Lok Sabha Question No. 844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: New Food Processing Industries
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 844

ANSWER ON 25.07.2023

## NEW FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## *844. SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI:

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

- (a) the total number of newly established domestic/indigenous food processing industries in the country;
- (b) the total number of food processing industries at present in the country, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to establish new food processing units/centres in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a).   A total of 4,035 number of additional registered food processing units/industries have been established during  2014-15  to  2019-20  over  2013-14  as  per  the  latest  information  available  under  Annual  Survey  of Industries  (ASI),  2019-20  conducted  by  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  (MOSPI), Government of India (GOI).
- (b).    As  per  the  latest  report  of  ASI  for  the  year  2019-20  there  are  41,484  registered  food  processing units/industries  in  the  country.  As  per  73 rd round  of  NSSO,  2015-16,  there  are  24,59,929  number  of unincorporated enterprises in the unorganized segment of food processing sector in the country. The Sate/UTwise number of such registered and un-incorporated food processing units/factories/enterprises is at Annex .
- (c)& (d).     MOFPI, GOI  does not  establish any food processing industries/units/projects on its own.  The MOFPI through  implementation  of  the  Central  Sector  Scheme,  namely,  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada Yojana  (PMKSY)  provides  financial  assistance  as  capital  subsidy  in  the  form  of  grants-in-aid  to  the individuals,  farmers,  Farmer  Producer  Organisations  (FPOs),  Entrepreneurs,  Cooperatives,  Societies,  Self Help  Groups  (SHGs),  Private  Companies  and  Central/  State  PSUs  etc.  for  setting  up  of  food  processing industries/ units/ projects anywhere in the country including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

No state-wise target to establish food processing units is fixed under the component schemes of PMKSY. However, the Ministry has approved 86 projects Uttar Pradesh and 16 projects in the state of Bihar under various component schemes of PMKSY.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 844 FOR ANSWER ON 25.07.2023 REGARDING 'NEW FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES'

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UTs   | Number of Registered Units (as per ASI 2019-20)   | Number of Unincorporated Enterprises (as per NSS 2015-16)   |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | A &NIslands             | 4                                                 | 774                                                         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | 5737                                              | 154330                                                      |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 29                                                | 145                                                         |
| 4        | Assam                   | 1582                                              | 65997                                                       |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 896                                               | 145300                                                      |
| 6        | Chandigarh              | 19                                                | 656                                                         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh            | 1761                                              | 26957                                                       |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 10                                                | 622                                                         |
| 9        | Daman &Diu              | 33                                                | 136                                                         |
| 10       | Delhi                   | 175                                               | 14350                                                       |
| 11       | Goa                     | 103                                               | 2929                                                        |
| 12       | Gujarat                 | 2356                                              | 94066                                                       |
| 13       | Haryana                 | 1066                                              | 24577                                                       |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh        | 172                                               | 21885                                                       |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir       | 179                                               | 28089                                                       |
| 16       | Jharkhand               | 237                                               | 116536                                                      |
| 17       | Karnataka               | 2361                                              | 127458                                                      |
| 18       | Kerala                  | 1743                                              | 77167                                                       |
| 19       | Lakshadweep             | NA                                                | 127                                                         |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh          | 1018                                              | 102808                                                      |
| 21       | Maharashtra             | 2728                                              | 229372                                                      |
| 22       | Manipur                 | 30                                                | 6038                                                        |
| 23       | Meghalaya               | 32                                                | 3268                                                        |
| 24       | Mizoram                 | 29                                                | 1538                                                        |
| 25       | Nagaland                | 20                                                | 3642                                                        |
| 26       | Odisha                  | 1211                                              | 77781                                                       |
| 27       | Puducherry              | 68                                                | 3482                                                        |
| 28       | Punjab                  | 3267                                              | 63626                                                       |
| 29       | Rajasthan               | 956                                               | 101666                                                      |
| 30       | Sikkim                  | 19                                                | 101                                                         |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu              | 4995                                              | 178527                                                      |
| 32       | Telangana               | 3989                                              | 80392                                                       |
| 33       | Tripura                 | 117                                               | 13998                                                       |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh           | 2127                                              | 350883                                                      |
| 35       | Uttarakhand             | 345                                               | 18116                                                       |
| 36       | West Bengal             | 2067                                              | 322590                                                      |
|          | Total                   | 41,484                                            | 24,59,929                                                   |