Lok Sabha Question No. 1460 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Establishment of Mega Food Parks in Kerala
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri K C Venugopal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1460

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## ESTABLISHMENT OF MEGA FOOD PARKS IN KERALA

## 1460. SHRI K C VENUGOPAL:

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

- (a) the details of the number of Mega Food Parks currently operational in the country along with is the total investment made in these parks so far;
- (b) whether there  are  any  proposals  to  establish  additional  Mega  Food  Parks  in  Kerala, considering its high potential for agro-based and seafood processing industries and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to promote the use of advanced food processing technologies and innovation in the food processing sector across the country; and
- (d) whether the Government would provide the details on initiatives to integrate farmers and small-scale industries into the value chain of Mega Food Parks and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Ministry has approved 41 Mega Food Parks (MFPs) in the Country. Out of these, 24 MFPs are currently operational, with a total project cost of INR 2778.79 crore. Details of these operational MFPs is at Annexure .

(b): Under Mega Food Park scheme, the Ministry has approved 2 MFPs in the State of Kerala. These projects are operational. There is no proposal to establish additional Mega Food Parks in Kerala as the MFP scheme has been discontinued by the Government w.e.f. 01.04.2021 with provision for committed liabilities during 15 th Finance Commission cycle.

(c): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing schemes to boost food processing industries through infrastructure creation, grant of sales based incentives, capacity expansion, and other supporting measures. These schemes are: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana  (PMKSY),  Prime  Minster  Formalization  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, and Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI). In order to boost continuous improvement in food processing sector, Ministry of Food Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  is  implementing  Research  and  Development  Scheme, which is a part of Human Resource & Institutions Scheme under the umbrella scheme of the Ministry  i.e.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana  (PMKSY).  Under  the  scheme, financial  assistance  as  Grant-in-aid  is  given  to  Universities,  Central/  State  Government Institutions, Government funded Organisations including IITs, R&D laboratories and CSIRrecognized R&D units in private sector to promote and undertake demand driven R&D work in  food  processing  sector  for  product  &  process  development,  design  and  development  of equipment, improved storage, shelf-life, packaging etc.

(d): Mega Food Park (MFP) provides modern infrastructure facilities for the food processing along the value chain from 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 material to the processing units located in the CPC. Indirectly, sourcing of raw material by the processing units inside MFP and value addition of farmer's produce results in increase of the farmer's income. They may also  avail  sorting,  grading  and  storage  facilities  created  by  MFPs  for  value  addition  and enhancement of shelf life of their produce. Development of such processing clusters will also help in latest technology adoption in the production systems and better returns to the farmers.

The Mega Food Parks have the common facilities like Cold storages, Warehouses, Common processing  facilities  etc.  apart  from  having  enabling  infrastructure  like  roads,  electricity  & water supply etc. which can be utilised by famers /small-scale food processing industries which may help in reducing the capital cost, increase viability of the project.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1460  ANSWERED  ON  13 th   FEBRUARY  MEGA  FOOD  PARKS  AND ADVANCED FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES

