Lok Sabha Question No. 413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Food Processing Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, VISHNU DAYAL RAM, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI, BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, VISHNU DAYAL RAM, RAHUL KASWAN, ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 413

ANSWERED ON 19 TH  JULY, 2016

## FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

## 413.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

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

- (a) the total number of Food Processing Units in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the details of Centrally Sponsored Schemes being implemented for setting up of Food Processing Units in the country;
- (c) whether there has been a shortage of Food Processing Units in the country resulting in farmers  not  getting  the  right  price  for  their  produce,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the reaction of the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to prepare a blueprint to identify suitable locations for the setting up of Food Processing Units in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of the Food Processing Units proposed to be set up in the country, State-wise; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  scheme  for  development  and promotion of various fruit and vegetable growing areas in the country to provide better raw material to Food Processing Units, if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): As  per  Annual  Survey  of  Industries  (ASI),  2013-2014,  the  total  number  of  food processing units registered in the country is 37445.  The state-wise number of food processing units in the country is given in Annexure.

(b) For the purpose of setting up of food processing units in the country, Ministry of Food Processing  Industries  had  been  implementing  a  Scheme  namely  Scheme  for  Technology Upgradation/  Establishment/  Modernization  of  Food  Processing  Industries  up  to  31.03.2012. Under  this  scheme,  financial  assistance  in  the  form  of  grant-in-aid  was  being  provided  for Setting up/Technology Upgradation/Modernization of food processing units in the country. The quantum of financial assistance admissible  for eligible  entrepreneurs under  the  above  scheme was  at the rate of 25% of the cost of Plant & Machinery and Technical Civil Works subject to a maximum of Rs. 50 lakhs in case of General areas and for difficult areas, the same was at rate of 33.33% of the cost of Plant & Machinery and Technical Civil Works subject to a maximum of Rs.  75  lakhs.    The  aforesaid  scheme  was  subsequently  subsumed  in  the  Centrally  Sponsored (CSS)-National  Mission  on  Food  Processing (NMFP)  with  effect  from  01.04.2012  till 31.03.2015.  Thereafter, the said scheme  got delinked from Government of India's assistance and  it  was  left  to  the  State  Governments  to  decide  on  its  continuance  from  their  increased resource as per recommendation of 14th Finance Commission.

As a part of the Committed / Spillover liabilities of 11 th Plan period during the 12 th Plan period  also,  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  has  been  releasing  grant-in-aid  to  eligible entrepreneurs under the Scheme for Technology Upgradation/ Establishment/ Modernization of Food Processing Industries.

- (c) As per an assessment of the extent of food processing in various food sub-sectors done in 2014 by the Institute of Economic Growth on behalf of Ministry of Agriculture, the average extent  of  processing  of  agro-products  in  2010-11  was  6.76%.    It  implies  that  huge  scope available for setting up food processing industries by the interested and eligible entrepreneurs of food  processing  sector  in  the  country.    The  Schemes  implemented  by  the  Ministry  Food Processing  Industries  have  also  contributed  to  the  setting  up  of  food  processing  units  in  the country.
- (d) & (e)  The Ministry has prepared a food map   showing availability of fruits and vegetables in  different  States  in  the  country.  The  same  has  been  made  available  in  the  website  of  the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (www.mofpi.nic.in) so that the entrepreneurs wishing to setup Food Processing Industries may have an idea about the availability of  raw materials in a particular location and thus help them in taking an informed decision in setting up of their Food Processing Industries.
- (f) No. Already the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is being implemented in the States and Union Territories.  Under this, the fruits and vegetables are being promoted  as an area  expansion  and  under protected  cultivation  also  as  a  cluster  approach  to fulfil the requirement of raw material for processing units and also to fulfil the market demand. The cultivation of fruits and vegetables are promoted on the basis of agro-climatic conditions and market demand also.

Apart from that, the government is also promoting fruits and vegetables cultivation in the States through Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) on the basis of projects submitted to States and Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.

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## ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  413  FOR  ANSWER  ON  19 TH JULY,  2016  REGARDING  FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

| State-wise estimated Number of Factories in Food Processing Sector for 2013-14   | State-wise estimated Number of Factories in Food Processing Sector for 2013-14   | State-wise estimated Number of Factories in Food Processing Sector for 2013-14   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                           | Name of the State/UTs                                                            | Number of registered units                                                       |
| 1                                                                                | Andhra Pradesh                                                                   | 5,739                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                         | 5                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                | Assam                                                                            | 1,294                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                | Bihar                                                                            | 794                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                | Chandigarh (U.T.)                                                                | 19                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                                     | 1,049                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                              | 3                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                | Daman &Diu                                                                       | 31                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                | Delhi                                                                            | 166                                                                              |
| 10                                                                               | Goa                                                                              | 86                                                                               |
| 11                                                                               | Gujarat                                                                          | 1,904                                                                            |
| 12                                                                               | Haryana                                                                          | 631                                                                              |
| 13                                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                                                 | 172                                                                              |
| 14                                                                               | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                   | 144                                                                              |
| 15                                                                               | Jharkhand                                                                        | 198                                                                              |
| 16                                                                               | Karnataka                                                                        | 2,033                                                                            |
| 17                                                                               | Kerala                                                                           | 1,460                                                                            |
| 18                                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                                   | 672                                                                              |
| 19                                                                               | Maharashtra                                                                      | 3,040                                                                            |
| 20                                                                               | Manipur                                                                          | 21                                                                               |
| 21                                                                               | Meghalaya                                                                        | 18                                                                               |
| 22                                                                               | Nagaland                                                                         | 15                                                                               |
| 23                                                                               | 0disha                                                                           | 932                                                                              |
| 24                                                                               | Pudducherry                                                                      | 69                                                                               |
| 25                                                                               | Punjab                                                                           | 2,786                                                                            |
| 26                                                                               | Rajasthan                                                                        | 862                                                                              |
| 27                                                                               | Sikkim                                                                           | 21                                                                               |
| 28                                                                               | Tamil Nadu                                                                       | 5,204                                                                            |
| 29                                                                               | Telangana                                                                        | 3,850                                                                            |
| 30                                                                               | Tripura                                                                          | 71                                                                               |
| 31                                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                                    | 2,037                                                                            |
| 32                                                                               | Uttarakhand                                                                      | 380                                                                              |
| 33                                                                               | West Bengal                                                                      | 1,739                                                                            |
| Total 37,445 Source: Annual Survey of Industries, 2013-14                        | Total 37,445 Source: Annual Survey of Industries, 2013-14                        | Total 37,445 Source: Annual Survey of Industries, 2013-14                        |