Lok Sabha Question No. 2656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Initiatives in Food Processing Sector
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656

ANSWERED ON 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## INITIATIVES IN FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

## 2656.   SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.:

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

- (a) the initiatives taken by the Government in food processing sector in the country during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the  details  of  financial  assistance  extended  by  the  Government  to this  sector,  State-wise  and particularly in Tamil Nadu; and
- (c) the extent to which this sector has been able to utilise them in expanding production of processed food?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (KM. SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) to (c): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting up/expansion of Food Processing Infrastructure through its Central Sector Umbrella Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana  (PMKSY),  Production  Linked  Incentive  Scheme  for  Food  Processing  Industry (PLISFPI) and Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme across the country including Tamil Nadu.

Under  component  schemes  of  PMKSY,  MoFPI  provides  credit  linked  financial  assistance (capital subsidy) to entrepreneurs with total outlay of Rs 10600 Cr for 14 th & 15 th  Finance Commission Cycle. PMKSY is not region or state specific but demand driven with no state-wise fund allocation. So far, a total of 832 projects has been completed under the schemes, out of which, 54 projects are located in Tamil Nadu.

Ministry also provides financial, technical and business support for setting up/ upgradation of micro food processing enterprises under PMFME scheme. The scheme is operational for a period of five years  from  2020-21  to  2024-25  with  total  outlay  of  Rs  10,000  Crore.  A  total  of  62712  micro  food processing enterprises have been approved for assistance under the scheme out of which 8742 enterprises are located in Tamil Nadu. State-wise funds released under PMFME scheme since 2020-21 is placed at Annexure .

PLISFPI is, inter alia, intended to support creation of global food manufacturing champions and support Indian brands of food products in international market. The Scheme is being implemented over a  six-year  period  from  2021-22  to  2026-27  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  10,900  crores.  So  far,  14  Food Processing projects have been approved with Committed Investment of Rs 427.90 Cr in Tamil Nadu.

The schemes implemented by MoFPI has significant impact on Food Processing Sector of the country with more than 218 Lakh MT preservation and processing capacity created, more than 32 Lakhs farmers benefitted & more than 9.7 Lakh direct & indirect employment opportunities created through PMKSY and Rs 771 Cr already  made  available  to  2.33  Lakh  Self  Help  Group  Members  for  Food Processing activities under PMFME scheme

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656 ANSWERED ON 19.12.2023 REGARDING INITIATIVES IN FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

## Funds released to States under PMFME Scheme since 2020-21

(Rs. in Crores)

| State/UT                           |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24* |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar                   |      1.82 |      1.92 |      0    |       0.13 |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |     34.98 |     23.02 |     11.53 |      34.7  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |      0.15 |      7.34 |      0    |       6.59 |
| Assam                              |     16.71 |     15.86 |     12.58 |      26.96 |
| Bihar                              |      9.05 |     13.59 |      0    |      66.51 |
| Chandigarh                         |      0.4  |      0.91 |      0.38 |       0.31 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |      7.04 |      8.85 |      0    |       7.69 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |      0.4  |      0.89 |      0    |       0    |
| Delhi                              |      0.5  |      0.32 |      0.91 |       0    |
| Goa                                |      0.41 |      3.1  |      1.25 |       2.08 |
| Gujarat                            |     16.55 |      8.47 |      0    |       7.02 |
| Haryana                            |      3.23 |      3.14 |      0    |       7.25 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |      5.19 |      4.92 |      3.28 |      57.12 |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     |      8.19 |      1.27 |      0    |       2.68 |
| Jharkhand                          |      2.69 |      1.74 |      0    |       6.5  |
| Karnataka                          |     32.47 |     18.96 |      8.88 |      27.76 |
| Kerala                             |     10.13 |      3.06 |      2.58 |      19.52 |
| Laddakh                            |      0.45 |      0.93 |      1.55 |       0    |
| Lakshadweep                        |      0.4  |      0.61 |      0    |       0    |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |     20.62 |      8    |      0    |      17.47 |
| Maharashtra                        |     27.58 |     24.49 |     39.05 |      69.25 |
| Manipur                            |      3.14 |      3.27 |      0    |       0    |
| Meghalaya                          |      2.69 |      3.04 |      0    |       0    |
| Mizoram                            |      7.73 |      2.94 |      0    |       0    |
| Nagaland                           |      6.64 |      5.9  |      0    |       0    |
| Odisha                             |     30.37 |     29.45 |      0    |      15.46 |
| Puducherry                         |      1.16 |      0.79 |      0.59 |       1.46 |
| Punjab                             |      5.76 |      6.73 |      0    |       4.24 |
| Rajasthan                          |     14.51 |     12.46 |      0    |      16.98 |
| Sikkim                             |      5.12 |      1.47 |      1.62 |       0.16 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |     12.95 |      2.49 |      6.87 |      49.4  |
| Telangana                          |     33.16 |     16.8  |      0    |      15.4  |
| Tripura                            |      3.11 |     10.23 |      0    |       0    |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |     36.29 |     23.36 |      1.19 |      79.55 |
| Uttarakhand                        |      6.03 |      2.18 |      0    |       6.18 |
| West Bengal                        |      0    |      0    |      0    |       6.28 |