Lok Sabha Question No. 3155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Investment Milestone under PLI Scheme
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Janardan Mishra, Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, Shri Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar, Shri Godam Nagesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 ANSWERED ON 07 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## INVESTMENT MILESTONE UNDER PLI SCHEME

## 3155.   SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU: SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA: SHRI CHHATRAPAL SINGH GANGWAR: SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA: SHRI GODAM NAGESH:

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

- (a) the  number  of  applications  approved  under  the  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  scheme  in various  segments  along  with  the  number  of  approved  projects  that  have  started  commercial production  and  the  percentage  of  projects  that  have  achieved  their  committed  investment milestones, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the criteria used for selecting food processing companies for receiving PLI disbursements under PLI scheme;
- (c) whether any company from Andhra Pradesh have been selected and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  monitoring  mechanisms  set  up  to  ensure  compliance  with  regard  to  minimum  sales  and investment limit required for claiming PLI benefits;
- (e) whether the Government has observed regional disparities in sanctioned investments under the scheme particularly in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States with low-processing capacities such as Bihar, Odisha and the North Eastern region;
- (f) if so, the corrective measures planned/being planned to address such disparities; and
- (g) whether cold storage or related infrastructure have been constructed under PLI scheme in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the district-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Under  Production  Linked  Incentive  Scheme  for  Food  Processing  Industry  (PLISFPI),  170 applications  with  278  projects  have  been  approved,  of  which  277  projects  have  started  commercial production. The committed investment approved under the scheme is Rs.7644.27 crore against which the actual investment is Rs.9032.11 crore, which is 118 % of the committed investment. The state wise details of units approved under the PLISFPI are at Annexure-I .

- (b): The criteria used for selecting food-processing companies under PLISFPI is at Annexure-II .
- (c): The details of the companies selected under PLISFPI in Andhra Pradesh are at Annexure-III .
- (d): A Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including certificates from Statutory Auditor and Charted Engineers have been prescribed to ensure compliance with the minimum sales and investment required for claiming PLI incentives.
- (e) & (f): There are 278 food processing units approved under the PLI Scheme, which are fairly spread across 22 states of India.
- (g): An investment of Rs.1257.47 crore have been made in Andhra Pradesh under PLISFPI. The district wise  details  of  investment  made  in  Andhra  Pradesh  in  food  processing  infrastructure  including  cold storage facilities under PLISFPI are at Annexure- III .

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025 REGARDING 'INVESTMENT MILESTONE UNDER PLI SCHEME'

| State Wise Sector   | RTC/RTE          |   RTC/RTE | Fruits& Vegetables   |   Marine Products |   Moz. Cheese |   Organic/ Innovative |   MilletTotal |     |
|---------------------|------------------|-----------|----------------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------------|---------------|-----|
| Andhra Pradesh      | 1                |         9 |                      |                26 |             0 |                     0 |             2 |  38 |
| Assam               | 3                |         0 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     0 |             1 |   4 |
| Bihar               | 4                |         3 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     0 |             0 |   7 |
| Chhattisgarh        | 1                |         0 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     0 |             0 |   1 |
| Goa                 | 0                |         1 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     0 |             0 |   1 |
| Gujarat             | 17               |         6 |                      |                 1 |             3 |                     0 |             5 |  32 |
| Haryana             | 6                |         0 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     1 |             2 |   9 |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 0                |         1 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     1 |             2 |   4 |
| Jammu& Kashmir      | 2                |         0 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     0 |             0 |   2 |
| Jharkhand           | 1                |         1 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     0 |             0 |   2 |
| Karnataka           | 4                |         8 |                      |                 1 |             0 |                     1 |             7 |  21 |
| Kerala              | 0                |         7 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     3 |             0 |  10 |
| Madhya Pradesh 6    | Madhya Pradesh 6 |         2 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     1 |             1 |  11 |
| Maharashtra         | 14               |        13 |                      |                 1 |             3 |                     5 |             5 |  41 |
| Odisha              | 2                |         2 |                      |                 1 |             0 |                     0 |             0 |   5 |
| Punjab              | 1                |         5 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     0 |             3 |   9 |
| Rajasthan           | 4                |         2 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     0 |             0 |   6 |
| Tamil Nadu          | 3                |         8 |                      |                 1 |             0 |                     1 |             7 |  20 |
| Telangana           | 3                |         5 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     0 |             5 |  13 |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 18               |         6 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     2 |             1 |  27 |
| Uttarakhand         | 1                |         1 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     1 |             4 |   7 |
| West Bengal         | 4                |         4 |                      |                 0 |             0 |                     1 |             0 |   9 |
| Grand Total         | 95               |        84 |                      |                31 |             6 |                    17 |            45 | 278 |

