Lok Sabha Question No. 2232 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Seafood Processing Industry
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2232

ANSWERED ON 20.12. 2022

## SEAFOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY

## 2232. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:1067.

SHRI P. WILSON

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

- (a) whether the Government is taking steps to improve Seafood Processing Industry infrastructure in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of registered seafood processing facilities that have been developed during the last two years;
- (d) whether the Government is providing special assistance to the seafood processing industry to tide over the crisis caused by Covid-19; and
- (e) if so, the financial outlay for sea food processing enterprises across the country during the last five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing an umbrella scheme  -  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY)  since  2017-18  across  the  country. PMKSY is a comprehensive package of sub-schemes, aimed at creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet. Under the following subschemes of PMKSY, financial support in the form of grants-in-aid is provided for setting up projects including seafood processing industry:

- (i) Mega Food Parks Scheme (MFP) (discontinued w.e.f. 01.04.2021)
- (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition infrastructure (Cold Chain)
- (iii) Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing And Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC)
- (iv) Creation of Infrastructure Development for Agro Processing Cluster (APC)
- (v) Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (CBFL) (discontinued w.e.f. 01.04.2021)

The  number  of  seafood  processing  projects  approved  till  12.12.2022  under  various  schemes  of MoFPI is at Annexure.

(c): As per the latest Annual Survey of Industries released by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, number of registered seafood processing units for the years 2018-19 and 2019-20 under the category Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs and products thereof (NIC code 1020) are 593 and 654 respectively.

(d) & (e): Though MoFPI has no specific schemes to provide special assistance to seafood processing industries to tide over the crisis caused by Covid-19, MoFPI has, in case of delays in implementation of projects under PMKSY, waived off penalty for the period from 25.03.2020 to 31.05.2020 and from 15.04.2021 to 14.06.2021 on account of Covid-19. The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) with an estimated investment of Rs. 20050 crore for a period of five years from 2020-21  to  2024-25  as  a  part  of  Atma  Nirbhar  Package  during  Covid-19  pandemic.  Under  the scheme,  in  order  to  improve  the  post-harvest  infrastructure  facilities  and  to  reduce  post-harvest losses, financial assistance is provided for setting up of ice plants, cold storages, fish transportation vehicles  including  refrigerated  and  insulated  vehicles,  ice/fish  holding  boxes,  etc.  Further, upgradation of existing fishing vessels for export competency and procurement of deep sea fishing vessels, development of fishing harbours and fish landing centres and modernization of existing fishing harbours are supported under this scheme.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2232  FOR  ANSWER  ON  20.12.2022  REGARDING 'SEAFOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY'.

## Seafood processing projects approved under various schemes of MoFPI

| S.No.   | Scheme                                                             |   Number of seafood processing projects approved till 12.12.2022 |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Mega Food Parks Scheme                                             |                                                                3 |
| 2.      | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure            |                                                               47 |
| 3.      | Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing And Preservation Capacities |                                                                5 |
| 4.      | Operation Greens                                                   |                                                               17 |
| 5.      | Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages                          |                                                                2 |
|         | Total                                                              |                                                               74 |