Lok Sabha Question No. 572 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Criteria for Setting up Food Park
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 572 ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## CRITERIA FOR SETTING UP FOOD PARK

## 572.    SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of Food Processing Industries be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of criteria and requirements for setting up Food park in any area;

(b) the details and the number of food parks available in the country including in Assam at present and the number of food parks approved for setting up but are still in pipeline;

(c) whether the ministry is considering the request for setting up Food park in Dhubri district of Assam where farming is main source of income for the people; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS), a component scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) since 2008. The Scheme has been discontinued with effect from 01.04.2021 with provision for committed liabilities only. The scheme aims to facilitate a strong food processing industry backed by an efficient supply chain including creation of infrastructure for primary processing and storage near the farm in the form of  Primary  Processing  Centres  (PPCs),  Collection  Centres  (CCs),  common  facilities  and  enabling infrastructure  like  roads,  electricity,  water, Effluent Treatment  Plant  (ETP)  facilities  etc.  at  Central Processing Centre (CPC). The responsibility of execution, ownership and management of the Mega Food Park (MFP) vests with a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)/ Implementing Agency (IA). At least 50 acres of land was required to be arranged by the SPV/ Implementing agency (IA) for the Central Processing Centre of the Mega Food Park. The scheme envisages a capital grant @50% of the eligible project cost in general areas and @75% in difficult and hilly areas i.e. North East Region including Sikkim,  J&K,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Uttarakhand  and  ITDP  notified  areas  of  the  States  subject  to  a maximum of Rs. 50 crore per project. Each project is expected to have around 25-30 food processing units with a collective investment of around Rs. 250 crore leading to an annual turnover of about Rs. 450-500  crore.  Each  MFP,  on  being  fully  operational,  is  expected  to  provide  direct/  indirect employment  to  about  5,000  persons  and  also  benefit  about  25,000  farmers.  However,  the  actual configuration of the project varies depending upon the business plan for each Mega Food Park.

(b) Under the Mega Food Park scheme, the Ministry has approved 41 MFPs in 25 States including one Mega Food Park project in Nalbari District of Assam. Out of these 41 Mega Food Parks, 24 Mega Food Parks are operational. Details of these parks are at Annexure . There are no proposals in pipeline for  setting  up  any  Mega  Food  Park  since  the  Scheme  has  been  discontinued  with  effect  from 01.04.2021.

(c) & (d) MFP scheme having been discontinued with effect from 01.04.2021 with provision for committed liabilities  only,  no  proposals  for  setting  up of  new  Mega  Food  Park  in  any  part  of  the country can be considered.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 572 REGARDING CRITERIA FOR SETTING UP FOOD PARK ANSWERED ON 06.02.2024

| S. No.   | SPV/IA Name                                                                        | State/UT Na District   | State/UT Na District   | Date of Final Total   | Amount Amoun                      | Amount Amoun              |                                    | Status               |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------|
| S. No.   | SPV/IA Name                                                                        | me                     | Name                   | Approval              | Projec t Cost (INR i n Cr) of t R | Gran Appro ved (IN in Cr) | t of Gr ant Rel eased (I NR in Cr) |                      |
| 1        | Srini Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                            | Andhra Prad esh        | Chittoor               | 30-Mar-2009           | 121.1 49.92                       |                           | 49.92                              | Operational          |
| 2        | Godavari Mega Aqua Fo od Park Pvt Ltd                                              | Andhra Prad esh        | West Godava ri         | 16-Dec-2013           | 122.6 50.00                       |                           | 44.53                              | Operational          |
| 3        | Andhra Pradesh Industria l Infrastructure Corporati on Ltd (APIIC)                 | Andhra Prad esh        | Krishna                | 31-Dec-2015           | 112.94 50.00                      |                           | 37.69                              | Under Implementation |
| 4        | Rongoge Mega Food Par k Pvt Ltd                                                    | Arunachal Pr adesh     | Papum Pare             | 12-Sep-2019           | 73.02                             | 43.25                     | 12.02                              | Under Implementation |
| 5        | North East Mega Food P ark Ltd                                                     | Assam                  | Nalbari                | 30-Mar-2009           | 84.96                             | 48.84                     | 48.84                              | Operational          |
| 6        | Bihar Industrial Area De velopment Authority (BI ADA)                              | Bihar                  | Muzaffarpur            | 7-Apr-2022            | 180.57                            | 45.4                      | 4.12                               | Under Implementation |
| 7        | Pristine Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                    | Bihar                  | Khagaria               | 6-Aug-2014            | 120.13                            | 41.9                      | 34.8                               | Under Implementation |
| 8        | Indus Best Mega Food P ark Pvt Ltd                                                 | Chhattisgarh           | Raipur                 | 4-Jun-2014            | 96.58                             | 43.96                     | 39.57                              | Operational          |
| 9        | Gujarat Agro Infrastructu re Mega Food Park Pvt L td                               | Gujarat                | Surat                  | 22-May-2014           | 121.86                            | 50.00                     | 45.00                              | Operational          |
| 10       | Fanidhar Mega Food Par k Pvt Ltd                                                   | Gujarat                | Mehsana                | 16-Aug-2017           | 151.05                            | 50.00                     | 37.67                              | Under Implementation |
| 11       | Haryana State Cooperati ve Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (HAFED)             | Haryana                | Rohtak                 | 21-Feb-2018           | 179.75                            | 50.00                     | 28.70                              | Under Implementation |
| 12       | Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Develo pment Corporation Ltd ( HSIIDC) | Haryana                | Sonipat                | 6-Nov-2015            | 155.58                            | 44.94                     | 33.85                              | Operational          |
| 13       | Cremica Food Park Pvt L td                                                         | Himachal Pr adesh      | Una                    | 6-Aug-2014            | 107.34                            | 50.00                     | 45.00                              | Operational          |
| 14       | RFK Greens Food Park P vt Ltd                                                      | Jammu &Ka shmir        | Pulwama                | 19-Feb-2014           | 79.43                             | 50.00                     | 29.09                              | Under Implementation |
| 15       | Integrated Food Park Ltd                                                           | Karnataka              | Tumkur                 | 29-Mar-2011           | 144.33                            | 48.72                     | 48.72                              | Operational          |
| 16       | Favorich Infra Pvt Ltd                                                             | Karnataka              | Mandya                 | 19-Dec-2017           | 113.83                            | 50                        | 37.57                              | Under Implementation |
| 17       | Kerala Industrial Infrastr ucture Development Cor poration (KINFRA)                | Kerala                 | Palakkad               | 27-Nov-2015           | 105.39                            | 50.00                     | 50.00                              | Operational          |
| 18       | Kerala State IndustrialD evelopment Corporation Ltd (KSIDC)                        | Kerala                 | Alappuzha              | 27-Nov-2015           | 129.15                            | 50.00                     | 38.90                              | Operational          |

