Lok Sabha Question No. 4205 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Setting up of Small Processing Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Ranjeeta Koli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 4205

ANSWERED ON- 29 TH  MARCH, 2022

## SETTING UP OF SMALL PROCESSING UNITS

## †4205. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

## SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any new initiative for providing grant for setting up small processing units/cold storages;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the small processing units have been set up in the districts of Rajasthan including Sikar and Bharatpur; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  units  for  which  requests  have  been  processed  along  with  those sanctioned by the nodal officers in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh as on date?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): The Ministry of Food Processing industries (MoFPI) incentivizes setting up of food processing units and integrated cold chain projects through credit linked financial assistance (capital  subsidy)  in  the  form  of  grants-in-aid  under  component  schemes  of  Pradhan  Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY). Recently, Government has extended implementation of PMKSY till 2026 with total outlay of Rs 4600 Crore. The details of Food Processing Units approved  for  assistance  in  Rajasthan  under  Creation/Expansion  of  Food  Processing  & Preservation Capacities scheme of PMKSY is placed at Annexure-I.

In addition, MoFPI provides financial, technical and business support for upgradation/ setting up of micro food processing units through centrally sponsored "PM Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme".  The district wise loans sanctioned to micro food processing units in Rajasthan under PMFME scheme is placed at Annexure-II.

- (d): The details of the micro food processing units under PMFME scheme for which requests have been processed along with those sanctioned by the nodal officers in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are placed at Annexure-III .

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4205 ANSWER ON 29 TH  MARCH, 2022 REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF SMALL PROCESSING UNITS'.

Details of Food Processing Units approved for assistance in Rajasthan under Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities scheme of PMKSY

| Project Name                         | District   | Date of Approval   |   Project Cost (Rs. in Cr) |   Approved Grant-in-aid (Rs. in Cr) | Status               |
|--------------------------------------|------------|--------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|
| M/s CG Food India                    | Ajmer      | 19.02.2018         |                      23.6  |                                4.96 | Operational          |
| M/s Shankar Confectionary            | Jodhpur    | 13.04.2018         |                       4.4  |                                1.23 | Operational          |
| M/s Shri Rathi Snacks Industries LLP | Jodhpur    | 31.07.2018         |                       4.99 |                                1.18 | Operational          |
| M/s Pavanputra Wafers Pvt Ltd        | Jodhpur    | 14.09.2018         |                      20.87 |                                5    | Operational          |
| M/s Blop Agro Foods LLP              | Alwar      | 22.10.2018         |                       4.97 |                                1.18 | Operational          |
| M/s Kothari Foods LLP                | Ajmer      | 21.02.2019         |                      16.3  |                                4.27 | Operational          |
| M/s Shree Ram Udhyog                 | Jodhpur    | 09.07.2019         |                       7.66 |                                2.01 | Operational          |
| M/s Northern Solvents Pvt Ltd        | AJmer      | 01.01.2020         |                      21.83 |                                5    | Under Implementation |
| M/s Kasa Infra Ltd                   | Jodhpur    | 24.01.2020         |                      12    |                                3.78 | Under Implementation |
| M/s IXI Serve LLP                    | Ajmer      | 16.03.2020         |                       4.78 |                                1.09 | Under Implementation |
| M/s P.C. Kannan& Co                  | Kota       | 16.03.2020         |                       6.56 |                                1.93 | Under Implementation |
| M/s Agrosafe Industries Pvt Ltd      | AJmer      | 09.06.2020         |                       4.53 |                                1.18 | Under Implementation |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4205 ANSWER ON 29 TH  MARCH, 2022 REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF SMALL PROCESSING UNITS'.

## The district wise number of micro food processing units to whom loan sanctioned under PMFME scheme (as on 25.03.2022).

| District       |   No. of micro food processing units to whom loan sanctioned |
|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ajmer          |                                                           10 |
| Alwar          |                                                            3 |
| Banswara       |                                                            0 |
| Baran          |                                                            4 |
| Barmer         |                                                            2 |
| Bharatpur      |                                                            5 |
| Bhilwara       |                                                            0 |
| Bikaner        |                                                            8 |
| Bundi          |                                                            0 |
| Chittorgarh    |                                                            7 |
| Churu          |                                                            3 |
| Dausa          |                                                            3 |
| Dholpur        |                                                            0 |
| Dungarpur      |                                                            1 |
| Ganganagar     |                                                            2 |
| Hanumangarh    |                                                            6 |
| Jaipur         |                                                           16 |
| Jaisalmer      |                                                            1 |
| Jalore         |                                                            0 |
| Jhalawar       |                                                            1 |
| Jhunjhunu      |                                                            3 |
| Jodhpur        |                                                           12 |
| Karauli        |                                                            1 |
| Kota           |                                                            3 |
| Nagaur         |                                                            5 |
| Pali           |                                                            0 |
| Pratapgarh     |                                                            1 |
| Rajsamand      |                                                            0 |
| Sawai Madhopur |                                                            0 |
| Sikar          |                                                            3 |
| Sirohi         |                                                            1 |
| Tonk           |                                                            4 |
| Udaipur        |                                                            2 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4205 ANSWER ON 29 TH  MARCH, 2022 REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF SMALL PROCESSING UNITS'.

The details of the units under PMFME scheme for which requests have been processed along  with  those  sanctioned  by  the  nodal  officers  in  Rajasthan,  Haryana  and  Uttar Pradesh as on 25.03.2022

## 1. Individual applications:

| State         |   No. of processed requests * |   No. of requests sanctioned by the nodal officers # |
|---------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| Haryana       |                           392 |                                                  373 |
| Rajasthan     |                           535 |                                                  533 |
| Uttar Pradesh |                          1495 |                                                 1427 |

## 2. Group Applications:

| State         |   No. of processed requests* |   No. of sanctioned requests by the nodal officers# |
|---------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Haryana       |                            2 |                                                   0 |
| Rajasthan     |                           19 |                                                  11 |
| Uttar Pradesh |                            9 |                                                   0 |