Lok Sabha Question No. 4649 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Assistance under PMFME Scheme
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh, Shri Dharmendra Yadav, Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4649

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  AUGUST, 2025

## ASSISTANCE UNDER PMFME SCHEME

## 4649.   SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH:

SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

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

- (a) the number of micro food processing enterprises receiving assistance under the Pradhan Mantri  Formalisation  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises  (PMFME)  scheme, district-wise in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh at present by July 2025 and the manner in which the said figure compares with the targets set for Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for the period of the scheme;
- (b) the number of micro food processing enterprises owned by OBC/SC/ST therein;
- (c) whether there are significant variations in the implementation and utilisation of the said scheme across different districts of the said States;
- (d) if so, the names of the districts lagging behind and the specific measures being taken to address the said disparities;
- (e) the  manner  in  which  the  "One  District  One  Product"  (ODOP)  approach  has  been implemented in the said States thereunder; and
- (f) the estimated direct and indirect employment generated so far through the said Scheme in the said States?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The details of loan sanctioned to micro food processing enterprises for credit linked subsidy  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Formalisation  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises (PMFME) scheme for the State of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, as on July 2025 are as under:

|   Sl.No | State          | Target   | Loans Sanctioned   |
|---------|----------------|----------|--------------------|
|       1 | Madhya Pradesh | 11,597   | 10,158             |
|       2 | Maharashtra    | 22,234   | 24,815             |
|       3 | Uttar Pradesh  | 31,335   | 18,439             |

The district-wise details are at Annexure .

(b): The details of loans sanctioned for micro food processing enterprises in OBC, SC and ST Category in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh as on 31 st July 2025 are as under:

|   Sl.No | State          |   SC |   ST |   OBC |
|---------|----------------|------|------|-------|
|       1 | Madhya Pradesh |  861 | 1350 |  5267 |
|       2 | Maharashtra    | 2136 | 1460 |  9178 |
|       3 | Uttar Pradesh  | 1410 |   39 | 10836 |

(c) & (d): The Scheme is demand driven and is implemented through States/ UTs. There is no district-wise  allocation  of  funds  and  targets  by  the  Ministry.  The  utilisation  of  funds  is completely  dependent  on  the  performance  of  States/  UTs  and  the  number  of  applicants interested  for  availing  support  under  the  PMFME  Scheme.  However,  regular  meetings  are conducted with States/ UTs, lending banks and other stakeholders to cover all the districts in the respective States/ UTs under the scheme.

(e): PMFME Scheme primarily adopts One District One Product (ODOP) approach to reap the benefit of scale in terms of procurement of inputs, availing common services and marketing of  products.  ODOP  has  been  approved  for  75  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  36  districts  of Maharashtra and 52 districts of Madhya Pradesh.

(f): 53,454, 73,140 and 29,730 direct  and indirect employment  opportunities have been generated under the PMFME Scheme in the State of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh respectively till 31 st July 2025.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4649  FOR ANSWER  ON  21.08.2025  REGARDING 'ASSISTANCE UNDER PMFME SCHEME'

Details of District-wise Loans sanctioned for the State of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh under PMFME scheme till 31 st  July, 2025

| MADHYA PRADESH   | MADHYA PRADESH   | MADHYA PRADESH          |
|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
| S.No.            | District         | Loans Sanctioned (Nos.) |
| 1.               | Agar Malwa       | 129                     |
| 2.               | Alirajpur        | 164                     |
| 3.               | Anuppur          | 99                      |
| 4.               | Ashoknagar       | 151                     |
| 5.               | Balaghat         | 209                     |
| 6.               | Barwani          | 333                     |
| 7.               | Betul            | 286                     |
| 8.               | Bhind            | 300                     |
| 9.               | Bhopal           | 262                     |
| 10.              | Burhanpur        | 322                     |
| 11.              | Chhatarpur       | 96                      |
| 12.              | Chhindwara       | 275                     |
| 13.              | Damoh            | 282                     |
| 14.              | Datia            | 160                     |
| 15.              | Dewas            | 160                     |
| 16.              | Dhar             | 288                     |
| 17.              | Dindori          | 131                     |
| 18.              | East Nimar       | 310                     |
| 19.              | Guna             | 173                     |
| 20.              | Gwalior          | 481                     |
| 21.              | Harda            | 103                     |
| 22.              | Hoshangabad      | 131                     |
| 23.              | Indore           | 236                     |
| 24.              | Jabalpur         | 124                     |
| 25.              | Jhabua           | 150                     |
| 26.              | Katni            | 90                      |
| 27.              | Khargone         | 432                     |
| 28.              | Mandla           | 112                     |
| 29.              | Mandsaur         | 328                     |
| 30.              | Morena           | 208                     |
| 31.              | Narsinghpur      | 476                     |
| 32.              | Neemuch          | 180                     |
| 33.              | Niwari           | 61                      |
| 34.              | Panna            | 188                     |
| 35.              | Raisen           | 79                      |
| 36.              | Rajgarh          | 204                     |
| 37.              | Ratlam           | 218                     |
| 38.              | Rewa             | 176                     |
| 39.              | Sagar            | 202                     |
| 40.              | Satna            | 135                     |

| 41.   | Sehore    |   246 |
|-------|-----------|-------|
| 42.   | Seoni     |   124 |
| 43.   | Shahdol   |    81 |
| 44.   | Shajapur  |   155 |
| 45.   | Sheopur   |    97 |
| 46.   | Shivpuri  |   282 |
| 47.   | Sidhi     |    68 |
| 48.   | Singrauli |   130 |
| 49.   | Tikamgarh |    94 |
| 50.   | Ujjain    |   230 |
| 51.   | Umaria    |    33 |
| 52.   | Vidisha   |   174 |
|       | Total     | 10158 |

