Lok Sabha Question No. 1996 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Mega Food Parks and FPUs
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1996

ANSWERED ON 01.08.2023

## MEGA FOOD PARKS AND FPUs

## 1996.  SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

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

- (a) whether any financial assistance is being provided by the Government to set up Food Processing Mega Food Parks and Food Processing Units (FPUs) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the financial assistance provided by the Government for the said purpose during each of the last three years, State-wise; and
- (c)     whether the Government is likely to consider to provide concession and accord priority for the setting up of Food Processing Mega Food Parks and FPUs in the aspirational districts and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a).   Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  has  been  implementing  central  sector  umbrella scheme called 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)' since 2017-18 across the country. The basic objective of the scheme is to ensure overall development of food processing sector in the country. The scheme aims to achieve the objective by providing incentives for creation of preservation & processing infrastructure. The PMKSY has several component schemes. Under the component-scheme Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS), financial assistance is provided for setting up of Mega Food Parks in the country. The scheme has been discontinued by the Government w.e.f. 01.04.2021 with provision for committed liabilities during 15 th  Finance Commission cycle. The other component schemes of PMKSY such as Agro Processing  Cluster  (APC),  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure  (ICC),  Creation  / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) and Operation Greens (OG) provide for financial assistance for setting up of Food Processing Infrastructure/Units in the country.

Further, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is extending credit linked subsidy @35% of eligible project cost subject to maximum of Rs. 10 lakhs for upgradation of existing or setting up of new micro-food  processing  enterprises,  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Formalization  of  Micro  Food  Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme.

(b). State-wise details of financial assistance provided during each of the last three years by the Ministry for setting up of Mega Food Parks and Food Processing Units is at Annexure .

(c). Though MoFPI does not provide concessions or accords priority for the setting up of Food Processing Mega Food Parks and FPUs in the aspirational districts, but under the component schemes namely Cold Chain, APC, CEFPPC and OG, the following concessions are provided for proposals received from difficult areas such as Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP), North Eastern Region, Hilly States etc.: -

-  The combined net worth of the applicant equal to the grants-in-aid sought against 1.5 times in general areas.
-  Term loan from the Bank for an amount not less than 10% of the total project cost against 20% in general areas.
-  Infusion of equity of at least 10% of the total project cost against 20% in general areas.
-  Minimum eligible project cost of Rs.1.00 (one) crore against Rs. 3.00 crore in general areas.
-  Grants-in-aid @50% of eligible project cost against @ 35% of the eligible project cost in general areas, subject to a maximum amount of Rs. 5.00 crore in case of CEFPPC scheme, Rs. 10.00 crore in case of APC and Cold Chain schemes and Rs.15.00 crore in case of OG scheme.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1996 FOR ANSWER ON 01 st  AUGUST, 2023 REGARDING 'MEGA FOOD PARKS AND FPUS'

## A. State-wise details of financial assistance provided during each of the last three years under Mega Food Park scheme (MFPS)

(Rs. In Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |      0    |      0.94 |      4.01 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |     12.02 |      0    |      0    |
| 3         | Assam             |      0    |      3.84 |      0    |
| 4         | Bihar             |      6.3  |      0    |      0    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |      3.53 |      0    |      0    |
| 6         | Gujarat           |     12.65 |      0    |      0    |
| 7         | Haryana           |      0    |     19.68 |      0    |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  |      2.28 |      0    |      0    |
| 9         | Karnataka         |      0.5  |      9    |      0    |
| 10        | Kerala            |      9    |      1.1  |     11.18 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh    |      1.37 |      0    |      0    |
| 12        | Maharashtra       |      1.49 |      0.98 |      0    |
| 13        | Manipur           |      7.49 |      0    |      2    |
| 14        | Mizoram           |      0    |      0.38 |      0    |
| 15        | Nagaland          |      0    |      9    |      0    |
| 16        | Rajasthan         |      1.72 |      0    |      0    |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu        |      0    |      6.88 |      0    |
| 18        | Telangana         |      0.45 |      0    |      0    |
| 19        | Tripura           |      1.5  |      0    |      0    |
| 20        | Uttarakhand       |      1.5  |      0    |      4.48 |
|           | Total             |     61.8  |     51.8  |     21.67 |

