Lok Sabha Question No. 315 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: FPIs in Bihar
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 315 ANSWERED ON 19 TH  JULY, 2022

## NEW FPIS IN BIHAR

## 315. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has accorded approval for new Food Processing Industries (FPIs) in Bihar including district Gopalganj;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the approvals accorded during the last three years;
- (c) whether the Government has transferred the ownership of public sector unit to private sector company during the last three years;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  number  of  projects  approved  for  setting  up/expansion  of  food processing industries in the country, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b): Yes, sir.  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI) has  been  incentivizing setting  up/  expansion  of  Food  Processing  Industries  through  its  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 all the states including Bihar. The details of projects approved under these schemes in Bihar including in Gopalganj district since 2019-20 is placed at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d): No Sir, MoFPI has not transferred ownership of any public sector unit to private sector during last 3 years.
- (e): Year-wise details of the number of projects approved for setting up/expansion of food processing industries under component schemes of PMKSY is placed at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 315 FOR ANSWER ON 19 TH  JULY, 2022 REGARDING NEW FPIS IN BIHAR

## Details of projects approved   under  the Component Schemes of PMKSY in Bihar since 2019-20

|   Sl. No. | Name of Scheme                                                           | Project Name                           | District    | Date of Approval   |   Project Cost (Rs Crore) |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure                  | Shalimar Cold Storage                  | Patna       | 22.07.2019         |                     29.87 |
|         2 | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure                  | ABZ Agro Pvt Ltd                       | Kishanganj  | 24.07.2019         |                     43.34 |
|         3 | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure                  | Saran Dairy Producer Company Limited   | Gopalganj   | 28.09.2020         |                     11.66 |
|         4 | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure                  | Maniyarpur Dairy                       | Patna       | 01.10.2021         |                     25.77 |
|         5 | Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities Scheme | M/s Natraja Nutrifeed Pvt Ltd          | Khagaria    | 25.07.2019         |                     23.21 |
|         6 | Mega Food Park                                                           | Bihar Industrial Development Authority | Muzaffarpur | 07.04.2022         |                    180.57 |

## Details  of  the  Investments  approved  for  setting  up/expansion  of  Food  Processing  industries under PLISFPI in Bihar

|   S No | Organization Name                  | Target Segment               | Plant Location   | Year of approval   |   Committed Investment (Rs crore) |
|--------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|      1 | Anmol Industries Limited           | Ready to Cook / Ready to Eat | Kishanganj       | 2021-22            |                            153.93 |
|      2 | Bikaji Foods International Limited | Ready to Cook / Ready to Eat | Patna            | 2021-22            |                             53.26 |
|      3 | Bikaji Foods International Limited | Ready to Cook / Ready to Eat | Muzaffarpur      | 2021-22            |                             14.88 |
|      4 | Britannia Industries Limited       | Ready to Cook / Ready to Eat | Patna            | 2021-22            |                             85    |
|      5 | Hindustan Unilever Limited         | Ready to Cook / Ready to Eat | Patna            | 2021-22            |                             35.4  |
|      6 | Hindustan Unilever Limited         | Fruit &Vegetable             | Patna            | 2021-22            |                             34.4  |
|      7 | Hindustan Unilever Limited         | Fruit &Vegetable             | Patna            | 2021-22            |                             29.5  |
|      8 | ITC Limited                        | Ready to Cook / Ready to Eat | Bihar            | 2021-22            |                              2.25 |
|      9 | ITC Limited                        | Ready to Cook / Ready to Eat | Bihar            | 2021-22            |                             11.46 |
|     10 | Varun Beverages Ltd.               | Fruit &Vegetable             | Begusarai        | 2021-22            |                             75.9  |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 315 FOR ANSWER ON 19 TH  JULY, 2022 REGARDING NEW FPIS IN BIHAR

## Year-wise details of the number of projects approved for setting up/expansion of Food Processing Industries under component schemes of PMKSY since 2019-20

| Component Schemes                                               | Financial Year   |   No of Projects approved |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
| Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing& Preservation Capacities | 2019-20          |                       105 |
| Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing& Preservation Capacities | 2020-21          |                        52 |
| Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing& Preservation Capacities | 2021-22          |                         3 |
| Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing& Preservation Capacities | 2022-23          |                        43 |
| Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | 2019-20          |                        10 |
| Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | 2020-21          |                        29 |
| Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | 2021-22          |                         7 |
| Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters                     | 2022-23          |                         2 |
| Operation Greens                                                | 2019-20          |                         3 |
| Operation Greens                                                | 2020-21          |                         1 |
| Operation Greens                                                | 2021-22          |                         0 |
| Operation Greens                                                | 2022-23          |                         0 |
| Mega Food Parks                                                 | 2019-20          |                         2 |
| Mega Food Parks                                                 | 2020-21          |                         0 |
| Mega Food Parks                                                 | 2021-22          |                         2 |
| Mega Food Parks                                                 | 2022-23          |                         2 |
| Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | 2019-20          |                        13 |
| Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | 2020-21          |                        70 |
| Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | 2021-22          |                         5 |
| Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure         | 2022-23          |                         9 |
| Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages                       | 2019-20          |                         1 |
| Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages                       | 2020-21          |                         8 |
| Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages                       | 2021-22          |                         0 |
| Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages                       | 2022-23          |                         0 |