RTE/RTC: Ready to Eat/Ready to Cook

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025 REGARDING 'INVESTMENT MILESTONE UNDER PLI SCHEME'

| Categories    | Segment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Minimum Sales                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Minimum Investment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Category-I    | RTE/RTC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 500                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 100                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Category-I    | Processed F&V                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 250                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 50                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Category-I    | Marine Products                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 600                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 75                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Category-I    | Mozzarella Cheese                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 150                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 10 MTPD plant - Rs.23 crore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Category- II  |  Udyog Aadhar/ Udyami Registered;  Minimum Sales of Rs 1 crore during 2019-20 for the proposed product  Registration with APEDA for the organic product proposed to be incentivised.                                                                                                                                                                                      |  Udyog Aadhar/ Udyami Registered;  Minimum Sales of Rs 1 crore during 2019-20 for the proposed product  Registration with APEDA for the organic product proposed to be incentivised.                                                                                                                                                                                      |  Udyog Aadhar/ Udyami Registered;  Minimum Sales of Rs 1 crore during 2019-20 for the proposed product  Registration with APEDA for the organic product proposed to be incentivised.                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Category- III |  Only Indian Brands are covered for selling food products completely manufactured in India;  Branding &Marketing shall be undertaken either by the Applicant directly or through its subsidiary or any other Agency.                                                                                                                                                       |  Only Indian Brands are covered for selling food products completely manufactured in India;  Branding &Marketing shall be undertaken either by the Applicant directly or through its subsidiary or any other Agency.                                                                                                                                                       |  Only Indian Brands are covered for selling food products completely manufactured in India;  Branding &Marketing shall be undertaken either by the Applicant directly or through its subsidiary or any other Agency.                                                                                                                                                       |
| Millets       |  Packaged and Branded Ready to Cook/Ready to Eat (RTC/RTE) food products in consumer packs with more than 15% of millets by weight/ volume in product composition.  Primary processed millet commodities like de-husked/polished millet grains, colour sorted millet grains and Millet Flours/ Atta.  Large Entity: Minimum Sales of food products more than Rs.250 crore |  Packaged and Branded Ready to Cook/Ready to Eat (RTC/RTE) food products in consumer packs with more than 15% of millets by weight/ volume in product composition.  Primary processed millet commodities like de-husked/polished millet grains, colour sorted millet grains and Millet Flours/ Atta.  Large Entity: Minimum Sales of food products more than Rs.250 crore |  Packaged and Branded Ready to Cook/Ready to Eat (RTC/RTE) food products in consumer packs with more than 15% of millets by weight/ volume in product composition.  Primary processed millet commodities like de-husked/polished millet grains, colour sorted millet grains and Millet Flours/ Atta.  Large Entity: Minimum Sales of food products more than Rs.250 crore |

RTE/RTC: Ready to Eat/Ready to Cook

F&V: Fruits & Vegetables

APEDA: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

MSME: Micro Small Medium Enterprises

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  &  (g)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025 REGARDING 'INVESTMENT MILESTONE UNDER PLI SCHEME'

(Rs. in crore)

