Lok Sabha Question No. 1857 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Gaps in Supply Chain Infrastructure
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1857

ANSWERED ON - 01.08.2023

## GAPS IN SUPPLY CHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE

## 1857. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

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

- (a) the manner in which Government is going to plug existing gaps in food processing supply chain infrastructure vis-a-vis inadequate primary processing, storage and distribution facilities;
- (b) whether the Government has developed a road map or strategy to incentivise the food processing sector and promote the creation of Make-in-India internationally recognized food/beverage brands; and
- (c) the status of implementation of Mega Food Parks/Cold Chain facilities in the country, particularly in the State of Punjab?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b):In order to ensure overall development of Food Processing Industries including to plug gaps in supply  chain  infrastructure,  primary  processing,  storage  and  distribution  facilities,  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),Production Linked  Incentive  Scheme  for  Food  Processing  Industry  (PLISFPI)  and  Centrally  sponsored  PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme across the country.

Under component schemes of PMKSY, MoFPI provides mostly credit linked financial assistance (capital subsidy) in the form of grants-in-aid to entrepreneurs for setting up/ expansion of food processing / preservation industries.

Ministry also provides financial, technical and business support for setting up/upgradation of food processing enterprises through credit linked subsidy under PMFME scheme with an outlay of Rs.10,000 crores during five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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.

(c): So far, a total of 41 Mega Food Park have been approved for assistance in the country under component schemes of PMKSY, out of this 24 Mega Food Park have been made operational. A total of 382 Integrated Cold  Chain  projects  have  been  approved  for  assistance  across  the  country  country  under  component schemes of PMKSY, ou of this 283 projects have been completed. The details of Mega Food Parks and cold chain projects approved under corresponding schemes of PMKSY in Punjab is placed in Annexure.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1857 FOR ANSWER ON  01 ST  AUGUST, 2023 REGARDING 'GAPS IN SUPPLY CHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE'

## Mega Food Park and Cold Chain projects approved/completed in Punjab state under corresponding component schemes of PMKSY since inception of the schemes

|   Sl. No. | Component Scheme                                        |   No. of projects Approved |   No. of projects Operational / Completed |   Grants -in- aid Approved (Rs. in Crore) |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Mega Food Park                                          |                          3 |                                         2 |                                    148.7  |
|         2 | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure |                         23 |                                        20 |                                    149.39 |