Lok Sabha Question No. 1448 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: Mega Food Parks
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1448

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## MEGA FOOD PARKS

## 1448.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR RINKU: SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of Food Processing Industries be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up Mega Food Parks across the country;
- (b) if so, the details including the number of such Mega Food Parks proposed to be set up;
- (c) whether any such Food Parks are being set up in the State of Punjab and Vidarbha region of Maharashtra; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof including areas in which they are being set up, progress made in  this  regard  so  far  and  the  date  by  which  the  said  Mega  Food  Parks  are  likely  to become fully operational?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI PASHUPATI KUMAR PARAS)

(a)  to  (d) : Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  was  implementing  Mega  Food  Park Scheme  (MFPS),  a  component  scheme  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana (PMKSY), to create modern infrastructure for the food processing sector along the value chain from farm to market. The scheme was in operation from year 2008 to 31.03.2021 and was discontinued thereafter with provision for committed liability only. In view of this, no further Mega Food Parks are proposed to be set up.

Under  the  scheme,  Ministry  has  approved  41  Mega  Food  Park  (MFP)  projects  across  the country. Out of these 41 MFPs, 24 projects are operational and remaining 17 projects are under implementation. Among these MFP projects, 3 projects each have been approved in States of Punjab and Maharashtra. Details of MFP Projects of Punjab and Maharashtra along with their status of implementation is at Annexure .

*****

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  PART  (a)  to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1448  REGARDING  MEGA  FOOD  PARKS  ANSWERED  ON 12.12.2023.

| S. No.   | SPV/IA Name                                   | State/UT Name         | District Name   | Date of Final Approval   |   Total Project Cost (INR in Cr) |   Amount of Grant Approved (INR in Cr) |   Amount of Grant Released (INR in Cr) | Status               |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.       | Satara Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd Maharashtra     | Satara                |                 | 6-Aug- 2014              |                           139.33 |                                  50    |                                  45    | Operational          |
| 2.       | Paithan Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                | MaharashtraAurangabad |                 | 8-Mar- 2013              |                           124.52 |                                  48.82 |                                  43.94 | Operational          |
| 3.       | Wardha Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                 | Maharashtra           | Wardha          | 13-Jan- 2016             |                            92.36 |                                  50    |                                  15    | Under Implementation |
| 4.       | International Mega Food Park Ltd              | Punjab                | Fazilka         | 25-May- 2011             |                           130.38 |                                  50    |                                  45    | Operational          |
| 5.       | Sukhjit Mega Food Park and Infra Ltd          | Punjab                | Kapurthala      | 6-Nov- 2015              |                           107.83 |                                  48.7  |                                  38.76 | Operational          |
| 6.       | Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Ltd (PAIC) | Punjab                | Ludhiana        | 27-Nov- 2015             |                           117.61 |                                  37.73 |                                  37.62 | Under Implementation |
|          | Total                                         | Total                 | Total           | Total                    |                           712.03 |                                 285.25 |                                 225.32 |                      |