Lok Sabha Question No. 3133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: PMKSY
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Kamlesh  Paswan, Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3133

ANSWERED ON - 08.08.2023

## PMKSY

## 3133.  SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN: SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

106SHRI P. WILSN

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

- (a) whether cold storages are being built by the Government under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) to prevent decay of fruits and vegetables and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of projects sanctioned and made functional under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana(PMKSY) in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana in the last three years, year-wise;
- (c) the funds allocated and utilized under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana Scheme during the last three years, year and State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has allocated any funds to the States of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana under the said Scheme during the Financial Year 2020-21 and 2021-22;
- (e) the number of employment opportunities created under the above projects in the last three years, yearwise;
- (f) whether  there  is  an  unacceptable  wastage  of  agricultural  produce  that  otherwise  can  be  used  in processing,  if  so,  the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to  approve  more  projects  so  as  to  reduce wastage and push the percentage of processing in the country; and
- (g) the details of backward and forward linkages created under PMKSY in last three years, year and State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is not supporting setting up of standalone cold storage under any of the component schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). However, under the component schemes of PMKSY viz., Mega Food Park (MFP scheme), Integrated Cold Chain & Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain scheme), Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Cluster (APC scheme), Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (CBFL scheme) and Operation Greens ( OG scheme), cold storage facilities are supported as integral part of the projects.

- (b) : The details of projects sanctioned under various schemes of PMKSY in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana during the last three years from 2020-21 to 2022-23 are provided at Annexure-I.
- (c) to (d):  No State-wise allocation of fund is made under PMKSY. However, the Budget Estimate (BE), Revised Estimate (RE) and the actual expenditure under PMKSY during the last three years is as under: -

(Rs. in crore)

| Year    |      BE |   RE |   Expenditure |
|---------|---------|------|---------------|
| 2020-21 | 1081.41 |  750 |        667.05 |
| 2021-22 |  690    |  791 |        713.49 |

| 2022-23   | 900.00   | 673.00   | 561.93   |
|-----------|----------|----------|----------|

- (e) The  details  of  year-wise  number  of  employment  generated  from  the  completed  projects  under various schemes of PMKSY during the last three years from 2020-21 to 2022-23 are provided at Annexure-I.
- (f) : MoFPI estimates post-harvest losses in various agriculture commodities through various studies based on primary surveys. Two studies were commissioned by the Ministry through (i) Indian Council of Agricultural  Research-Central  Institute  of  Post-Harvest  Engineering  and  Technology  (ICAR-CIPHET) titled 'Assessment of Quantitative Harvest and Post Harvest Losses of Major Crops and Commodities in India' (2015); and (ii) NABARD Consultancy Service Pvt. Ltd. (NABCONS) titled 'Study to Determine Post-Harvest Losses of Agri Produce in India' (2022). MoFPI  has been implementing an umbrella schemePradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY)  since  2017-18  across  the  country.  PMKSY  is  a comprehensive package of component schemes, which is aimed at creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet. It provides boost to the growth of food processing  sector  in  the  country,  helps  in  providing  better  prices  to  farmers,  creates  employment opportunities especially in the rural areas, reduces wastage of agricultural produce, increases the processing level and enhances export of the processed foods.
- (g) : Under the component schemes PMKSY namely Operation Greens (OG), Integrated Cold Storage and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain) and Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (CBFL), financial assistance is provided for creation of backward and forward linkages such as cold storage, frozen storage, Individual Quick Freezing (IQF), bulk milk coolers, reefer vans, logistic support, etc. from farm gate to consumer. The details of year-wise /State-wise number of projects approved under these component schemes during the last three years are provided at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PARAS (b) AND (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3133 ANSWERED ON 08.08.2023 REGARDING 'PMKSY'

| State         | No. of projects with employment generated   | No. of projects with employment generated   | No. of projects with employment generated   | No. of projects with employment generated   | No. of projects with employment generated   | No. of projects with employment generated   | No. of projects with employment generated   | No. of projects with employment generated   | No. of projects with employment generated   |
|---------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|               | 2020-21                                     | 2020-21                                     | 2020-21                                     | 2021-22                                     | 2021-22                                     | 2021-22                                     | 2022-23                                     | 2022-23                                     | 2022-23                                     |
|               | A                                           | C                                           | EG                                          | A                                           | C                                           | EG                                          | A                                           | C                                           | EG                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6                                           | 3                                           | 1008                                        | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 22                                          | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| Haryana       | 13                                          | 6                                           | 1237                                        | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 8                                           | 1                                           | 37                                          |

A- No. of projects approved; C - No. of projects completed; EG- No. of Employment generated

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PARA (g) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3133 ANSWERED ON 08.08.2023 REGARDING 'PMKSY'

| S.No.   | State                  | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|---------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh         | 14        | 1         | 20        |
| 2.      | Assam                  | 0         | 0         | 1         |
| 3.      | Bihar                  | 1         | 1         | 0         |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 5.      | Goa                    | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 6.      | Gujarat                | 6         | 0         | 8         |
| 7.      | Haryana                | 6         | 0         | 1         |
| 8.      | Himachal Pradesh       | 3         | 0         | 2         |
| 9.      | Jammu &Kashmir         | 1         | 0         | 0         |
| 10.     | Jharkhand              | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 11.     | Karnataka              | 4         | 0         | 1         |
| 12.     | Kerala                 | 1         | 0         | 1         |
| 13.     | Madhya Pradesh         | 5         | 0         | 4         |
| 14.     | Maharashtra            | 2         | 0         | 12        |
| 15.     | Orissa                 | 1         | 0         | 3         |
| 16.     | Punjab                 | 3         | 0         | 3         |
| 17.     | Rajasthan              | 2         | 0         | 1         |
| 18.     | Tamil Nadu             | 7         | 0         | 3         |
| 19.     | Telangana              | 1         | 0         | 4         |
| 20.     | Uttar Pradesh          | 4         | 0         | 10        |
| 21.     | Uttarakhand            | 7         | 0         | 1         |
| 22.     | West Bengal            | 0         | 0         | 2         |
| 23.     | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 24.     | Manipur                | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 25.     | Meghalaya              | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 26.     | Mizoram                | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 27.     | Nagaland               | 2         | 0         | 0         |
| 28.     | Tripura                | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 29.     | Sikkim                 | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 30.     | A &NIslands            | 0         | 1         | 0         |
| 31.     | Chandigarh             | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 32.     | D &NHaveli &Daman &Diu | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 33.     | Delhi                  | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 34.     | Lakshadweep            | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 35.     | Pondicherry            | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 36.     | Ladakh                 | 0         | 0         | 0         |
|         | Total                  | 70        | 3         |           |
|         |                        |           |           | 77        |