Lok Sabha Question No. 62 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-01-29
Subject: Micro Food  Processing Units Supported under PMFME Scheme
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Shri Praveen Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 62

ANSWERED ON 29 TH  JANUARY, 2026

## MICRO FOOD PROCESSING UNITS SUPPORTED UNDER PMFME SCHEME

## 62. SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

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

- (a) the total number of Micro Food Processing units supported through credit-linked subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme up to December, 2025 in the country including Pali Constituency of Rajasthan and Nabrangpur district of Odisha;
- (b) the details of seed capital released to Self-Help Group (SHG) members and the number of beneficiaries trained under the scheme especially in Rajasthan including in the said district; and
- (c) the  measures  being  taken  to  strengthen  market  linkages  for  One  District  One  Product (ODOP) clusters  and  micro  enterprises,  particularly  in  Nabrangpur  district/Nabrangpur Lok Sabha Constituency in Odisha?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, as on 31 st December 2025, loans have been sanctioned for 1,72,707 micro food processing enterprises across the country under Credit-Linked subsidy component.

The  progress  under  Credit-Linked  Subsidy,  Seed  Capital  and  Capacity  Building  for  Pali Constituency of Rajasthan & Nabrangpur district of Odisha as on 31 st December, 2025, is mentioned below:

|   S.No. | State     | Constituency   | District   | Credit- Linked Subsidy   | Seed Capital                                | Capacity Building        |
|---------|-----------|----------------|------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Rajasthan | Pali           | Pali       | 30 loans sanctioned      | Rs. 1.18 crore approved for 348 SHG members | No beneficiaries trained |
|       2 | Rajasthan | Pali           | Jodhpur    | 105 loans sanctioned     | Rs. 0.24 crore approved for 62 SHG members  | 79 beneficiaries trained |

| 3   | Odisha   | Nabrangpur   | Nabrangpur   | 21 loans sanctioned   | Rs. 0.31 crore approved for 86 SHG members   | 20 beneficiaries trained   |
|-----|----------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|

(c): Under  the  PMFME  Scheme,  Branding  and  Marketing  support  is  provided  to  the  groups  of Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs)/ Self Help Groups (SHGs)/ Cooperatives or Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of micro food processing enterprises with a grant of upto 50% of the eligible project cost. The component follows the cluster approach for developing a common brand with provision for quality control, standardisation, packaging and adhering to food safety parameters for consumer retail sale. Till 31 st December 2025, 27 proposals have been approved and 35 One District One Product (ODOP) brands have  been  supported  across  the  country.  However,  no  proposal  for  Branding  &  Marketing  has  been received from Nabrangpur constituency of Odisha.

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