Lok Sabha Question No. 2663 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Funds for Food Processing Sector
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani, Manoj Rajoria, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2663

ANSWERED ON 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## FUNDS FOR FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

## 2663.   SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

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

- (a) the allocation and utilization of funds released to States/UTs for enhancing the food processing sector, detailing the schemes and projects supported in each State/UT, for the fiscal years 201819 to 2022-23; and
- (b) the details of credit-linked financial assistance provided to entrepreneurs for setting up food processing  /  preservation  industries  during  the  same  period,  including  the  number  of beneficiaries and the total amount disbursed?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (KM. SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) & (b): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting up/expansion of  related  infrastructure  through  its  Central  Sector  Umbrella  Scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan SAMPADA  Yojana  (PMKSY)  since  2016-17,  Production  Linked  Incentive  Scheme  for  Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) since 2021-22 and Centrally  sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme since 2020-21.

Under  component  schemes  of  PMKSY,  MoFPI  provides  mostly  credit  linked  financial assistance (capital subsidy) to entrepreneurs with total outlay of Rs. 10600 Cr. for 14 th & 15 th Finance Commission Cycle. PMKSY is not region or state specific but demand driven with no state-wise fund allocation & release. So far, Ministry has approved 1401 projects including 41 Mega food Parks, 372 Cold  Chain  projects,  73  Agro-  Processing  Clusters,  513  Food  Processing  Units,  61  Creation  of Backward  &  Forward  Linkages  Projects  &  53  Operation  Green  projects  under  corresponding component schemes of PMKSY.

Ministry also provides financial, technical and business support for setting up/ upgradation of micro food processing enterprises under PMFME scheme. The scheme is operational for a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with total outlay of Rs 10,000 Crore. A total of 62712 micro food processing enterprises have been approved for credit linked financial assistance under PMFME.

PLISFPI is, inter alia, intended to support creation of global food manufacturing champions and support Indian brands of food products in international market. The Scheme is being implemented over a six-year period from 2021-22 to 2026-27 with an outlay of Rs. 10,900 crores and a total of 176 food processing companies have been approved for assistance under various categories of the scheme.

The Year-wise details of funds allocated and funds utilized in the schemes of Ministry is placed at Annexure-I . Funds released to States/UTs under PMFME scheme is placed at Annexure-II .

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2663 ANSWERED ON 19.12.2023 REGARDING FUNDS FOR FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

Details of funds allocated and funds utilized in the schemes of MoFPI

(Rs. in Crores)

|                                   | 2018-19                           | 2018-19                           | 2019-20                           | 2019-20                           | 2020-21                           | 2020-21                           | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Scheme                            | R.E.                              | A.E.                              | R.E.                              | A.E.                              | R.E.                              | A.E.                              | R.E.      | A.E.      | R.E.      | A.E       |
| 870.33                            | 591.38                            | 889.43                            | 694.81                            | 750.00                            | 667.05                            | 791                               | 713.49    | 673.00    | 561.92    | PMKSY     |
| Scheme started in 2020-21         | Scheme started in 2020-21         | Scheme started in 2020-21         | Scheme started in 2020-21         | 400.00                            | 394.59                            | 399                               | 289.85    | 290       | 274.76    | PMFME     |
| PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | PLISFPI Scheme started in 2021-22 | 10        | 7.38      | 801       | 489.83    |

R.E.-Revised Estimates, A.E.- Actual Expenditure

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2663 ANSWERED ON 19.12.2023 REGARDING FUNDS FOR FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

## Funds released to State/UT under PMFME Scheme since 2020-21

(Rs. in Crores)

| State/UT                           |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andaman &Nicobar                   |      1.82 |      1.92 |      0    |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |     34.98 |     23.02 |     11.53 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |      0.15 |      7.34 |      0    |
| Assam                              |     16.71 |     15.86 |     12.58 |
| Bihar                              |      9.05 |     13.59 |      0    |
| Chandigarh                         |      0.4  |      0.91 |      0.38 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |      7.04 |      8.85 |      0    |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |      0.4  |      0.89 |      0    |
| Delhi                              |      0.5  |      0.32 |      0.91 |
| Goa                                |      0.41 |      3.1  |      1.25 |
| Gujarat                            |     16.55 |      8.47 |      0    |
| Haryana                            |      3.23 |      3.14 |      0    |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |      5.19 |      4.92 |      3.28 |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     |      8.19 |      1.27 |      0    |
| Jharkhand                          |      2.69 |      1.74 |      0    |
| Karnataka                          |     32.47 |     18.96 |      8.88 |
| Kerala                             |     10.13 |      3.06 |      2.58 |
| Laddakh                            |      0.45 |      0.93 |      1.55 |
| Lakshadweep                        |      0.4  |      0.61 |      0    |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |     20.62 |      8    |      0    |
| Maharashtra                        |     27.58 |     24.49 |     39.05 |
| Manipur                            |      3.14 |      3.27 |      0    |
| Meghalaya                          |      2.69 |      3.04 |      0    |
| Mizoram                            |      7.73 |      2.94 |      0    |
| Nagaland                           |      6.64 |      5.9  |      0    |
| Odisha                             |     30.37 |     29.45 |      0    |
| Puducherry                         |      1.16 |      0.79 |      0.59 |
| Punjab                             |      5.76 |      6.73 |      0    |
| Rajasthan                          |     14.51 |     12.46 |      0    |
| Sikkim                             |      5.12 |      1.47 |      1.62 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |     12.95 |      2.49 |      6.87 |
| Telangana                          |     33.16 |     16.8  |      0    |
| Tripura                            |      3.11 |     10.23 |      0    |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |     36.29 |     23.36 |      1.19 |
| Uttarakhand                        |      6.03 |      2.18 |      0    |
| West Bengal                        |      0    |      0    |      0    |