Lok Sabha Question No. 2417 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: FPI in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Dr. Anand Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2417

ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2025

## FPI IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 2417. DR. ANAND KUMAR:

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

- (a) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to strengthen Food Processing Industries (FPI) in the State of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated for setting up of food processing centres in the said State during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the  details  of  employment  generation  due  to  the  existing  food  processing  infrastructure  in  Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  number  of  food  processing  centres  set  up  in  the  Bahraich  Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh during the last three years?

ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting up/expansion of food processing  industries  and  related  infrastructure  through  its  Central  Sector  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) Scheme, Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLIS-FPI) and Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme across the country including Uttar Pradesh.

(b): State/UT-wise allocation of funds are not made under PMKSY and PLIS-FPI. The details of Centre share of funds released to the State of Uttar Pradesh under PMFME scheme is given at Annexure .

(c) & (d): Ministry extends financial support to prospective entrepreneurs for setting up of different kinds of food processing industries, as per respective scheme guidelines. These schemes are not region specific but demand driven.

MoFPI has, so far, approved a total of 2 Agro Processing Clusters, 27 Integrated Cold Chains, 37 Food Processing Units, 5 Creation of Backward & Forward Linkages and 4 Operation Greens projects in Uttar  Pradesh  with  estimated  direct/  indirect  employment  opportunities  of  45108  under  corresponding schemes of PMKSY. No project under PMKSY has been sanctioned in Bahraich district.

A total of 15,586 micro food processing enterprises has been approved for credit linked subsidy in Uttar Pradesh under PMFME Scheme with estimated direct/ indirect employment opportunities of 46758, out of this 166 number of micro food Processing enterprises has been approved in Bahraich district.

A total of 27 proposals under different categories of PLISFPI scheme have been approved in Uttar Pradesh  with estimated direct/ indirect employment opportunities of 30738. No project under PLIS-FPI has been sanctioned in Bahraich district.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2417 FOR ANSWER ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2025 REGARDING 'FPI IN UTTAR PRADESH'

## Funds released to Uttar Pradesh State under PMFME Scheme

| State              | 2021-22    | 2022-23   | 2023-24             | 2024-25   |
|--------------------|------------|-----------|---------------------|-----------|
| Uttar Pradesh24.08 | crore21.06 |           | crore79.55 crore150 | crore     |

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