Lok Sabha Question No. 1952 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-31
Subject: Mega Food Parks in Karnataka
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Govind Makthappa Karjol

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:1952 ANSWERED ON 31 ST  JULY, 2025

## MEGA FOOD PARKS IN KARNATAKA

## 1952.  SHRI GOVIND MAKTHAPPA KARJOL:

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

- (a) the number of Mega Food Parks in Karnataka;

(b) the number of operational Mega Food Parks along with the total investment made, received and estimated to be received for these Mega Food Parks in the State of Karnataka;

- (c) the details of employment generated in these food parks in Karnataka so far; and
- (d) the details of steps taken by the Government to adopt new technologies in setting up Mega Food Parks?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing Mega Food Park scheme (MFPS), a component scheme of Pradhan Mantra Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMSKY) for creating modern infrastructure for the food processing sector along the value chain from farm to market. The scheme has been discontinued by the Government w.e.f. 01.04.2021 with provision for committed liabilities during 15th Finance Commission cycle. Two  projects have been  sanctioned  in  the  state  of  Karnataka.  The  details  of  status  of  the  Mega  Food  Parks approved under MFP scheme in Karnataka State are at Annexure.

The  Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV)  of  M/s  Integrated  Food  Park  Ltd  Tumkur, Karnataka which is operational have made an investment of  ₹280.4 crore. In addition, so far, investments  worth  around  ₹270  crore  have  been  received  and   investment  of  ₹85  crore  is estimated  to  be  received  in  the  near  future.  The  project  has  generated  direct  and  indirect employment for  4,000 individuals to date.

Mega  Food  Park  (MFP)  provides  modern  infrastructure  facilities  for  the  food processing along the value chain from the farm to the market with a cluster based approach based on a hub and spokes model. It includes creation of infrastructure for primary processing and storage near the farm in the form of Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) and Collection Centres (CCs) and common facilities and enabling infrastructure at Central Processing Centre (CPC). These PPCs and CCs act as aggregation and storage points to feed raw materials to the processing units located in the CPC. The Mega Food Parks also have common facilities like Cold  stores,  Warehouses,  Common  processing  facilities  etc.  apart  from  having  enabling infrastructure like roads, electricity & water supply etc.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1952 ANSWERED ON 31 ST  JULY 2025 MEGA FOOD PARKS IN KARNATAKA

| SPV/IA N ame             | State/ UT Na me   | Distric t Nam e   | Date of Fi nal Appro val   |   Total Project Cost (INR in Cr) |   Grant Appr oved (INR in Cr) |   Grant Relea sed (INR in Cr) | Status                 |
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
| Integrated Food Park Ltd | Karnata ka        | Tumku r           | 29-Mar-11                  |                           144.33 |                         48.72 |                         48.72 | Operation al           |
| Favorich I nfra Pvt Lt d | Karnata ka        | Mandy a           | 19-Dec-17                  |                           113.83 |                         50    |                         37.57 | Under Im plementat ion |