| Sr. N o   | Beneficiary Name                           | Sector             | District       |   Committed Investment |   Reported Investment |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | Asvini Fisheries Private Limited           | Marine Products    | East Godavari  |                  88.44 |                  1.01 |
| 2         | Asvini Fisheries Private Limited           | Marine Products    | West Godavari  |                   8.92 |                 21.84 |
| 3         | Avanti Frozen Foods Private Limited        | Marine Products    | Kakinada       |                  38.85 |                 69.27 |
| 4         | Avanti Frozen Foods Private Limited        | Marine Products    | Kakinada       |                  29.57 |                 39.13 |
| 5         | Avanti Frozen Foods Private Limited        | Marine Products    | East Godavari  |                  12.9  |                 21.65 |
| 6         | Choice Trading Corporation Private Limited | Marine Products    | Baptla         |                  80    |                 93.85 |
| 7         | Devi Fisheries Limited                     | Marine Products    | East Godavari  |                   5.13 |                  7.58 |
| 8         | Devi Fisheries Limited                     | Marine Products    | East Godavari  |                   5.44 |                 13.8  |
| 9         | Devi Fisheries Limited                     | Marine Products    | East Godavari  |                  91.19 |                104.48 |
| 10        | Devi Fisheries Limited                     | Marine Products    | East Godavari  |                  11.5  |                 19.89 |
| 11        | Devi Sea Foods Limited                     | Marine Products    | Prakasam       |                  44.8  |                 55.92 |
| 12        | Devi Sea Foods Limited                     | Marine Products    | West Godavari  |                  22.14 |                  9.92 |
| 13        | Devi Sea Foods Limited                     | Marine Products    | West Godavari  |                   9.61 |                 12.39 |
| 14        | Devi Sea Foods Limited                     | Marine Products    | Singarayokonda |                   2.56 |                  7.39 |
| 15        | Foods And Inns Limited                     | Fruits &Vegetables | Chittoor       |                   5.5  |                  7.62 |
| 16        | Coastal Foods                              | Millet MSME        | Guntur         |                   0    |                  0    |
| 17        | ITC Limited                                | Fruits &Vegetables | Guntur         |                 123.88 |                127.2  |
| 18        | ITC Limited                                | Fruits &Vegetables | Guntur         |                   3    |                  4.96 |
| 19        | ITC Limited                                | Marine Products    | Guntur         |                  37.77 |                 33.13 |
| 20        | ITC Limited                                | Marine Products    | Guntur         |                  37.78 |                 44.91 |
| 21        | ITC Limited (Sp Edibles)                   | Fruits &Vegetables | Guntur         |                   3.41 |                  3.34 |
| 22        | ITC Limited (Sri Sai Agro)                 | Fruits &Vegetables | Guntur         |                   2.86 |                 16.12 |
| 23        | Mtr Foods Private Limited                  | Fruits &Vegetables | Guntur         |                  24.33 |                 26.52 |
| 24        | Nekkanti Sea Foods Ltd                     | Marine Products    | East Godavari  |                  40    |                 41.38 |
| 25        | Nekkanti Sea Foods Ltd                     | Marine Products    | Nellore        |                   9.75 |                 10.9  |
| 26        | Nekkanti Sea Foods Ltd                     | Marine Products    | Nellore        |                  31.64 |                 32.84 |
| 27        | Parle Biscuits Pvt Ltd                     | RTC/ RTE           | Chittoor       |                  15.38 |                 56.98 |
| 28        | Treta Agro Pvt. Ltd.                       | Millet MSME        | Chittoor       |                   0    |                  0    |
| 29        | Sandhya Aqua                               | Marine Products    | Kakinada       |                  97    |                125.61 |
| 30        | Sandhya Aqua                               | Marine Products    | Krishna        |                   5    |                  3.73 |
| 31        | Sandhya Aqua                               | Marine Products    | Krishna        |                  10    |                  6.65 |
| 32        | Sandhya Aqua                               | Marine Products    | East Godavari  |                  68.23 |                 47.72 |
| 33        | Sandhya Marines Limited                    | Marine Products    | Prakasam       |                   8.35 |                 25.29 |
| 34        | Sandhya Marines Limited                    | Marine Products    | West Godavari  |                   1.6  |                  5.99 |
| 35        | Sandhya Marines Limited                    | Marine Products    | West Godavari  |                  80.31 |                 82.72 |
| 36        | Synthite Industries P Ltd                  | Fruits &Vegetables | Prakasam       |                  44.62 |                 56.86 |
| 37        | Tata Consumer Products Limited             | Fruits &Vegetables | Chittoor       |                   8.86 |                  8.86 |
| 38        | Tata Consumer Products Limited             | Fruits &Vegetables | East Godavari  |                   9.14 |                 10.02 |
|           | Total                                      |                    |                |                1119.46 |               1257.47 |

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