Lok Sabha Question No. 3258 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Mega Food Parks in Odisha
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Pradeep Purohit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3258

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2025

## MEGA FOOD PARKS IN ODISHA

## 3258.   SHRI PRADEEP PUROHIT.

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

- (a) the number of Mega Food Parks sanctioned for Odisha during the last five years and the current year along with their current status;
- (b) the details of the Government's plan to establish cold storage facilities and logistics hubs for processed food in Odisha;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated for the development of food processing infrastructure in Odisha under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY);
- (d) whether the Government plans to establish more food processing clusters in Odisha's tribal and rural regions, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the manner in which the Government is supporting food startups and MSMEs in Odisha's food processing sector?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing Mega Food Parks Scheme (MFPS), a component scheme of Pradhan Mantra Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMSKY) for creating modern infrastructure for the food-processing sector along the value chain from farm to market. In the last five years no Mega Food Park has been sanctioned for Odisha. The scheme has been discontinued by the Government w.e.f. 01.04.2021 with provision for committed liabilities during 15th Finance Commission cycle. Two Mega Food Parks have already been approved in the state of Odisha. The details of the Mega Food Parks approved in the State of Odisha, along with their status are at Annexure-I .

(b) to (e): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing schemes to boost food processing industries through infrastructure creation, grant of sales-based incentives, capacity expansion, and other supporting measures. These schemes are Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY), Prime Minster Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, and Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI).

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing various component schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) which is a Central sector scheme for the creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet.  The  component schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) such as Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters (APC), Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (ICC), Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) and Operation Greens (OG) under which financial assistance is provided for setting up of Food Processing Infrastructure/units in the country.

Further the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) does not set up any project under component schemes of PMKSY on its own. Rather MoFPI extends financial support by way of grants-in-aid through these schemes, which are demand driven in nature. No State wise, Region wise or District wise allocation of funds is made under this scheme. The proposals are invited through  Expression  of  Interest  (EoI)  from  time  to  time  from  interested  individuals/  entities. Proposals received are evaluated based on eligibility and assessment criteria and approvals are given  on  merit  basis  amongst  proposals  found  eligible.  Under  various  component  schemes  of PMKSY, concessions and enhanced rate of financial assistance as grant-in-aid @ 50% of eligible project  cost  is  provided  for  setting  up  of  Food  Processing  units  in  the  Northeastern  States, Himalayan States, ITDP notified areas of the States & Islands. Whereas financial assistance for general areas is 35% of eligible project cost. Details of Grants-in-aid approved and released for the projects sanctioned under component schemes of PMKSY including number of Cold storages/ frozen storage/ CA/ MA created in the State of Odisha along are at Annexure -II

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3258. ANSWERED ON 20TH MARCH 2025 ON MEGA FOOD PARKS IN ODISHA

|   S. No. | SPV/IA Name                                                     | State/ UT Name   | District Name   | Date of Final Approva l   |   Total Project Cost (INR in Cr) |   Grant Appro ved (INR in Cr) |   Grant Release d (INR in Cr) | Status                |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|       01 | MITS Mega Food Park Ltd                                         | Odisha           | Rayagad a       | 16-Apr- 2012              |                            87.88 |                         45.94 |                         44.95 | Operational           |
|       02 | Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) | Odisha           | Khordha         | 6-Nov- 2015               |                           121.95 |                         50    |                         37.8  | Under Implementatio n |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) TO (E) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3258 ANSWERED ON 20TH MARCH 2025 ON  MEGA FOOD PARKS IN ODISHA

AS ON 28.02.2025

|   Total number of projects approved |   Complete d/Operati onal |   Projec t Cost (in Crore s) |   Approv ed Grant in Aid (GIA) (in Crores) |   Releas ed GIA (in Crore s) |   Proce ssing Capac ity Creat ed (LMT /Annu m) |   Preser vation Capaci ty Create d (LMT/ Annum ) |   Emplo yment |   Farme rs Benefit ed |   No of Cold storages/ frozen storage/ CA/MA |
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|                                  28 |                        12 |                       748.72 |                                     206.85 |                       146.43 |                                           6.71 |                                             2.32 |         18855 |                 85841 |                                           15 |

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