Lok Sabha Question No. 399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Micro Food Processing Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 399

## ANSWERED ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2021

## MICRO FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

## 399. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is providing grants to establish Micro Food Processing units in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof specially in Santhal Pargana of Jharkhand, and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  any  proposal  for  establishing  Mini  Food Parks to benefit small farmers;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State-wise especially in Jharkhand; and
- (e) whether the Government has taken any steps pertaining to Food Processing Industries to benefit small and medium farmers and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes Sir.
- (b): Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing a Centrally Sponsored "PM Formalisation  of  Micro  food  processing  Enterprises  (PMFME)  Scheme"  for  providing financial, technical and business support for upgradation of micro food processing enterprises in the country. Support to upgrade existing units or setting up of new micro units for individuals is provided through a credit linked grants-in-aid @35% upto maximum of Rs. 10.00 lakhs. The Scheme also provides support to food processing units of SHGs/ FPOs/ Cooperatives for credit linked grants-in-aid @35%, Seed Capital to SHGs, Incubation Centre, Common Infrastructure, Marketing & Branding and Capacity Building.

The Scheme adopts One District One Product (ODOP) approach to reap the benefit of scale in terms of procurement of inputs, availing common services and marketing of products. ODOP for the scheme provides the framework for value chain development and alignment of support infrastructure.

The State Cabinet has approved the implementation of PMFME Scheme in the State in September 2021. Till date, Rs. 3.81 crore has been released to Jharkhand as the Centre Share. The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) has recommended 114 applications of SHG members with seed capital support of Rs. 39.05 lakhs to the State Nodal Agency.

The  details  of  the  proposals  /  applications  for  establishing  individual  micro  food processing units and seed capital received under the scheme from Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand are at Annexure-I .

(c) & (d): The Ministry does not set up mini food parks on its own. However, MoFPI has been implementing the Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters (APC) under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) to incentivize the setting up of agro processing clusters in the country. Till date, Ministry has approved 68 agro processing cluster projects. However, no project has been approved in Jharkhand under the scheme due to non-receipt  of  eligible  proposals  from  the  State.  The  State-wise  details  on  number  of  APC projects sanctioned under the scheme are at Annexure-II.

(e): The Ministry has been implementing Central Sector Umbrella Scheme - Pradhan Mantri Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana  (PMKSY)  coterminous  with  extended  period  of  14 th Finance Commission Cycle i.e.  31.03.2021  for  overall  growth  and  development  of  food  processing sector, including processing of agro- products and thus increasing the income of the farmers. The component schemes of PMKSY are - (i) Mega Food Park, (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, (iii) Creation /Expansion of Food Processing  & Preservation Capacities,  (iv)  Infrastructure  for  Agro  Processing  Clusters,  (v)  Creation  of  Backward  & Forward  Linkages,  (vi)  Food  Safety  and  Quality  Assurance  Infrastructure,  (vii)  Human Resource and Institutions, (viii) Operation Greens. Under component schemes of PMKSY, the Ministry  provides  mostly  credit  linked  financial  assistance  (capital  subsidy)  in  the  form  of grants-in-aid  to  entrepreneurs  for  setting  up  of  food  processing  /  preservation  industries. PMKSY is not any region or State specific but demand driven and is implemented across the country.

Also,  as  part  of  the  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  initiative,  Ministry  is  implementing  a Centrally  Sponsored  PM  Formalisation  of  Micro  food  processing  Enterprises  (PMFME) scheme for providing financial, technical and business support for setting up/upgradation of 2 lakh micro food processing enterprises through credit linked grant during five years from 202021 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs. 10,000 crore.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  399  FOR  ANSWER  ON  30 TH   NOVEMBER,  2021  REGARDING MICRO FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

## APPLICATIONS  RECEIVED  FOR  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  INDIVIDUAL  MICRO FOOD PROCESSING UNITS FROM SANTHAL PARGANA REGION OF JHARKHAND

| Sl. No.   | District   |   No. of applications received |
|-----------|------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | DEOGHAR    |                              0 |
| 2         | DUMKA      |                              1 |
| 3         | GODDA      |                              0 |
| 4         | JAMTARA    |                              0 |
| 5         | PAKUR      |                              0 |
| 6         | SAHEBGANJ  |                              0 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL      |                              1 |

## SEED CAPITAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM SANTHAL PARGANA REGION OF JHARKHAND

| Sl. No.   | District   |   No. of applications received |   Amount (In Lakh) |
|-----------|------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1         | DEOGHAR    |                             14 |               3.92 |
| 2         | DUMKA      |                             36 |              11.16 |
| 3         | GODDA      |                             20 |               7.95 |
| 4         | JAMTARA    |                             24 |               8.09 |
| 5         | PAKUR      |                              9 |               3.53 |
| 6         | SAHEBGANJ  |                             11 |               4.4  |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL      |                            114 |              39.05 |

No grants-in-aid released till date.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) AND (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  399  FOR  ANSWER  ON  30 TH   NOVEMBER,  2021 REGARDING MICRO FOOD PROCESSING UNITS.

State-wise number of proposals sanctioned under the Scheme of Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT               |   No. of Projects approved |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         |                          2 |
| 2         | Assam                  |                          6 |
| 3         | Bihar                  |                          1 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh           |                          2 |
| 5         | Goa                    |                          0 |
| 6         | Gujarat                |                          5 |
| 7         | Haryana                |                          2 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh       |                          1 |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir         |                          1 |
| 10        | Jharkhand              |                          0 |
| 11        | Karnataka              |                          4 |
| 12        | Kerala                 |                          2 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh         |                          4 |
| 14        | Maharashtra            |                         12 |
| 15        | Odisha                 |                          0 |
| 16        | Punjab                 |                          3 |
| 17        | Rajasthan              |                          3 |
| 18        | Tamil Nadu             |                         11 |
| 19        | Telangana              |                          1 |
| 20        | Uttar Pradesh          |                          4 |
| 21        | Uttarakhand            |                          1 |
| 22        | West Bengal            |                          0 |
| 23        | Arunachal Pradesh      |                          1 |
| 24        | Manipur                |                          0 |
| 25        | Meghalaya              |                          1 |
| 26        | Mizoram                |                          0 |
| 27        | Nagaland               |                          0 |
| 28        | Tripura                |                          0 |
| 29        | Sikkim                 |                          0 |
| 30        | A &NIslands            |                          0 |
| 31        | Chandigarh             |                          0 |
| 32        | D &NHaveli &Daman &Diu |                          1 |
| 33        | Delhi                  |                          0 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep            |                          0 |
| 35        | Pondicherry            |                          0 |
| 36        | Ladakh                 |                          0 |
|           | Total                  |                         68 |