Lok Sabha Question No. 679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Investments in Preservation and Processing Infrastructure
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Manoj Rajoria, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 679

ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## INVESTMENTS IN PRESERVATION AND PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE

## 679.    SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

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

- (a) the  measures  undertaken  by  the  Government  to  promote  on-farm  and  off-farm  investments  in preservation and processing infrastructure during the last five years; and
- (b) the details of capacity building initiatives or support provided to farmers to reduce the post-harvest losses?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) :  The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing a Central Sector umbrella  scheme  -  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY)  -  since  2017-18.  Through implementation of component schemes of PMKSY viz. (i) Mega Food Park scheme, (ii) Integrated Cold Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure  scheme,  (iii)  Creation  of  Backward  and  Forward  Linkages scheme, (iv) Creation of Infrastructure for Agro processing Clusters, (v)  Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities and (vi) Operation Greens, the Ministry assists in creating on-farm infrastructure  facilities    like  collection  centres,  warehouses,  cold  storages,  bulk  milk  coolers  and  preprocessing facilities and off-farm infrastructure facilities like food processing centres/ units, finished goods warehouses, cold storages, irradiation centres. Under PMKSY, 940 projects have been approved under these  component  schemes  since  2017-18  to  2023-24  (till  25.01.2024)  with  total  project  cost  of  Rs. 22,333.57  crore  including  grants-in-aid  of  Rs.  5715.39  crore  leading  to  creation  of  preservation  and processing capacity of 293.93 lakh metric tonne/ annum.
- (b) : MoFPI provides capacity building support to entrepreneurs involved in food processing business and farmers in various thematic areas of food processing including reduction in post-harvest losses through its  Centrally Sponsored Scheme - Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, National Institute of Food Technology and Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K),  Haryana  and  NIFTEM,  Thanjavur  (NIFTEM-T),  Tamil  Nadu.  The  details  of  capacity building training provided through these institutional mechanisms to food processing entrepreneurs and farmers are as under:

| Scheme/ Institute   | No. of beneficiaries trained                       | No. of beneficiaries trained   | No. of beneficiaries trained   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Scheme/ Institute   | Capacity building to food processing entrepreneurs | Capacity building to farmers   | Total beneficiaries            |
| PMFME               | 62140                                              | -                              | 62140                          |
| NIFTEM -K           | 14845                                              | -                              | 14845                          |
| NIFTEM -T           | 22356                                              | 1227                           | 23583                          |
| Total               | 99341                                              | 1227                           | 100568                         |