Lok Sabha Question No. 270 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-18
Subject: District Level Food Processing Parks
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Darshan Singh Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 270*

ANSWERED ON 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## DISTRICT LEVEL FOOD PROCESSING PARKS

## *270. SHRI DARSHAN SINGH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  district-level  food  processing  parks  in Narmadapuram, Narsinghpur and Raisen districts of Madhya Pradesh for value addition of agricultural products like soyabean, gram, maize, fruits and vegetables and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the current status of land availability, DPRs, investment proposals and central assistance for the said districts;
- (c) the  number  of  proposals  received  from  the  said  districts  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) for cold-chain, storage and processing units along with the number of proposals approved therefrom; and
- (d) the estimated increase in farmers' income and local employment opportunities on account of the setting up of these parks?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI CHIRAG PASWAN)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO. *270 ANSWERED  ON  18 TH DECEMBER  2025 REGARDING 'DISTRICT LEVEL FOOD PROCESSING PARKS'

(a) &  (b) The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yoajana (PMKSY), a Central Sector Umbrella scheme with six component schemes.  Under this scheme, the Ministry provides support in form of grants in aid/ subsidy to entrepreneurs to set up food processing facilities. The Ministry does not set up any food processing facility/ food park on its own. The setting up of food processing parks is supported under the component Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters (APC).

The  Scheme  for  Creation  of  Infrastructure  for  Agro  Processing  Clusters  (APC)  aims  at development of modern infrastructure in at least 10 acres of land to encourage entrepreneurs to set up food processing units following a cluster approach. Under the scheme, the Ministry provides support in the form of grants in aid/ subsidy @35 per cent of the eligible project cost in general areas and 50 per cent in difficult and hilly areas like the Northeast Region including Sikkim, J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and ITDP notified areas of the States subject to a maximum of Rs. 10 Crore per project.  The Scheme is not state specific but a demand driven scheme under which applications are invited online from the potential investors / entrepreneurs against Expression of Interest (Eol) issued by the Ministry from time to time.

The Ministry also implemented the Mega Food Parks scheme (MFP) till 31 st March 2021 with the objective of providing modern infrastructure facilities for the food processing sector along the value chain from farm to market to be set up in at least 50 acres of land.

Till date, no proposal has been received from Narmadapuram, Narsinghpur and Raisen districts of Madhya Pradesh for setting up of food processing parks under APC or MFP schemes of MoFPI.

(c) Under  the  Scheme  for  Creation  /  Expansion  of  Food  Processing  &  Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC), a component scheme under  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY), total eight proposals from  Narmadapuram, Narsinghpur and  Raisen districts  of Madhya Pradesh have been received till date. However, no proposal has been approved.

(d) As there is no approved project under APC and MFP schemes in the Narmadapuram, Narsinghpur and Raisen districts of Madhya Pradesh, therefore the question does not arise.

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