Lok Sabha Question No. 2630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: PMFME Scheme
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse, Rajan Baburao  Vichare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2630

ANSWERED ON 02 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## PMFME SCHEME

## 2630.  SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE: SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

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

- (a) the details of the funds received, allocated, disbursed and utilized by Maharashtra under Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM-FME) Scheme during 2020-21 and 2021- 22 along with the targets achieved;
- (b) the efforts being made by the Government to bridge this gap and redress them;
- (c) whether the National Portal for this scheme is fully functional and running and if so, the details of the number of new registrants of the scheme from the National Portal from each district of Maharashtra;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  for  the  formalisation  of  cold  storage  and  seafood processing industries under PM-FME Scheme across coastal areas of Maharashtra, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether any new survey has been done on the number of unregistered food processing units since the last one was done in 2015-16 and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Details  of  centre  share  funds  released,  funds  utilized  and  achievements  made  under  PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme for Maharashtra State is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b): In  order  to  further  speed  up  implementation  of  the  scheme  in  the  state,  Ministry  of  Food Processing Industries conducts periodic review meetings with State Authorities including State Nodal Agency and other stakeholders. Promotional activities such as Newspaper Advertisements, Hoardings, Banners, Radio Jingle, Workshops, Camps etc. are also undertaken under the scheme for its increased awareness.
- (c):  National Portal for the PMFME scheme is functional and district-wise registrants of individual micro food processing enterprises in Maharashtra State on the portal is placed at Annexure -II .
- (d): The financial, technical and business support is available under PMFME scheme for setting up/ upgradation and formalization of micro food processing enterprises including sea food based processing units in the country including Maharashtra. The details of assistance are placed at Annexure-III.
- (e) .  As  informed  by  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation,  Annual  Survey  of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) was taken up from April, 2021 after gathering experience through a short period of survey. Survey operations were delayed due to Covid-19.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2630  FOR  ANSWER  ON  02 ND   AUGUST,  2022  REGARDING  'PMFME SCHEME'.

## Centre Share funds released to and funds utilised by the State of Maharashtra under PMFME Scheme:

| Financial Year   |   Centre Share Released (Rs. in crore) |   Utilised (Rs in crore) |
|------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 2020-21          |                                  27.57 |                    21.64 |
| 2021-22          |                                  24.48 |                    17.83 |

## Achievement made under PMFME scheme in Maharashtra state so far:

- (i).  State  Nodal  Agencies  (SNAs),  State  Level  Approval  Committees  (SLACs)  and  District  Level Committees (DLCs) have been constituted.
- (ii). One District One Product (ODOP) for all the 36 Districts have been approved.
- (iii). Seed Capital amounting to Rs.26.81 crore released for 7577 Self Help Group (SHG) Members.
- (iv). Three Incubation Center has been approved with an outlay of Rs.7.27 crore.
- (v). Loan sanctioned to 1069 beneficiaries under the scheme.
- (vi) One proposal has been approved under Marketing and Branding component of the Scheme.
- (vii). For capacity building, one  State Level Technical Institute (SLTI) has been nominated. 28 Master Trainers and 57 District Level Trainers have been trained. 235 District Resource Persons (DRPs) have been appointed to provide hand holding support to beneficiaries.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2630  FOR  ANSWER  ON  02 ND   AUGUST,  2022  REGARDING  PMFME SCHEME.

District-wise registrations of individual micro food processing units in the State of Maharashtra on PMFME Portal

| District        |   No. of Registrations |
|-----------------|------------------------|
| Ahmednagar      |                   1033 |
| Akola           |                    311 |
| Amravati        |                    287 |
| Aurangabad      |                    711 |
| Beed            |                    335 |
| Bhandara        |                    209 |
| Buldhana        |                    462 |
| Chandrapur      |                    220 |
| Dhule           |                    196 |
| Gadchiroli      |                    233 |
| Gondia          |                    371 |
| Hingoli         |                    174 |
| Jalgaon         |                    497 |
| Jalna           |                    474 |
| Kolhapur        |                    426 |
| Latur           |                    386 |
| Mumbai          |                     26 |
| Mumbai Suburban |                     48 |
| Nagpur          |                    358 |
| Nanded          |                    375 |
| Nandurbar       |                     96 |
| Nashik          |                    806 |
| Osmanabad       |                    265 |
| Palghar         |                    250 |
| Parbhani        |                    355 |
| Pune            |                    906 |
| Raigad          |                    262 |
| Ratnagiri       |                    269 |
| Sangli          |                    910 |
| Satara          |                    632 |
| Sindhudurg      |                    315 |
| Solapur         |                   1024 |
| Thane           |                    361 |
| Wardha          |                    240 |
| Washim          |                    310 |
| Yavatmal        |                    464 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2630  FOR  ANSWER  ON  02 ND   AUGUST,  2022  REGARDING  PMFME SCHEME.

## The details of assistance available to Micro Food Processing Enterprises under PMFME Scheme

(i). Support to Individual / Group Category Micro Enterprises: Credit-linked capital subsidy @35% of the eligible project cost, maximum ceiling Rs.10 lakh per unit;

(ii). Support to SHGs for seed capital: Seed capital @ Rs. 40,000/- per member of SHG engaged in food processing for working capital and purchase of small tools subject to maximum of Rs. 4 lakh per SHG Federation.

(iii). Support for Common Infrastructure: Credit linked capital subsidy @35% subject to maximum of Rs.  3  crore  to  support  FPOs,  SHGs,  Cooperatives  and  any  Government  agency  for  setting  up  of common infrastructure. The common infrastructure will also be available for other units and public to utilize on hiring basis for substantial part of the capacity.

(iv). Branding and Marketing Support: Grant upto 50% for Branding and Marketing to groups of FPOs/ SHGs/ Cooperatives or an SPV of micro food processing enterprises.

(v). Capacity Building: The  scheme  envisages  training  for  Entrepreneurship  Development  Skilling (EDP+): program modified to meet the requirement of food processing industry and product specific skilling.