## B. State-wise details of financial assistance provided during each of the last three years under APC scheme

(Rs. in Crore)

|   Sl. No. | State/ UT        |   Grant Released 2020-21 |   Grant Released 2021-22 |   Grant Released 2022-23 |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Assam            |                     6.65 |                     8.18 |                    13.84 |
|         2 | Bihar            |                     0    |                     0    |                     2.49 |
|         3 | Gujarat          |                     0    |                     2.97 |                     5.04 |
|         4 | Haryana          |                     2.17 |                     3.55 |                     0    |
|         5 | Himachal Pradesh |                     1.85 |                     1.85 |                     0    |
|         6 | Jammu &Kashmir   |                     3.96 |                     0    |                     0    |
|         7 | Karnataka        |                     6.67 |                     5.06 |                     1.7  |
|         8 | Kerala           |                     3.99 |                     6.6  |                     1.35 |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh   |                     7.15 |                     3.74 |                     3.11 |

| 10   | Maharashtra   |   7.38 |   3.66 |   11.87 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|---------|
| 11   | Punjab        |   6.77 |   2.78 |    1.69 |
| 12   | Tamil Nadu    |   1.8  |   5.78 |    4.41 |
| 13   | Telangana     |   0    |   3.16 |    0    |
| 14   | Uttar Pradesh |   0    |   1.35 |    0.94 |
|      | Total         |  48.39 |  48.68 |   46.44 |

- C. State-wise details of financial assistance provided during each of the last three years under Cold Chain scheme

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State            |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman Nicobar  |      0    |      0.81 |      0    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh   |     41.97 |     49.37 |     11.2  |
| 3         | Bihar            |      3.5  |      3.1  |      0    |
| 4         | Gujarat          |     11.83 |     21.59 |      3.23 |
| 5         | Haryana          |     23.33 |     13.33 |      0    |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh |     12.15 |     13.34 |      0    |
| 7         | Madhya Pradesh   |      0    |     16.08 |      0    |
| 8         | Maharashtra      |     33.86 |      8.69 |      0    |
| 9         | Nagaland         |      0    |      1.41 |      0    |
| 10        | J&K              |      2.37 |      0    |      0    |
| 11        | Kerala           |      0    |      0.4  |      0    |
| 12        | Karnataka        |     13.88 |      5.08 |      1.75 |
| 13        | MP               |     10.9  |      0    |      0    |
| 14        | Odisha           |      1.25 |      3.92 |      2.4  |
| 15        | Punjab           |     12.69 |      4.08 |      4.4  |
| 16        | Rajasthan        |      8.85 |      3.05 |      0    |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu       |      5.79 |     18.65 |      0    |
| 18        | Telangana        |      6.58 |      9.61 |      0    |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh    |      1.45 |      9.57 |      0    |
| 20        | Uttarakhand      |     25.55 |     14.68 |      5.35 |
| 21        | West Bengal      |      7.51 |      4.85 |      3.15 |
|           | Total            |    223.46 |    201.61 |     31.48 |

- D. State-wise details of financial assistance provided during each of the last three years under CEFPPC scheme

(Rs. in Crore)

|   Sl. No. | State             |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |      2.5  |      7.26 |      7.44 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |      0.81 |      5.88 |      1.56 |
|         3 | Assam             |      7.45 |     25.88 |     19.07 |
|         4 | Bihar             |      2.5  |      2.48 |      0    |
|         5 | Chhatisgarh       |      2.5  |      0    |      3.74 |
|         6 | Goa               |      1.45 |      1.31 |      0    |
|         7 | Gujarat           |     20.19 |     28.99 |     26.69 |
|         8 | Haryana           |      9.81 |     10.49 |      3.06 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  |      7.11 |     13.81 |      8.23 |

| 10   | Karnataka                          |   10.63 |   10.37 |   7.14 |
|------|------------------------------------|---------|---------|--------|
| 11   | Kerala                             |   11.4  |   11.28 |   7.12 |
| 12   | Madhya Pradesh                     |    7.63 |    7.37 |   4.81 |
| 13   | Maharashtra                        |   33.59 |   27.55 |  30.33 |
| 14   | Manipur                            |    0    |    0.4  |   0.38 |
| 15   | Meghalaya                          |    2.35 |    2.26 |   0    |
| 16   | Mizoram                            |    0    |    1.78 |   0    |
| 17   | Odisha                             |    2.5  |    0    |   0    |
| 18   | Punjab                             |    2.9  |    1.94 |   5.11 |
| 19   | Rajasthan                          |    2.19 |    6.13 |   3.12 |
| 20   | Tamil Nadu                         |    9.32 |    8.19 |  10.06 |
| 21   | Telangana                          |    5    |    0    |   0    |
| 22   | Tripura                            |    2.5  |    5.81 |   0.74 |
| 23   | Uttar Pradesh                      |   15.92 |   20.98 |   9.26 |
| 24   | Uttarakhand                        |   16.75 |    7.33 |   6.21 |
| 25   | West Bengal                        |   11.84 |    8.19 |   6.29 |
| 26   | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |    0    |    1.79 |   1.68 |
| 27   | Jammu &Kashmir                     |   11.23 |   18.98 |   7.23 |
|      | Total                              |  200.07 |  236.45 | 169.27 |

## State-wise details of financial assistance provided during each of the last three years under

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State          |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh |      0    |      0    |      4.88 |
| 2         | Gujarat        |      6.08 |      4.32 |     22.41 |
| 3         | Maharashtra    |      0    |      2.63 |     12.61 |
| 4         | Tamil Nadu     |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|           | Grand Total    |      6.08 |      6.95 |     39.9  |

