Lok Sabha Question No. 3361 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Employment under FPIs
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3361

ANSWERED ON 21.03.2023

## EMPLOYMENT UNDER FPIs

## 3361.  SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

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

- (a) the number of workers engaged and employment created in the Food Processing Industries (FPIs) during the last two years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  measures  to  increase  the  employment  generation capacity by promoting both domestic and foreign investment in food processing sector; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : The state wise and year wise number of persons engaged in registered food processing sector since 2016-17 as per latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) data are placed at Annexure .
- (b) & (c): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing investment in the sector through its Central Sector Umbrella Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana, Production  Linked  Incentive  Scheme  for  Food  Processing  Industry  and  Centrally  sponsored  PM Formalization  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises  scheme.      Further,  Government  has  taken  a number of policy initiatives to attract investment in the sector to generate  employment like permitting 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) through automatic route in manufacturing of food products and  100%  FDI  under  Government  approval  route  for  trading,  including  through  e-commerce,  in respect of food products produced and/or manufactured in India, creation of a special fund of ₹ 2000 crores in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to provide affordable credit to food processing industries, classification of food & agro-based processing units and cold chain infrastructure as agricultural activity for Priority Sector Lending (PSL), lower Goods & Services Tax (GST) rates for majority of food products, etc.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3361 FOR ANSWER ON 21 ST  MARCH, 2023 REGARDING 'EMPLOYMENT UNDER FPIs'

Number of Persons engaged in Registered Food Processing sector as per Annual

## Survey of Industries Data

|   S. No. | Name of the State/UT   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |
|----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | A &NIslands            | 140       | 68        | 108       |       124 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh         | 154227    | 168404    | 181016    |    184063 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1214      | 999       | 949       |      1059 |
|        4 | Assam                  | 92064     | 88415     | 93739     |    101458 |
|        5 | Bihar                  | 22564     | 24258     | 35380     |     29928 |
|        6 | Chandigarh             | 939       | 690       | 745       |      1453 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh           | 29060     | 26837     | 32919     |     35479 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli    | 295       | 336       | 290       |       321 |
|        9 | Daman &Diu             | 1987      | 1773      | 1918      |      1556 |
|       10 | Delhi                  | 15590     | 13400     | 14326     |     13287 |
|       11 | Goa                    | 7307      | 6795      | 8438      |      7372 |
|       12 | Gujarat                | 119403    | 122015    | 132589    |    127313 |
|       13 | Harayana               | 66304     | 68637     | 90131     |     80589 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh       | 16839     | 12949     | 11630     |     12213 |
|       15 | Jammu and Kashmir      | 7543      | 9910      | 8822      |      8350 |
|       16 | Jharkhand              | 6820      | 7670      | 7511      |      8103 |
|       17 | Karnataka              | 139954    | 137854    | 144604    |    153510 |
|       18 | Kerala                 | 97541     | 101668    | 107494    |     99251 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh         | 58317     | 57688     | 62654     |     69942 |
|       20 | Maharasthra            | 223624    | 238477    | 240389    |    252555 |
|       21 | Manipur                | 634       | 727       | 706       |       678 |
|       22 | Meghalaya              | 807       | 1242      | 1133      |       926 |
|       23 | Mizoram                | NA        | NA        | NA        |       231 |
|       24 | Nagaland               | 286       | 274       | 308       |       264 |
|       25 | Odisha                 | 31714     | 34073     | 38731     |     36505 |
|       26 | Puducherry             | 3445      | 3510      | 3208      |      3196 |
|       27 | Punjab                 | 128578    | 149319    | 141275    |    124344 |
|       28 | Rajasthan              | 40555     | 42838     | 43632     |     45989 |
|       29 | Sikkim                 | 1963      | 2008      | 2114      |      2141 |
|       30 | Tamil Nadu             | 216886    | 226675    | 197080    |    206923 |
|       31 | Telangana              | 62919     | 68669     | 77176     |     88996 |
|       32 | Tripura                | 2524      | 2509      | 2400      |      2737 |
|       33 | Uttar Pradesh          | 175589    | 171058    | 178696    |    183572 |
|       34 | Uttarakhand            | 27794     | 31822     | 29522     |     28391 |
|       35 | West Bengal            | 98390     | 109862    | 113612    |    119206 |