Lok Sabha Question No. 1479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: FPI in Rural Areas
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan, Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1479

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## FPI IN RURAL AREAS

## †1479. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN: SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any long term scheme for the processing of agricultural products in the rural areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has prepared any action plan to create employment opportunities and to promote food processing in the rural areas;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Rajasthan; and
- (e) the  amount  of  funds  proposed  to  be  spent  by  the  Government  in  this  regard  State-wise, particularly in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI PASHUPATI KUMAR PARAS)

(a) to (e) : In order to ensure overall development of Food Processing Industries including processing of agro- products, 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), Production Linked Incentive Scheme  for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme across the country including rural areas and thereby creating off-farm employment opportunities in Food Processing Sector.

Under  component  schemes  of  PMKSY,  MoFPI  provides  mostly  credit  linked  financial assistance  (capital  subsidy)   to  entrepreneurs  with  total  outlay  of  Rs  4600  Cr  for  15 th Finance Commission Cycle. PMKSY is not any region or state specific but demand driven and is implemented across the country. So far, Ministry has approved 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 across the country under corresponding component schemes  of  PMKSY.  The  estimation  of  employment  opportunities  created  through  projects completed under PMKSY is placed at Annexure.

Ministry provides financial, technical and business support for setting up/ upgradation of 2 lakh micro food processing enterprises under PMFME scheme. The scheme is operational for a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs.10,000 Crore. A total of 62712 micro food processing enterprises have been approved in the country since 2020-21 under PMFME, out of which  10806  &  447  micro  food  processing  units  are  located  in  Maharashtra  &  Rajasthan respectively.

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. So far, a total of 2.36 Lakh employment opportunities are estimated through the scheme.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1479  ANSWERED  ON  12.12.2023  REGARDING  FPI  IN RURAL AREAS

Estimated  number  of  employment  (direct  and  indirect)  opportunities  generated  through projects completed under PMKSY

| STATE/UT                  |   Number of approved projects |   Number of Operational projects |   Estimated Number of employment (Direct and Indirect) generated |
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH            |                            75 |                               23 |                                                            33406 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |                             9 |                                2 |                                                              700 |
| ASSAM                     |                            73 |                               21 |                                                             7768 |
| BIHAR                     |                            16 |                                4 |                                                             2190 |
| CHHATTISGARH              |                             8 |                                5 |                                                             3335 |
| GOA                       |                             2 |                                1 |                                                              421 |
| GUJARAT                   |                           104 |                               70 |                                                            28922 |
| HARYANA                   |                            60 |                               43 |                                                            13016 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH          |                            50 |                               35 |                                                            14301 |
| JHARKHAND                 |                             1 |                                1 |                                                               37 |
| KARNATAKA                 |                            57 |                               39 |                                                            23230 |
| KERALA                    |                            36 |                               22 |                                                            10782 |
| MADHYAPRADESH             |                            52 |                               25 |                                                            10299 |
| MAHARASHTRA               |                           220 |                              138 |                                                            74521 |
| MANIPUR                   |                             6 |                                3 |                                                              677 |
| MEGHALAYA                 |                             4 |                                2 |                                                              346 |
| MIZORAM                   |                             4 |                                3 |                                                             1355 |
| NAGALAND                  |                            10 |                                2 |                                                              637 |
| ODISHA                    |                            19 |                               10 |                                                             3557 |
| PUNJAB                    |                            61 |                               38 |                                                            17202 |
| RAJASTHAN                 |                            53 |                               28 |                                                            10756 |
| SIKKIM                    |                             1 |                                1 |                                                               37 |
| TAMIL NADU                |                            99 |                               54 |                                                            19302 |
| TELANGANA                 |                            36 |                               17 |                                                             7101 |
| TRIPURA                   |                             7 |                                6 |                                                             1127 |
| UTTAR PRADESH             |                            89 |                               56 |                                                            28935 |
| UTTARAKHAND               |                            59 |                               40 |                                                           649521 |
| WEST BENGAL               |                            45 |                               28 |                                                            10687 |
| ANDAMAN &NICOBAR          |                             2 |                                1 |                                                              600 |
| D&N HAVELI and DAMAN &DIU |                             1 |                                1 |                                                              700 |
| DELHI                     |                             9 |                                8 |                                                              296 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR           |                            34 |                               24 |                                                             7189 |
| PUDDUCHERY                |                             1 |                                0 |                                                                0 |