Lok Sabha Question No. 2597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Salient features of PMKSY
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Kripanath Mallah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2597

ANSWERED ON 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## SALIENT FEATURES OF PMKSY

## 2597.   SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

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

- (a) the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY);
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under this Yojana across the country including Assam so far;
- (c) the  details  of  the  benefits/facilities  being  provided  to  the  farmers  under  this  yojana across the country including Assam;
- (d) whether the Government has fixed any target under this Yojana across the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of the number of farmers benefitted under this yojana so far along with its response across the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing a Central Sector  umbrella  scheme,  namely,  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY)  since 2017-18 across the country. PMKSY is a comprehensive package of  component schemes viz. (i) Mega Food Parks, (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, (iii) Food Safety & Quality Assurance Infrastructure- Food Testing Lab (iv) Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing  and  Preservation  Capacities,  (v)  Creation  of  Infrastructure  for  Agro  Processing Clusters,  (vi)  Creation  of  Backward  and  Forward  Linkage  (vii)  Human  Resource  and Institutions and (viii) Operation Greens  which results in creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet. It provides big boost to the growth of food processing sector in the country, help in providing better prices to farmers, creates  huge  employment  opportunities  especially  in  the  rural  areas,  reduces  wastage  of agricultural produce, increases the processing level and enhances the export of the processed foods.  PMKSY  is  demand  driven  and  online  proposals/  applications  are  invited  from  the eligible  entities  by  issuing  Expression  of  Interest  (EoI)  from  time  to  time  under  various component schemes of PMKSY based on the availability of vacant slots and funds. Under the component schemes of PMKSY, financial support is being provided in the form of grants-inaid @ 35% and 50% against the eligible components in general and difficult areas respectively as per their extant scheme guidelines.

(b) & (c): The component schemes being demand driven, no State-wise allocation of fund is made under PMKSY. The details of budget allocated from 2017-18 to 2023-24 and utilization of  funds  (funds  released  in  the  form  of  grants-in-aid)  till  30.11.2023  under  PMKSY  are  at Annexure-I. A total 1132 food processing projects have been approved across the country for total  grants-in-aid  of  Rs.  6067.47  crore  (including  grants-in-aid  of  Rs.  322.17  crore  for  70 projects approved in the State of Assam) for creating cold storage, warehouse facilities thereby leading  to  creation  of  252.30  LMT  processing  capacity  /  annum,  42.91  LMT  preservation capacity / annum and generating 06,02,070 employments on completion of these projects.

(d):  The details of physical targets that were proposed by the Ministry for the 15 th Finance Commission Cycle Period (2021-26) are at Annexure-II.

(e):  A total of 1132 food processing projects have been approved from 2017-18 to 2023-24 (till  30.11.2023) across the country thereby benefitting 38,19,220 farmers on completion of these projects.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO  PART  (b)  &  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2597  FOR  ANSWER  ON  19.12.2023  REGARDING 'SALIENT FEATURES OF PMKSY'

Details  of  budget  allocated  (from  2017-18  to  2023-24)  and  released  under  various component schemes of PMKSY

| S. No.   | Component Scheme   |   Budget allocated (Rs. in crore) |   Grants-in-aid released (Rs. in crore) |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1.       | MFP Scheme         |                            809.61 |                                  720.77 |
| 2.       | Cold Chain Scheme  |                           1710.54 |                                 1428.12 |
| 3.       | APC Scheme         |                            326.57 |                                  241.58 |
| 4.       | CEFPPC Scheme      |                           1304.89 |                                  944.12 |
| 5.       | FTL Scheme         |                            244.98 |                                  149.38 |
| 6.       | OG Scheme          |                            620.71 |                                  206.57 |
| 7.       | CBFL Scheme        |                            186.97 |                                  149.1  |
| 8.       | HRI Scheme         |                            152.47 |                                  125.01 |
|          | Total              |                           5356.74 |                                 3964.65 |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2597  FOR  ANSWER  ON  19.12.2023  REGARDING 'SALIENT FEATURES OF PMKSY'

## Details  of  physical  targets  proposed  for  the  15 th FCC  period  (2021-26)  under  various component schemes of PMKSY

|   S. No. | Component scheme of PMKSY                                         |   Physical targets (No. of proposed projects) |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure           |                                            30 |
|        2 | Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters           |                                            30 |
|        3 | Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities |                                           162 |
|        4 | Operation Greens                                                  |                                            80 |
|        5 | Food Testing Lab                                                  |                                            25 |
|        6 | Human Resource and Institutions - Research & Development scheme   |                                           100 |

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