## Status of 24 Operational Mega Food Parks (As on 31.01.2025)

|   Sr.N o. | SPV/IA Name                                                                | District                     | State/ UT        | Status       | Date of Final Approv al   |   Total Projec t Cost (INR in Cr) | Amount of Grant Approv ed (INR in Cr)   |   Amoun t of Grant Releas ed (INR in Cr) |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park Pvt Ltd                                       | West Godavari Andhra Pradesh | Operation al     |              | 16- Dec- 2013 122.6       |                             50    |                                         |                                    44.53 |
|         2 | Srini Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                    | Chittoor                     | Andhra Pradesh   | Operation al | 30- Mar- 2009             |                            121.1  | 49.92                                   |                                    49.92 |
|         3 | North East Mega Food Park Ltd                                              | Nalbari                      | Assam            | Operation al | 30- Mar- 2009             |                             84.96 | 48.84                                   |                                    48.84 |
|         4 | Indus Best Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                          | Raipur                       | Chhattisga rh    | Operation al | 4-Jun- 2014               |                             96.58 | 43.96                                   |                                    39.57 |
|         5 | Gujarat Agro Infrastruct ure Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                        | Surat                        | Gujarat          | Operation al | 22- May- 2014             |                            121.86 | 50                                      |                                    45    |
|         6 | Haryana State Industrial and Infrastruct ure Developme nt Corporatio n Ltd | Sonipat                      | Haryana          | Operation al | 6-Nov- 2015               |                            155.58 | 44.94                                   |                                    33.85 |
|         7 | Cremica Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                  | Una                          | Himachal Pradesh | Operation al | 6-Aug- 2014               |                            107.34 | 50                                      |                                    45    |
|         8 | Integrated Food Park Ltd                                                   | Tumkur                       | Karnataka        | Operation al | 29- Mar- 2011             |                            144.33 | 48.72                                   |                                    48.72 |

|   9 | Kerala State Industrial Developme nt Corporatio n Ltd                | Alappuzha   | Kerala         | Operation al   | 27- Nov- 2015   |   129.15 |    50 |   37.8 |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------|-------|--------|
|  10 | Kerala Industrial Infrastruct ure Developme nt Corporatio n (KINFRA) | Palakkad    | Kerala         | Operation al   | 27- Nov- 2015   |   105.39 | 50    |  50    |
|  11 | Avantee Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                       | Dewas       | Madhya Pradesh | Operation al   | 31- Dec- 2015   |   146.07 | 50    |  40    |
|  12 | Indus Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                         | Khargone    | Madhya Pradesh | Operation al   | 27- Aug- 2012   |   131.28 | 49.37 |  49.37 |
|  13 | Satara Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                        | Satara      | Maharasht ra   | Operation al   | 6-Aug- 2014     |   139.33 | 50    |  45    |
|  14 | Paithan Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                       | Aurangaba d | Maharasht ra   | Operation al   | 8-Mar- 2013     |   124.52 | 48.82 |  43.94 |
|  15 | Zoram Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                         | Kolasib     | Mizoram        | Operation al   | 10-Jun- 2015    |    75.2  | 50    |  44.62 |
|  16 | MITS Mega Food Park Ltd                                              | Rayagada    | Odisha         | Operation al   | 16- Apr- 2012   |    87.88 | 45.94 |  44.95 |
|  17 | Internation al Mega Food Park Ltd                                    | Fazilka     | Punjab         | Operation al   | 25- May- 2011   |   130.38 | 50    |  45    |
|  18 | Sukhjit Mega Food Park and Infra Ltd                                 | Kapurthala  | Punjab         | Operation al   | 6-Nov- 2015     |   107.83 | 48.7  |  38.76 |
|  19 | Greentech Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                     | Ajmer       | Rajasthan      | Operation al   | 19-Feb- 2014    |   110.35 | 49.88 |  44.9  |
|  20 | Smart Agro Food Park Pvt Ltd                                         | Nizamaba d  | Telangana      | Operation al   | 10-Jun- 2015    |   108.95 | 50    |  44.99 |

| 21    | Sikaria Mega Food Park (P) Ltd         | West Tripura      | Tripura      | Operation al   | 30- Nov- 2011   | 77.79    |     48.39 | 45       |
|-------|----------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------|----------|
| 22    | Patanjali Food and Herbal Park Pvt Ltd | Haridwar          | Uttarakha nd | Operation al   | 30- Mar- 2009   | 95.08    |   50      | 50       |
| 23    | Himalayan Food Park Pvt Ltd            | Udham Singh Nagar | Uttarakha nd | Operation al   | 23-Jan- 2014    | 122.54   |   47.7921 | 47.79    |
| 24    | Jangipur Bengal Mega Food Park Ltd     | Murshidab ad      | West Bengal  | Operation al   | 16- Mar- 2010   | 132.7    |   50      | 45       |
| Total | Total                                  | Total             | Total        | Total          | Total           | 2778.7 9 | 1175.27   | 1072.5 5 |

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