| MAHARASHTRA   | MAHARASHTRA               | MAHARASHTRA             |
|---------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| S.No.         | District                  | Loans Sanctioned (Nos.) |
| 1             | Ahmednagar                | 1516                    |
| 2             | Akola                     | 460                     |
| 3             | Amravati                  | 973                     |
| 4             | Beed                      | 150                     |
| 5             | Bhandara                  | 364                     |
| 6             | Buldhana                  | 993                     |
| 7             | Chandrapur                | 756                     |
| 8             | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 2007                    |
| 9             | Dharashiv                 | 452                     |
| 10            | Dhule                     | 560                     |
| 11            | Gadchiroli                | 308                     |
| 12            | Gondia                    | 691                     |
| 13            | Hingoli                   | 221                     |
| 14            | Jalgaon                   | 1003                    |
| 15            | Jalna                     | 594                     |
| 16            | Kolhapur                  | 1078                    |
| 17            | Latur                     | 377                     |
| 18            | Mumbai                    | 7                       |
| 19            | Mumbai Suburban           | 47                      |
| 20            | Nagpur                    | 775                     |
| 21            | Nanded                    | 376                     |
| 22            | Nandurbar                 | 532                     |
| 23            | Nashik                    | 1296                    |
| 24            | Palghar                   | 326                     |
| 25            | Parbhani                  | 323                     |
| 26            | Pune                      | 1237                    |
| 27            | Raigad                    | 270                     |
| 28            | Ratnagiri                 | 420                     |
| 29            | Sangli                    | 1355                    |
| 30            | Satara                    | 1016                    |
| 31            | Sindhudurg                | 633                     |
| 32            | Solapur                   | 1054                    |
| 33            | Thane                     | 378                     |
| 34            | Wardha                    | 912                     |

| 35   | Washim   |   508 |
|------|----------|-------|
| 36   | Yavatmal |   847 |
|      | Total    | 24815 |

| UTTAR PRADESH   | UTTAR PRADESH       | UTTAR PRADESH           |
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
| S.No.           | District            | Loans Sanctioned (Nos.) |
| 1.              | Agra                | 86                      |
| 2.              | Aligarh             | 129                     |
| 3.              | Ambedkar Nagar      | 472                     |
| 4.              | Amethi              | 502                     |
| 5.              | Amroha              | 134                     |
| 6.              | Auraiya             | 210                     |
| 7.              | Ayodhya             | 395                     |
| 8.              | Azamgarh            | 334                     |
| 9.              | Baghpat             | 53                      |
| 10.             | Bahraich            | 183                     |
| 11.             | Ballia              | 439                     |
| 12.             | Balrampur           | 132                     |
| 13.             | Banda               | 182                     |
| 14.             | Barabanki           | 371                     |
| 15.             | Bareilly            | 355                     |
| 16.             | Basti               | 338                     |
| 17.             | Bhadohi             | 423                     |
| 18.             | Bijnor              | 240                     |
| 19.             | Budaun              | 55                      |
| 20.             | Bulandshahr         | 75                      |
| 21.             | Chandauli           | 292                     |
| 22.             | Chitrakoot          | 106                     |
| 23.             | Deoria              | 127                     |
| 24.             | Etah                | 80                      |
| 25.             | Etawah              | 127                     |
| 26.             | Farrukhabad         | 95                      |
| 27.             | Fatehpur            | 576                     |
| 28.             | Firozabad           | 67                      |
| 29.             | Gautam Buddha Nagar | 48                      |
| 30.             | Ghaziabad           | 102                     |
| 31.             | Ghazipur            | 458                     |
| 32.             | Gonda               | 336                     |
| 33.             | Gorakhpur           | 414                     |
| 34.             | Hamirpur            | 100                     |
| 35.             | Hapur               | 53                      |
| 36.             | Hardoi              | 388                     |
| 37.             | Hathras             | 46                      |
| 38.             | Jalaun              | 120                     |
| 39.             | Jaunpur             | 328                     |
| 40.             | Jhansi              | 179                     |
| 41.             | Kannauj             | 153                     |
| 42.             | Kanpur Dehat        | 320                     |
| 43.             | Kanpur Nagar        | 555                     |

| 44.   | Kasganj           |    77 |
|-------|-------------------|-------|
| 45.   | Kaushambi         |   317 |
| 46.   | Kheri             |   315 |
| 47.   | Kushi Nagar       |   265 |
| 48.   | Lalitpur          |   227 |
| 49.   | Lucknow           |   214 |
| 50.   | Maharajganj       |   161 |
| 51.   | Mahoba            |   143 |
| 52.   | Mainpuri          |   145 |
| 53.   | Mathura           |   103 |
| 54.   | Mau               |   259 |
| 55.   | Meerut            |    58 |
| 56.   | Mirzapur          |   479 |
| 57.   | Moradabad         |   129 |
| 58.   | Muzaffarnagar     |    49 |
| 59.   | Pilibhit          |   162 |
| 60.   | Pratapgarh        |   352 |
| 61.   | Prayagraj         |   793 |
| 62.   | Rae Bareli        |   481 |
| 63.   | Rampur            |    54 |
| 64.   | Saharanpur        |    61 |
| 65.   | Sambhal           |   134 |
| 66.   | Sant Kabeer Nagar |   346 |
| 67.   | Shahjahanpur      |   250 |
| 68.   | Shamli            |    38 |
| 69.   | Shravasti         |    56 |
| 70.   | Siddharth Nagar   |   513 |
| 71.   | Sitapur           |   178 |
| 72.   | Sonbhadra         |   323 |
| 73.   | Sultanpur         |   685 |
| 74.   | Unnao             |   425 |
| 75.   | Varanasi          |   469 |
|       | Total             | 18439 |

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