Lok Sabha Question No. 3210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Development of Food Processing Sector
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3210

ANSWERED ON - 08.08.2023

## DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

## 3210. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

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

- (a) the details of the projects approved by the Government for overall growth and development of food processing sector across the country during the last five years, State/UT-wise:
- (b) the details of funds released to States/UTs during the last five years, State/UTs wise; and
- (c) the  details  of  credit  linked  financial  assistance  (capital  subsidy)  in  the  form  of  grants-in-aid  to entrepreneurs for setting up of food processing/ preservation industries?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b):In order to ensure overall growth and development of Food Processing Industries, 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. PMKSY is not any region or state specific but demand driven and is implemented across the country. The details of the projects approved under component schemes of PMKSY across the Country during the last five years is placed at AnnexureI . The details of projects approved for assistance and funds released to the States/UTs under PMFME Scheme, since inception of the scheme i.e. 2020-21, is placed at Annexure-II .

(c): The details of financial assistance available under PMKSY & PMFME is placed at Annexure-III.

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Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3210  ANSWERED ON 08.08.2023  REGARDING  DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

## Details of the projects approved under component scheme of PMKSY during the last five years

(Rs. in Crores)

|   S. No. | Component Scheme                                                   | Total Projects Approved   |   Project Cost |   Amount of Grant Approved |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Mega Food Parks 06                                                 |                           |         611.11 |                     253.84 |
|        2 | Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters                        | 69                        |        1988.76 |                     576.04 |
|        3 | Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure            | 164                       |        5491.19 |                    1322.37 |
|        4 | Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities | 437                       |        7118.69 |                    1687.08 |
|        5 | Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages                          | 61                        |         693.3  |                     165.92 |
|        6 | Operation Greens                                                   | 46                        |        2298.06 |                     571.11 |
|        7 | Food Safety &Quality Assurance Infrastructure                      | 66                        |         470.2  |                     192.96 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3210  ANSWERED ON 08.08.2023  REGARDING  DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

## Number of Micro Food Enterprises sanctioned and details of fund released to States/UTs under PMFME Scheme since 2020-21

(Rs. in Crores)

|   S. No. | States/UTs        | No. of Micro food enterprises sanctioned   |   Amount released in FY 2020-21 |   Amount released in FY 2021-22 |   Amount released in FY 2022-23 |   Amount released in FY 2023-24 (till 30.06.2023) |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | A &NIslands       | 12                                         |                            1.82 |                            1.92 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 3512                                       |                           34.98 |                           23.02 |                           11.52 |                                             34.69 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 34                                         |                            0.15 |                            7.34 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|        4 | Assam             | 843                                        |                           16.71 |                           15.86 |                           12.57 |                                              0    |
|        5 | Bihar             | 3,837                                      |                            9.05 |                           13.59 |                            0    |                                             22.79 |
|        6 | Chandigarh        | 5                                          |                            0.4  |                            0.96 |                            0.38 |                                              0    |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh      | 286                                        |                            7.04 |                            8.85 |                            0    |                                              7.68 |
|        8 | Dadra NH D&D      | 2                                          |                            0.4  |                            0.89 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|        9 | Delhi             | 135                                        |                            0.5  |                            0.32 |                            0.91 |                                              0    |
|       10 | Goa               | 48                                         |                            0.41 |                            3.1  |                            1.25 |                                              1.36 |
|       11 | Gujarat           | 138                                        |                           16.55 |                            8.47 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|       12 | Haryana           | 497                                        |                            3.23 |                            3.14 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh  | 866                                        |                            5.19 |                            4.92 |                            3.28 |                                              6.35 |
|       14 | J&K               | 298                                        |                            8.19 |                            1.27 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|       15 | Jharkhand         | 261                                        |                            2.69 |                            1.74 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|       16 | Karnataka         | 2444                                       |                           32.47 |                           18.96 |                            8.88 |                                              0    |
|       17 | Kerala            | 1200                                       |                           10.13 |                            3.06 |                            2.58 |                                              6.39 |
|       18 | Ladakh            | 41                                         |                            0.45 |                            0.93 |                            1.54 |                                              0    |
|       19 | Lakshadweep       | 0                                          |                            0.4  |                            0.61 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh    | 1970                                       |                           20.62 |                            8    |                            0    |                                              0    |
|       21 | Maharashtra       | 7957                                       |                           27.58 |                           24.49 |                           39    |                                              0    |
|       22 | Manipur           | 249                                        |                            3.14 |                            3.27 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|       23 | Meghalaya         | 39                                         |                            2.69 |                            3.04 |                            0    |                                              0    |
|       24 | Mizoram           | 10                                         |                            7.73 |                            2.94 |                            0    |                                              0    |

|   25 | Nagaland      |   33 |   6.64 |   5.9 |    0 |    0 |
|------|---------------|------|--------|-------|------|------|
|   26 | Odisha        |  838 |  30.37 | 29.45 | 0    |  0   |
|   27 | Puducherry    |   76 |   1.16 |  0.79 | 0.58 |  0   |
|   28 | Punjab        | 1173 |   5.76 |  6.73 | 0    |  0   |
|   29 | Rajasthan     |  346 |  14.51 | 12.46 | 0    |  0   |
|   30 | Sikkim        |   35 |   5.12 |  1.47 | 1.62 |  0   |
|   31 | Tamil Nadu    | 5187 |  12.95 |  2.49 | 6.87 |  0   |
|   32 | Telangana     | 3094 |  33.16 | 16.8  | 0    | 15.4 |
|   33 | Tripura       |   58 |   3.11 | 10.23 | 0    |  0   |
|   34 | Uttarakhand   |  301 |   6.03 |  2.18 | 0    |  0   |
|   35 | Uttar Pradesh | 3456 |  36.29 | 23.36 | 1.18 |  0   |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3210  ANSWERED ON 08.08.2023  REGARDING  DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

## The Assistance available under component schemes of PMKSY

Under component schemes of PMKSY, MoFPI mostly provides financial assistance in the form of grantsin-aid to entrepreneurs for creation of modern infrastructure and setting up of food processing / preservation industries. Grants-in-aid @ 35 % of eligible project cost, subject to maximum prescribed limit, is provided for general areas for setting up of Food Processing Industries under component schemes of PMKSY, as per current scheme guidelines. Special incentive is admissible for projects approved for SC/ST entrepreneurs / North eastern Region and other difficult and hilly areas.

## The details of assistance available to Micro Food Processing Enterprises under PMFME Scheme

- (i). Support to Individual / Group Category Micro Enterprises: Credit-linked capital subsidy @35% of the eligible project cost, maximum ceiling Rs.10 lakh per unit;
- (ii). Support to SHGs for seed capital: Seed capital @ Rs. 40,000/- per member of SHG engaged in food processing for working capital and purchase of small tools subject to maximum of Rs. 4 lakh per SHG Federation.
- (iii). Support for Common Infrastructure: Credit linked capital subsidy @35% subject to maximum of Rs. 3 crore  to  support  FPOs,  SHGs,  Cooperatives  and  any  Government  agency  for  setting  up  of  common infrastructure. The common infrastructure will also be available for other units and public to utilize on hiring basis for substantial part of the capacity.
- (iv). Branding and Marketing Support: Grant upto 50% for Branding and Marketing to groups of FPOs/ SHGs/ Cooperatives or an SPV of micro food processing enterprises.
- ( v ) . Capacity Building: The scheme envisages training for Entrepreneurship Development Skilling to meet the requirement of food processing industry and product specific skilling.

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