Lok Sabha Question No. 3375 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Food Processing Units in Uttarakhand
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3375

## ANSWERED ON 12 TH  MARCH, 2026

## FOOD PROCESSING UNITS IN UTTARAKHAND

## †3375. SHRI TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

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

(a) whether the Government has classified food processing industries on the basis of their turnover and employment generation capacity, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether any special scheme is being implemented or proposed to be implemented for the development of micro, small and medium food processing units in the aspirational districts, particularly in Haridwar, if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  the  most  suitable  types  of  food  processing  units  have  been  identified  for  the  districts  of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand on the basis of any study along with the schemes and subsidies presently available for establishment of such units in these two districts, if so, the details thereof; and

(d)  the  number  of  food  processing  units  that  have  commenced  production  in  these  two  districts  with assistance from the Union Government so far?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issues Licenses/registration to Food Business Operators (FBO's) in accordance with the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011. FSSAI has categorized the Food Business Operators as per order dated 05.03.2012 and the details are placed at Annexure.

Further, as per Notification dated 21 st March, 2025 issued by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises , an enterprise has been classified as a micro, small or medium enterprise on the basis of the following criteria, namely :-

(i) a micro enterprise, where the investment in plant and machinery or equipment does not exceed two crore and fifty lakh rupees and turnover does not exceed ten crore rupees;

(ii) a small enterprise, where the investment in plant and machinery or equipment does not exceed twenty five crore rupees and turnover does not exceed one hundred crore rupees; and

(iii)  a  medium  enterprise,  where  the  investment  in  plant  and  machinery  or  equipment  does  not exceed one hundred twenty five crore  rupees  and  turnover  does  not  exceed  five  hundred  crore rupees.

(b) to (d) : In order to promote and ensure overall development of Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting up/ expansion of related infrastructure, through  its  two  Central  Sector  Scheme  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana  (PMKSY), Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and a Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme across the country including aspirational districts and Haridwar & Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand. These schemes are not region or state specific but demand driven.

Micro,  Small  &  Medium  Enterprises  (MSMEs)  are  also  eligible  for  assistance  under  schemes implemented  by  MoFPI.  In  order  to  encourage  entrepreneurs  of  medium  and  small-scale  projects  and entrepreneurs  from  aspirational  districts,  the  following  preferential  provisions  have  been  made  in component scheme guidelines of PMKSY-

(i) Marking criteria related to eligible project cost has been removed (earlier the projects having higher eligible project cost had the benefit of higher marks which was disadvantageous for medium and small-scale projects).

(ii) Marking criteria in respect of turnover of the entity has been removed to increase participation of new entities.

(iii) Five marks are awarded for the projects proposed in Aspirational Districts notified by NITI Aayog.

(iv) Project appraisal from Small Industries Development bank of India (SIDBI) has been allowed, in addition to scheduled commercial banks to encourage participation from MSMEs.

MoFPI has approved the following projects in Haridwar & Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand-

(i)  PMKSY- 10 projects with approved grant of Rs 114.19 crores in Haridwar district, out of which 8 projects are operational and 39 projects with approved grant of Rs 303.44 crores in Udham Singh Nagar district, out of which 35 projects are operational.

(ii) PLISFPI- Food  processing projects at 7 locations with committed investments of Rs 116.05 crore in Udham Singh Nagar district and all projects are operational.

(iii) PMFME- Loans for 44 & 87 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned with subsidy of Rs. 1.98 crore and Rs. 4.19 crore in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar district respectively.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3375 FOR ANSWER ON 12 TH MARCH, 2026 REGARDING 'FOOD PROCESSING UNITS IN UTTARAKHAND'

