Lok Sabha Question No. 2218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Allocation of Funds under PMFME
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2218

ANSWERED ON 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER PMFME

## 2218. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  funds  allocated  and  utilized  to  support  individual  micro-enterprises  under  the  PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme since inception;
- (b) the number and type of the afore-mentioned micro-enterprises, State-wise;
- (c) the number and type of the afore-mentioned micro-enterprises, district-wise in Jharkhand; and
- (d) the nature and period of training support provided to the micro-enterprises under the Scheme?

## ANSWER

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

- (a). The total funds allocated under PMFME Scheme is Rs. 1089 crore till date, out of which Rs. 868.33 crore has been utilized since inception.
- (b). Till date, Centre share of grants-in-aid has been released to 4,667 micro enterprises in 32 States / UTs  as  per Annexure .  Organizations  such  as  Individual  entrepreneurs/  Proprietorship  Firms/ Partnership  Firms/  Farmer  Producer  Organizations(FPOs)/  NGOs/  Cooperatives/  SHGs/  Pvt.  Ltd. Companies are eligible under the Scheme.
- (c). In the State of Jharkhand, no grants-in-aid has been released till date under the PMFME Scheme.
- (d). The training is provided to the beneficiaries on Food Processing Entrepreneurship Development Programme for 3 days under PMFME Scheme.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2218  FOR  ANSWER  ON  20.12.2022  REGARDING  'ALLOCATION  OF FUNDS UNDER PMFME'.

## State-wise list of number of beneficiaries to whom grants-in-aid has been released under PMFME Scheme

| Sl. No.   | State / UT                               |   No. of beneficiaries |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar Islands              |                      5 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           |                    382 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                      1 |
| 4         | Assam                                    |                    124 |
| 5         | Bihar                                    |                      2 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                               |                      5 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                             |                     39 |
| 8         | Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |                      1 |
| 9         | Delhi                                    |                     15 |
| 10        | Goa                                      |                      8 |
| 11        | Gujarat                                  |                     14 |
| 12        | Haryana                                  |                    148 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                         |                    526 |
| 14        | Jammu And Kashmir                        |                     46 |
| 15        | Karnataka                                |                    355 |
| 16        | Kerala                                   |                     71 |
| 17        | Ladakh                                   |                      6 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh                           |                    205 |
| 19        | Maharashtra                              |                    900 |
| 20        | Manipur                                  |                     67 |
| 21        | Meghalaya                                |                      8 |
| 22        | Nagaland                                 |                      8 |
| 23        | Odisha                                   |                    138 |
| 24        | Puducherry                               |                      1 |
| 25        | Punjab                                   |                    188 |
| 26        | Rajasthan                                |                     98 |
| 27        | Sikkim                                   |                      1 |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu                               |                    737 |
| 29        | Telangana                                |                    156 |
| 30        | Tripura                                  |                      8 |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh                            |                    385 |
| 32        | Uttarakhand                              |                     19 |
| Total     |                                          |                   4667 |