Lok Sabha Question No. 2362 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Beneficiaries from Tiruchirappalli under Agro Processing Cluster Scheme
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Durai Vaiko

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2362

ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2025

## BENEFICIARIES FROM TIRUCHIRAPPALLI UNDER AGRO PROCESSING CLUSTER SCHEME

## 2362.    SHRI DURAI VAIKO:

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

- (a) the details of the beneficiaries from Tiruchirappalli and Pudukottai districts of Tamil Nadu under the 'Agro Processing Cluster Scheme', since its inception; and
- (b) the details of the other schemes promoting the growth of the food processing sector in the country during the last five years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing the Scheme for  Creation  of  Infrastructure  for  Agro  Processing  Cluster  (APC),  a  sub-scheme  under  the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY).

Under APC Scheme, no project has been approved in Tiruchirappalli district and  one (01)  project  has  been  approved  in  Pudukottai  district  in  Tamil  Nadu  State  since  its inception.  However, the details of projects approved in the State of Tamil Nadu under APC scheme are at Annexure-I .

(b): The details of the other component scheme of PMKSY for promoting the growth of the food  processing  sector  in  the  country  during  the  last  five  years  and  the  current  year  is  at Annexure-II .

ANNEXURE  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2362  FOR  ANSWER  ON  13 th   MARCH  2025 REGARDING  'BENEFICIARIES  FROM  TIRUCHIRAPPALLI  UNDER  AGRO PROCESSING CLUSTER SCHEME'

## Details of projects approved in the State of Tamil Nadu under APC scheme:

(Rs. in crore)

| S. No.          | District        | Name of Project                              | Date of approval   | Project cost   |   Grant Approved |   Released Grant | Status      |
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
| 1.              | Coimbatore      | M/s JFK International                        | 01.08.2019         | 16.71          |           4.1921 |           2.8566 | Operational |
| 2.              | Tiruppur        | M/s P Duraisamy Maharaja Rice Mills Pvt Ltd  | 03.10.2019         | 25.06          |           8.1502 |           6.2284 | Ongoing     |
| 3.              | Tiruvanna malai | M/s Tiruvannamalai Market Committee          | 29.04.2020         | 25.506         |           5.7487 |           1.8108 | Ongoing     |
| 4.              | Salem           | M/s Salem Market Committee                   | 29.04.2020         | 25.252         |           5.9753 |           1.8822 | Ongoing     |
| 5.              | Theni           | M/s Theni Market Committee                   | 29.04.2020         | 26.308         |           5.9955 |           1.8885 | Ongoing     |
| 6.              | Krishnagiri     | M/s Dharmapuri Market Committee              | 29.04.2020         | 26.826         |           5.8937 |           1.8565 | Ongoing     |
| 7.              | Madurai         | M/s Madurai Market Committee                 | 29.04.2020         | 32.066         |           5.7912 |           1.8242 | Ongoing     |
| 8.              | Dindigul        | M/s Dindigul Market Committee                | 29.04.2020         | 29.018         |           6.7357 |           2.1217 | Ongoing     |
| 9.              | Cuddalore       | M/s Cuddalore Market Committee               | 29.04.2020         | 25.002         |           5.9793 |           1.8834 | Ongoing     |
| 10. Pudukkottai | 10. Pudukkottai | M/s Delta Foods                              | 08.06.202024.3125  |                |           7.472  |           5.2528 | Operational |
| 11. Erode       | 11. Erode       | M/s Vamsi RS Industrial Zone                 | 17.11.2021         | 33.167         |           9.1351 |           0      | Ongoing     |
| 12.             | Thiruvallur     | M/s Integrated Service Point Private Limited | 28.02.2024         | 42.635         |          10      |           0      | Ongoing     |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2362  FOR  ANSWER  ON  13 th   MARCH,  2025 REGARDING  'BENEFICIARIES  FROM  TIRUCHIRAPPALLI  UNDER  AGRO PROCESSING CLUSTER SCHEME'

Details of component schemes of PMKSY promoting the growth of the food processing sector in the country during the last five years and the current year:

| Name of Scheme                                                            | No. of projects approved under the component schemes of PMKSY during the last five years and current year   | No. of projects approved under the component schemes of PMKSY during the last five years and current year   | No. of projects approved under the component schemes of PMKSY during the last five years and current year   | No. of projects approved under the component schemes of PMKSY during the last five years and current year   | No. of projects approved under the component schemes of PMKSY during the last five years and current year   | No. of projects approved under the component schemes of PMKSY during the last five years and current year   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                           | 2019-20                                                                                                     | 2020-21                                                                                                     | 2021-22                                                                                                     | 2022-23                                                                                                     | 2023-24                                                                                                     | 2024-25                                                                                                     |
| Scheme for Creation of Agro Processing Cluster (APC)                      | 9                                                                                                           | 17                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                           | 15                                                                                                          | 13                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                           |
| Creation/Expansion of Food Processing/Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC)    | 101                                                                                                         | 34                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                           | 145                                                                                                         | 131                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                           |
| Creation of Backward &Forward Linkages (CBFL)                             | 1                                                                                                           | 8                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           |
| Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain &Value Addition Infrastructure (ICC&VAI) | 12                                                                                                          | 55                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                           | 34                                                                                                          | 37                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                           |
| Food Testing Lab (FTL)                                                    | 18                                                                                                          | 16                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                           | 8                                                                                                           | 29                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                           |
| Mega Food Park (MFP)                                                      | 2                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           |
| Operation Green (OG)                                                      | 3                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           | 32                                                                                                          | 6                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           |
| Research &Development (R&D)                                               | 11                                                                                                          | 26                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                           | 8                                                                                                           |

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