## F. State-wise details of financial assistance provided during each of the last three years under PMFME scheme

(Rs. in crores)

|   S N | State/UT                 |   2020- 21 |   2021-22 |   2022- 23 |   2023-24 |   Total |   Fund Returned |   Net Release |
|-------|--------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
|     1 | Andaman & Nicobar Island |       1.82 |      1.92 |       0    |      0    |    3.74 |            0    |          3.74 |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh           |      34.98 |     23.02 |      11.53 |     34.7  |  104.23 |            0    |        104.23 |
|     3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |       0.15 |      7.34 |       0    |      0    |    7.5  |            0    |          7.5  |
|     4 | Assam                    |      16.71 |     15.86 |      12.58 |      0    |   45.14 |            8.69 |         36.45 |
|     5 | Bihar                    |       9.05 |     13.59 |       0    |     22.79 |   45.42 |            0.1  |         45.32 |
|     6 | Chandigarh               |       0.4  |      0.96 |       0.38 |      0    |    1.74 |            0    |          1.74 |
|     7 | Chhattisgarh             |       7.04 |      8.85 |       0    |      7.69 |   23.58 |            0    |         23.58 |
|     8 | D &NHaveli & D n D       |       0.4  |      0.89 |       0    |      0    |    1.29 |            0    |          1.29 |
|     9 | Delhi                    |       0.5  |      0.32 |       0.91 |      0    |    1.73 |            0    |          1.73 |

## E. Operation Greens scheme

| 10   | Goa              |   0.41 |   3.10 |   1.25 |   1.36 |    6.12 |   0.00 |   6.12 |
|------|------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|
| 11   | Gujarat          |  16.55 |   8.47 |   0    |   0    |   25.02 |   0    |  25.02 |
| 12   | Haryana          |   3.23 |   3.14 |   0    |   0    |    6.37 |   0    |   6.37 |
| 13   | Himachal Pradesh |   5.19 |   4.92 |   3.28 |   6.36 |   19.75 |   0    |  19.75 |
| 14   | Jammu &Kashmir   |   8.19 |   1.27 |   0    |   2.68 |   12.14 |   0    |  12.14 |
| 15   | Jharkhand        |   2.69 |   1.74 |   0    |   0    |    4.43 |   0    |   4.43 |
| 16   | Karnataka        |  32.47 |  18.96 |   8.88 |   0    |   60.31 |   0    |  60.31 |
| 17   | Kerala           |  10.13 |   3.06 |   2.58 |  10.1  |   25.88 |   2.09 |  23.78 |
| 18   | Ladakh           |   0.45 |   0.93 |   1.55 |   0    |    2.93 |   0    |   2.93 |
| 19   | Lakshadweep      |   0.4  |   0.61 |   0    |   0    |    1.01 |   0    |   1.01 |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh   |  20.62 |   8    |   0    |   0    |   28.62 |   0    |  28.62 |
| 21   | Maharashtra      |  27.58 |  24.49 |  39.05 |  67.35 |  158.47 |   0    | 158.47 |
| 22   | Manipur          |   3.14 |   3.27 |   0    |   0    |    6.41 |   0    |   6.41 |
| 23   | Meghalaya        |   2.69 |   3.04 |   0    |   0    |    5.73 |   0    |   5.73 |
| 24   | Mizoram          |   7.73 |   2.94 |   0    |   0    |   10.67 |   0.25 |  10.42 |
| 25   | Nagaland         |   6.64 |   5.9  |   0    |   0    |   12.55 |   0    |  12.55 |
| 26   | Odisha           |  30.37 |  29.45 |   0    |   0    |   59.82 |   1.59 |  58.23 |
| 27   | Puducherry       |   1.16 |   0.79 |   0.59 |   0    |    2.54 |   0    |   2.54 |
| 28   | Punjab           |   5.76 |   6.73 |   0    |   0    |   12.5  |   0    |  12.5  |
| 29   | Rajasthan        |  14.51 |  12.46 |   0    |  16.98 |   43.95 |   0    |  43.95 |
| 30   | Sikkim           |   5.12 |   1.47 |   1.62 |   0    |    8.22 |   1.43 |   6.79 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu       |  12.95 |   2.49 |   6.87 |  25.37 |   47.67 |   0.11 |  47.56 |
| 32   | Telangana        |  33.16 |  16.8  |   0    |  15.4  |   65.36 |   0    |  65.36 |
| 33   | Tripura          |   3.11 |  10.23 |   0    |   0    |   13.34 |   0    |  13.34 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh    |  36.29 |  23.36 |   1.19 |  79.55 |  140.39 |  23.53 | 116.86 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand      |   6.03 |   2.18 |   0    |   0    |    8.21 |   0    |   8.21 |
|      | Grand Total      | 367.61 | 272.58 |  92.26 | 290.32 | 1022.76 |  37.79 | 984.97 |