## LICENSING/REGISTRATION

| S.No.   | Food Processing Units                                                                                                                            | CENTRAL LICENSING [Food Safety &Standards ( Licensing &Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations 2011 , Schedule I, Regulation 2.l.2(3)]   | STATE LICENSING                                                                                                     | REGISTRATION [Food Safety & Standards ( Licensing& Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations 2011; Regulation 1.2.1(4b)]   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| I       | Dairy units including milk chilling units equipped to handle or process                                                                          | More than 50,000 litres of liquid milk/day or 2500 MT of milk solid per annum                                                                 | More than 500 ltrs milk upto 50,000 ltrs/day                                                                        | Upto 500 litres/day                                                                                                           |
| II      | Vegetable oil processing units and units producing vegetable oil by the process of solvent extraction and refineries including oil expeller unit | More than 2MTper day.                                                                                                                         | Upto 2 MT per day and turnover above 12 lakh per annum.                                                             | Turnover up lakhs/annum to 12                                                                                                 |
| III     | Slaughtering units                                                                                                                               | Large animals : more than 50 large animals Small animals including sheep and goats :150 or more Poultry birds :1000 or more per day           | Large animals : more than 2 upto 50 Small animals: more than 10 upto 150 Poultry birds : more than 50 upto 1000/Day | Large animals : Up to 2 Small animals: Up to 10 Poultry birds :Up to 50 per day                                               |
| IV      | Meat processing units                                                                                                                            | More than 500 kg of meat per day or 150 MTper annum                                                                                           | Upto 500 kg meat per day or 150 MT per annum                                                                        | Turnover upt o /annum 12 lakh                                                                                                 |
| V       | All food processing units other than mentioned                                                                                                   | More than 2 MT/day except grains,                                                                                                             | More than 100kg/1tr                                                                                                 | Turnover not exceeding                                                                                                        |

|      | above including relabellers &repackers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | cereals and pulses milling units                        | to 2 MT /day. All grains, cereals & pulses milling units   | Rs. 12 lakhs and whose production capacity of food does not exceed 100 kg/ltr per day   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| VI   | 100 %Export Oriented Units                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | All                                                     |                                                            |                                                                                         |
| VII  | Importers importing food items including food ingredients and additives for commercial use                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | All                                                     |                                                            |                                                                                         |
| VIII | Food business operators manufacturing any article of food containing ingredients or substances or using technologies or processes or combination thereof whose safety has not been established through these regulations or which do not have a history of safe use or food containing ingredients which are being introduced for the first time into the country.(They need to apply for product approval at FSSAI (HQ) separately before applying for license) | All                                                     |                                                            |                                                                                         |
| IX   | Food Business Operator                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Operating in two or more States                         |                                                            |                                                                                         |
|      | a) Storage (except frozen)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Capacity more than 50,000MT                             | Capacity upto 50,000MT                                     | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum                                                           |
|      | b) Storage (frozen) Storage(Frozen +CA)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Capacity more than 10,000 MTCapacity more than 1,000 MT | Capacity upto 10,000 MT Capacity upto 1,000 MT             | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum                                                           |
|      | c) Wholesaler                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Turnover greater than 30 crores.                        | Turnover upto 30 crores                                    | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum                                                           |
|      | d) Retailer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Turnover greater than 20 crores.                        | Turnover upto 20 crores                                    | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum                                                           |
|      | e) Distributer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Turnover greater than 20 crores.                        | Turnover upto 20 crores                                    | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum                                                           |

|    | f)                                                                                                                                         | Supplier                                                               | Turnover greater than 20 crores.                          | Turnover upto 20 crores   | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum   |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|    | g)                                                                                                                                         | Caterer                                                                | Turnover greater than 20 crores. crores                   | Turnover upto 20          | -------                         |
|    | h) Dhabha or any other food vending                                                                                                        | establishment -----                                                    | Turnover above lakh/ annum                                | 12                        | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum   |
|    | i) Club/Canteen                                                                                                                            |                                                                        | Turnover above lakh/ annum                                | 12                        | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum   |
|    | j) Hotel                                                                                                                                   | Five star &above                                                       | Upto Four Star                                            |                           | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum   |
|    | k) Restaurants                                                                                                                             | Turnover greater than 20 crores.                                       | Turnover upto crores                                      | 20                        | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum   |
|    | l) Transporter of food (having a number of specialized vehicles like insulated refrigerated van/ wagon, milk tankers etc.)                 | Having more than 100 vehicles/ wagons or turnover more than 30 crores. | Having upto 100 vehicles/ wagons turnover upto 30 crores. | or                        | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum   |
|    | m) Food Ingredients                                                                                                                        | Turnover greater than 20 crores                                        | Turnover upto 20 crores                                   |                           | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum   |
|    | n) Marketer                                                                                                                                | Turnover greater than 20 crores                                        | Turnover upto crores                                      | 20                        | Turnover up to 12 lakhs/annum   |
| X  | Food Catering services in establishments and units under Central Government Agencies like Railways, Air and Airport, Seaport, Defence etc. | All                                                                    |                                                           |                           |                                 |