganderbal  | Fish based products                |
|         7 | Jammu      | Milk based products                |
|         8 | Kathua     | Spices                             |
|         9 | Kishtwar   | Walnut products                    |
|        10 | Kupwara    | Walnut products                    |
|        11 | Kulgam     | Spices and Pickle                  |
|        12 | Poonch     | Millet based products              |
|        13 | Pulwama    | Milk based products                |
|        14 | Rajouri    | Milk based products                |
|        15 | Ramban     | Honey                              |
|        16 | Reasi      | Spices                             |
|        17 | Samba      | Mushroom Products                  |
|        18 | Shopian    | Apple                              |
|        19 | Srinagar   | Bakery Products                    |
|        20 | Udhampur   | Pickles                            |