Lok Sabha Question No. 981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Value Addition of Food Grains
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 981 ANSWERED ON. 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## VALUE ADDITION OF FOOD GRAINS

## †981. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

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

- (a) the percentage of food grains produced in the country that are processed for value addition;
- (b) whether the percentage of the said food grains has increased during the last three years; and
- (c) if so, the roadmap for increasing this percentage over the next five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to  (c).  The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  implement  schemes  to  augment  post  harvest infrastructure  and  processing  facilities  so  as  to  reduce  post-harvest  losses  and  augment  processing  levels  of various  agriculture  produce.  As  per  a  study  commissioned  by  the  Ministry,  the  level  of  processing  of  food grains has increased over the years, as indicated below:

| Commodity   | Level of Processing (in %)   | Level of Processing (in %)   | Level of Processing (in %)   |
|-------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Foodgrains  | 2010-11                      | 2015-16                      | 2018-19                      |
|             | 49.3                         | 63.2                         | 68.2                         |

Source: Study to determine the level of Food Processing in India Submitted by M/s. Deloitte (2021)

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)  implements a Central Sector umbrella scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) since 2016-17 for overall growth and development of the sector with the aim to augment preservation and processing capacity so as to reduce post-harvest losses, create off  farm  employment,  and  enhancing  of  value  addition  &  exports  of  processed  food  with  components, namely,(i)  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure,  (ii)  Infrastructure  for  Agro-Processing Clusters, (iii) Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities, (iv) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure, (v) Human Resources and Institutions-Research & Development and (vi) Operation Greens. Earlier Mega Food Park and Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages schemes were also part of PMKSY during the 14 th Finance Commission period.

679  completed  projects  under  PMKSY  has  resulted  in  creation  of  approximately  204.49  LMT  of preservation and processing capacity till 30.11.2022.

The  Ministry  is  also  implementing  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Formalisation  of  Micro  Food  Processing Enterprises  (PM-FME)  scheme  since  2020-21  for  providing  financial,  technical  and  business  support  for upgradation  /  setting  up  of  two  lakh  micro  enterprises  based  on  One  District  One  Product  approach.  A Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme is being implemented from 2021-22 to 2026-27 in order to support processed fruits & vegetables, marine products, Ready to Eat (RTE)/ Ready to Cook (RTC) products including millet  based  products  and  mozzarella  cheese  segments  of  the  food  processing  sector.  Innovative  /organic products by SME segment is also covered under the scheme. Promoting Indian food brands abroad, marketing and branding support are also provided for under the scheme.