Lok Sabha Question No. 1503 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Setting-Up of FPIs in Punjab
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Bhagwant Mann

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1503 ANSWERED ON 07 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## SETTING-UP OF FPIs IN PUNJAB

## 1503.   SHRI BHAGWANT MANN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up Food Processing Industries(FPIs) in every district of Punjab;
- (b) if so, the districts in Punjab where food processing zone have already been set up;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to set up food processing zone in the remaining districts of Punjab; and
- (d) the financial assistance provided to the private entrepreneurs to set up such units?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Central Sector umbrella scheme- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) for overall growth and development  of  food  processing  sector  including  setting  up  of  Food  Processing  Industries across the country including all the districts of Punjab. Under its component schemes,  Ministry provides  credit  linked  financial  assistance  (capital  subsidy)  in  the  form  of  grants-in-aid  to entrepreneurs for setting up of food processing / preservation industries. A total of 3 Mega Food Parks, 3 Agro Processing Clusters, 23 Integrated Cold Chain Projects, 8 Food Processing Units, 4 Creation of Backward & Forward Linkages Projects and 9 Food Testing Laboratories has been approved for assistance under corresponding component schemes of PMKSY with total grants-in-aid of Rs 376.98 Crore. The details of Mega Food Parks and Agro Processing Clusters approved in Punjab is placed at Annexure .

PMKSY is not any region or state specific but demand driven and financial assistance is provided to the eligible applicants selected on the basis of Expression of Interest (EoI) issued from time to time. Ministry undertakes advocacy campaigns to impress upon the entrepreneurs to avail the benefits available under its schemes.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1503 FOR  ANSWER ON 07 TH  DECEMBER, 2021 ON SETTING-UP OF FPIs IN PUNJAB.

## Details of Mega Food Parks and Agro processing Clusters approved for assistance under PMKSY in Punjab State

## 1. Mega Food Parks in Punjab

(Rs. in Crore)

|   Sl. No | Project Name                            | District   | Date of Final Approval   |   Project Cost |   Grant Approved |   Grant Released | Status                |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|------------|--------------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | International Mega Food Park Ltd.,      | Fazilka    | 25.05.201 1              |         130.38 |             50   |            45    | Operational           |
|        2 | Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Ltd. | Ludhiana   | 27.11.201 5              |         117.61 |             50   |            37.62 | Under Implementatio n |
|        3 | Sukjhit Mega Food Park &Infra Limited   | Kapurthala | 06.11.201 5              |         107.83 |             48.7 |            38.76 | Operational           |

## 2. Agro-Processing Clusters in Punjab

(Rs. in Crore)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Project Execution Agency (PEA)   | District   | Date of approval   |   Project cost |   Grant approved |   Grant Released | Status               |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | M/s SMS Food Park                            | Jalandhar  | 15.03.2019         |         15.197 |             4.68 |             1.5  | Under Implementation |
|         2 | M/s Big Belly Brothers Gourmet Grounds       | Muktsar    | 08.06.2018         |         27.87  |             8.66 |             6.16 | Under Implementation |
|         3 | M/s T R Mega Foods and Beverages LLP         | Firozpur   | 03.07.2019         |         27.44  |             7.11 |             5.14 | Under Implementation |