| 19   | Indus Mega Food Park P vt Ltd                                       | Madhya Prad esh   | Khargone          | 27-Aug-2012   | 131.28    |    49.37 | 49.37   | Operational          |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------|----------|---------|----------------------|
| 20   | Avantee Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                      | Madhya Prad esh   | Dewas             | 31-Dec-2015   | 146.07    |   50     | 40.00   | Operational          |
| 21   | Satara Mega Food Park P vt Ltd                                      | Maharashtra       | Satara            | 6-Aug-2014    | 139.33    |   50     | 45.00   | Operational          |
| 22   | Paithan Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                      | Maharashtra       | Aurangabad        | 8-Mar-2013    | 124.52    |   48.82  | 43.94   | Operational          |
| 23   | Wardha Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                       | Maharashtra       | Wardha            | 13-Jan-2016   | 92.36     |   50     | 15.00   | Under Implementation |
| 24   | Manipur Food Industries Corporation Ltd                             | Manipur           | Thoubal           | 29-Jan-2020   | 81.83     |   43.254 | 9.49    | Under Implementation |
| 25   | Meghalaya Industrial De velopment Corporation L td. (MIDC)          | Meghalaya         | North Garo H ills | 23-Nov-2021   | 65.86     |   48.3   | 0.0     | Under Implementation |
| 26   | Zoram Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                        | Mizoram           | Kolasib           | 10-Jun-2015   | 75.2      |   50     |         | 44.6225Operational   |
| 27   | DoysAgri Resources Pvt Ltd                                          | Nagaland          | Dimapur           | 16-Aug-2017   | 71.79     |   50     | 38.78   | Under Implementation |
| 28   | MITS Mega Food Park L td                                            | Odisha            | Rayagada          | 16-Apr-2012   | 87.88     |   45.94  | 44.95   | Operational          |
| 29   | Odisha Industrial Infrastr ucture Development Cor poration (IDCO)   | Odisha            | Khordha           | 6-Nov-2015    | 121.95    |   50     | 37.8    | Under Implementation |
| 30   | International Mega Food Park Ltd                                    | Punjab            | Fazilka           | 25-May-2011   | 130.38    |   50     | 45.00   | Operational          |
| 31   | Sukhjit Mega Food Park and Infra Ltd                                | Punjab            | Kapurthala        | 6-Nov-2015    | 107.83    |   48.7   | 38.76   | Operational          |
| 32   | Punjab Agro Industries C orporation Ltd (PAIC)                      | Punjab            | Ludhiana          | 27-Nov-2015   | 117.61    |   37.73  | 37.62   | Under Implementation |
| 33   | Greentech Mega Food Pa rk Pvt Ltd                                   | Rajasthan         | Ajmer             | 19-Feb-2014   | 110.35    |   49.88  | 44.9    | Operational          |
| 34   | Shree Ram Mega Food P ark Private Limited                           | Rajasthan         | Bikaner           | 7-Apr-2022    | 132.81    |   50     | 0.0     | Under Implementation |
| 35   | Tamil Nadu State Agricu ltural Marketing Board ( TNSAMB)            | Tamil Nadu        | Tirunelveli       | 23-Jun-2021   | 77.024    |   23.64  | 9.77    | Under Implementation |
| 36   | Smart Agro Food Park P vt Ltd                                       | Telangana         | Nizamabad         | 10-Jun-2015   | 108.95    |   50     | 44.99   | Operational          |
| 37   | Telangana State Industria l Infrastructure Corporati on Ltd (TSIIC) | Telangana         | Khammam           | 5-Feb-2016    | 109.59    |   49.79  | 28.49   | Under Implementation |
| 38   | Sikaria Mega Food Park (P) Ltd                                      | Tripura           | West Tripura      | 30-Nov-2011   | 77.79     |   48.39  | 45.00   | Operational          |
| 39   | Patanjali Food and Herba l Park Pvt Ltd                             | Uttarakhand       | Haridwar          | 30-Mar-2009   | 95.08     |   50     | 50.00   | Operational          |
| 40   | Himalayan Food Park Pv t Ltd                                        | Uttarakhand       | Udham Singh Nagar | 23-Jan-2014   | 98.08     |   47.79  | 47.79   | Operational          |
| 41   | Jangipur Bengal Mega F ood Park Ltd                                 | West Bengal       | Murshidabad       | 16-Mar-2010   | 132.7     |   50     | 45.00   | Operational          |
|      |                                                                     | Total             |                   |               | 4635.8 74 | 1958.53  | 1472.26 |                      |