Lok Sabha Question No. 52 (STARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Funds for Enhancement of Food Processing Sector
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *52

ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## FUNDS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

| *52.   | SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:                                                                                                                                                             |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)    | the allocation and utilization of funds released to States/UTs for enhancing the food processing sector, detailing the schemes and projects supported in each State/UT for the fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23; |
| (b)    | the details of credit-linked financial assistance provided to entrepreneurs for setting up food processing/preservation industries during the same period; and                                                  |
| (c)    | the number of beneficiaries of the above and the total amount disbursed so far?                                                                                                                                 |

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI PASHUPATI KUMAR PARAS)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  *52  FOR  ANSWER  ON  06 TH  FEBRUARY,  2024  REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR'

(a): Ministry of Food  Processing Industries (MoFPI)  has been incentivizing setting up/expansion of related infrastructure through its Central Sector Umbrella Scheme Pradhan Mantri  Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana  (PMKSY)  since  2016-17,  Production  Linked  Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) since 2021-22 and Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme since 2020-21.

Under component schemes of PMKSY, MoFPI provides mostly financial assistance 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 & release.

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 and a total of 173 food processing companies have been approved for assistance under various categories of the scheme.

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.

The Year-wise details of funds allocated and funds utilized in the schemes of Ministry is  placed  at Annexure-I .  Funds  released  to  States/UTs  under  PMFME scheme  is placed at Annexure-II .  State-wise  Food  Processing  Projects  sanctioned  under  schemes  of  MoFPI  is placed at Annexure-III.

(b) & (c): Ministry has approved 1390 projects including 41 Mega food Parks, 372 Cold Chain projects, 70 Agro- Processing Clusters, 505 Food Processing Units, 61 Creation of Backward & Forward Linkages Projects & 53 Operation Green projects under corresponding component schemes of PMKSY since inception, with total released/ disbursed subsidy of Rs 5453.43 Cr. Under  PMFME  Scheme,  a  total  of  72840  micro  food  processing  enterprises  have  been approved  for  assistance  till  date,  with  total  released/  disbursed  credit  linked  subsidy  of  Rs 779.28 Cr.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *52  FOR  ANSWER  ON  06 TH  FEBRUARY,  2024 REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR'

## Details of funds allocated and funds utilized in the schemes of MoFPI

(Rs in Crores)

R.E.-Revised Estimates, A.E.- Actual Expenditure

|                                   | 2018-19                           | 2018-19                           | 2019-20                           | 2019-20                           | 2020-21                           | 2020-21                           | 2021-22    | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Scheme                            | R.E.                              | A.E.                              | R.E.                              | A.E.                              | R.E.                              | A.E.                              | R.E.       | A.E.      | R.E.      | A.E       |
| 870.33                            | 591.38                            | 889.43                            | 694.81                            |                                   | 750.00                            | 667.05                            | 791 713.49 | 673.00    | 561.92    | PMKSY     |
| PMFME Scheme started in 2020-21   | PMFME Scheme started in 2020-21   | PMFME Scheme started in 2020-21   | PMFME Scheme started in 2020-21   | 400.00                            |                                   | 394.59                            | 399 289.85 |           | 290       | 274.76    |
| PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | 10         | 7.38      | 801       | 489.83    |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*52 FOR ANSWER  ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024 REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR'

## Funds released to State/UT under PMFME Scheme since 2020-21

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

(Rs. in Crores)

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*52 FOR ANSWER  ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024 REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR'

## State-wise Food Processing Projects sanctioned under schemes of MoFPI

(upto 01.01.2024)

| STATE/UT                           |   Number of sanctioned projects underPMKSY since inception |   Number of Micro Food Processing Enterprises approved for assistance underPMFME |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     |                                                         75 |                                                                             4861 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                                          7 |                                                                               37 |
| Assam                              |                                                         76 |                                                                             1109 |
| Bihar                              |                                                         16 |                                                                            11245 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |                                                          8 |                                                                              506 |
| Goa                                |                                                          2 |                                                                               62 |
| Gujarat                            |                                                        107 |                                                                              319 |
| Haryana                            |                                                         79 |                                                                              863 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |                                                         49 |                                                                             1284 |
| Jharkhand                          |                                                          1 |                                                                             1311 |
| Karnataka                          |                                                         70 |                                                                             3524 |
| Kerala                             |                                                         39 |                                                                             2485 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |                                                         54 |                                                                             3506 |
| Maharashtra                        |                                                        228 |                                                                            13050 |
| Manipur                            |                                                          7 |                                                                              258 |
| Meghalaya                          |                                                          5 |                                                                               56 |
| Mizoram                            |                                                          4 |                                                                               18 |
| Nagaland                           |                                                          7 |                                                                              124 |
| Odisha                             |                                                         19 |                                                                             1062 |
| Punjab                             |                                                         64 |                                                                             1933 |
| Rajasthan                          |                                                         53 |                                                                              485 |
| Sikkim                             |                                                          1 |                                                                               45 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |                                                        112 |                                                                            10215 |
| Telangana                          |                                                         40 |                                                                             5431 |
| Tripura                            |                                                          7 |                                                                              102 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                                                         95 |                                                                             7449 |
| Uttarakhand                        |                                                         59 |                                                                              576 |
| West Bengal                        |                                                         47 |                                                                                9 |
| Andaman &Nicobar                   |                                                          3 |                                                                               18 |
| Chandigarh                         |                                                          0 |                                                                                5 |
| Dadar &Nager Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                                          1 |                                                                                7 |
| Delhi                              |                                                         14 |                                                                              191 |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                                         39 |                                                                              539 |
| Ladakh                             |                                                          0 |                                                                               56 |
| Pudduchery                         |                                                          2 |                                                                               99 |