Lok Sabha Question No. 1715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Food Processing Infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Rajeev Rai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1715

ANSWERED ON 05 TH  December, 2024

## FOOD PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 1715.    SHRI RAJEEV RAI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to strengthen Food Processing Infrastructure in the State of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of funds allocated for setting up of Food Processing Centres in the said State during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the details of the Food Processing Centres completed/pending in Mau, Ballia and surrounding districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) the extent to which the above facilities have helped to grow in marketing and sale of processed foods in the said State; and
- (e) the details of employment generation due to the existing Food Processing infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a). Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting up/expansion of food processing related infrastructure through its Central Sector Umbrella Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana  (PMKSY),  Production  Linked  Incentive  Scheme  for  Food  Processing Industry (PLIS-FPI) and Centrally sponsored Prime Minister Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme across the country including Uttar Pradesh.

(b). State/UT-wise allocation of funds are not made under PMKSY and PLIS-FPI. The details of Centre  share  of  funds  released  to  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  under  PMFME  scheme  is  given  at Annexure-I .

(c). The details of Food Processing projects sanctioned under PMKSY and PMFME in the Mau, Ballia & surrounding districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh is given at Annexure-II .  No project under PLIS-FPI has been sanctioned in these districts.

(d).  The food processing facilities in Uttar Pradesh has helped in enhancing the exports of processed food from Rs.1351.85 crore in 2014-15 to Rs.3834.48 crore in 2023-24 as per the data of Export Promotion Bureau of Uttar Pradesh.

(e). It is estimated that about 1,35,383 nos. of direct/ indirect employment opportunities have been generated from approved projects of the said schemes of MoFPI in Uttar Pradesh.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1715 FOR ANSWER ON 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2024 REGARDING 'FOOD PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE IN UTTAR PRADESH'

Funds (Centre Share) released to Uttar Pradesh State under PMFME Scheme

| 2021-22     | 2022-23     | 2023-24     | 2024-25   |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
| 24.08 crore | 21.06 crore | 79.55 crore | 100 crore |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1715 FOR ANSWER ON 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2024 REGARDING 'FOOD PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE IN UTTAR PRADESH'

## Food Processing projects sanctioned in Mau, Balia & surrounding districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh under sub-schemes of PMKSY since inception

| S N                                                              | Project Name                                                     | District                                                         | Project Cost (Rs. in Crore)                                      | Approved Grants-in-aid (Rs. in Crore)                            |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure Scheme   | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure Scheme   | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure Scheme   | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure Scheme   | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure Scheme   |
| 1                                                                | Shiva and Sons Agro Products                                     | Ballia                                                           | 14.23                                                            | 5.21                                                             |
| 2                                                                | CP Milk and food products private limited                        | Gorakhpur                                                        | 50.5                                                             | 9.05                                                             |
| Creation / Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Creation / Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Creation / Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Creation / Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities | Creation / Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities |
| 3                                                                | M/s Crazy Bakery Udyog                                           | Gorakhpur                                                        | 16.95                                                            | 3.94                                                             |
| Operation Greens Scheme                                          | Operation Greens Scheme                                          | Operation Greens Scheme                                          | Operation Greens Scheme                                          | Operation Greens Scheme                                          |
| 4                                                                | Doab Agro Foods Private Limited                                  | Ballia                                                           | 46.52                                                            | 7.1                                                              |

## Micro Food Processing Enterprises based proposals sanctioned in Mau, Balia & surrounding districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh  under PMFME

| District   |   Number of sanctioned Micro Food Processing Enterprises |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Azamgarh   |                                                      208 |
| Ballia     |                                                      337 |
| Deoria     |                                                       80 |
| Ghazipur   |                                                      375 |
| Gorakhpur  |                                                      253 |
| Mau        |                                                      146 |

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