Lok Sabha Question No. 981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Production of Tomatoes
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri G Lakshminarayana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 981

ANSWERED ON 05 TH  FEBRUARY, 2026

## PRODUCTION OF TOMATOES

## 981. SHRI G LAKSHMINARAYANA:

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

- (a) the area under cultivation, total production and average yield of tomatoes during the last five years, State-wise;
- (b) the details of post-harvest losses of tomatoes due to inadequate storage, transportation and processing facilities, State-wise;
- (c) the existing tomato processing capacity, including the number of processing units and the proportion of total tomato production processed, State-wise;
- (d) the  number  of  proposals  received,  approved  and  operationalised  for  tomato processing  units  during  the  last  five  years,  State-wise  and  year-wise  along  with intended processing capacity at the time of approval and current operational capacity, and
- (e) the details of funds allocated, released and utilised along with the number of pending proposals with reasons for pendency, State-wise and the steps being taken by the Government to expedite approvals and expand processing capacity to stabilise prices and prevent distress sales by farmers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): State-wise data of last five years of the area under cultivation, total production and average yield of tomatoes is placed at Annexure-I .
- (b): As  per  the  latest  study  commissioned  by  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries (MoFPI) through NABARD Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. (NABCONS), namely, 'Study to determine Post-harvest losses of Agri Produce in India' in 2022 with reference year 2020-22 wherein  the  data  for  the  crop tomatoes were  collected  from  five  States  and  based  on  the analysis, the overall estimated percentage of post-harvest losses of tomatoes is as follows:

| State          |   Estimated Percentage Loss (%) |
|----------------|---------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                           12.36 |
| Gujarat        |                           10.97 |
| Karnataka      |                            9.97 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                           11.85 |
| Odisha         |                           13.19 |

(c)  to  (e): MoFPI  implements  Central  Sector  Umbrella  Scheme-Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan Sampada Yojana  (PMKSY).  Under  the  component  schemes  of  PMKSY,  MoFPI  provides financial  support  in  the  form  of  grants-in-aid/  subsidy  for  setting  up  of  food  processing projects thereby creating both processing and preservation infrastructure facilities including cold  chain  infrastructure.  The  facilities  created  under  the  component  schemes  help  in preservation  &  processing  of  raw  farm  produce  and  efficient  transport  of  raw  &  finished processed food products thereby reducing post-harvest losses of farm produce. The schemes are demand driven and proposals are invited by floating Expression of Interest from time to time based on availability of funds. Under the schemes, funds are not allocated state-wise/ sector -wise. The proposals received under PMKSY in response to expression of interest (EoI) published by the Ministry are scrutinised and approved based on pre-determined criteria by project  approval  committee.  The  approved  projects  are  monitored  by  the  ministry  and reviewed from time to time for efficient implementation. The details of the number of units assisted by MoFPI, processing capacity of these projects, and funds allocated during the last five years State-wise is placed at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  981  FOR ANSWER  ON  05 th FEBRUARY, 2026 ON 'PRODUCTION OF TOMATOES'

## State-wise Area (A), Production (P) and Productivity (Y) of TOMATO Crop

Area (A) in '000 Ha, Production (P) in '000 MT, Productivity (Y)= Production/Area in MT/Ha

| Sl.                 | STATES/UTs   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23         | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2024-25 (3rd Advance Estimate)   | 2024-25 (3rd Advance Estimate)   | 2024-25 (3rd Advance Estimate)   |
|---------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|                     | A            |           | P         | Y         | A         | P         | Y         | A         | P               | Y         | A         | P         | Y         | A                                | P                                | Y                                |
| 1 ANDHRA PRADESH    | 58.40        | 2450.6 7  | 41.9 6    | 57.27     | 2303.7 9  | 40.2 3    |           | 54.16     | 2337.6 6 43.1 6 | 54.18     | 2438.2 8  | 45.00     | 65.32     | 3242.29                          |                                  | 49.64                            |
| 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0.25         | 2.15      | 8.70      | 0.25      | 2.15      | 8.70      | 0.25      | 2.15      | 8.70            | 0.15      | 0.88      | 6.02      | 0.15      | 0.88                             |                                  | 6.02                             |
| 3 ASSAM             | 18.70        | 428.49    | 22.9 1    | 18.79     | 430.83    | 22.9 3    | 18.85     | 432.40    | 22.9 4          | 17.49     | 422.08    | 24.14     | 19.34     | 468.89                           |                                  | 24.24                            |
| 4 BIHAR             | 62.70        | 1161.7 9  | 18.5 3    | 53.00     | 1007.0 0  | 19.0 0    | 62.81     | 1166.8 7  | 18.5 8          | 63.20     | 1168.6 2  | 18.49     | 65.20     | 1212.72                          |                                  | 18.60                            |
| 5 CHHATTISGAR H     | 61.17        | 1138.8 2  | 18.6 2    | 66.47     | 1232.4 5  | 18.5 4    | 56.40     | 856.11    | 15.1 8          | 61.87     | 1048.1 8  | 16.94     | 24.92     | 565.00                           |                                  | 22.67                            |
| 6 GUJARAT           | 53.78        | 1585.8 6  | 29.4 9    | 67.75     | 1961.5 4  | 28.9 5    | 51.50     | 1444.3 8  | 28.0 5          | 66.57     | 1809.6 9  | 27.18     | 45.05     | 1223.00                          |                                  | 27.15                            |
| 7 HARYANA           | 21.32        | 440.20    | 20.6 5    | 18.91     | 397.00    | 20.9 9    | 22.98     | 400.00    | 17.4 1          | 22.27     | 434.53    | 19.51     | 20.74     | 350.00                           |                                  | 16.88                            |
| 8 HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 13.80        | 577.01    | 41.8 3    | 14.00     | 577.00    | 41.2 1    | 15.06     | 532.34    | 35.3 5          | 13.72     | 474.34    | 34.59     | 14.00     | 432.00                           | 30.86                            |                                  |
| 9 JAMMU& KASHMIR    | 3.29         | 79.95     | 24.3 4    | 3.85      | 102.00    | 26.4 7    | 3.85      | 102.00    | 26.4 7          | 3.85      | 102.00    | 26.47     | 2.14      | 48.54                            |                                  | 22.71                            |
| 10 JHARKHAND        | 22.28        | 276.05    | 12.3 9    | 22.74     | 294.31    | 12.9 4    | 24.31     | 309.64    | 12.7 4          | 24.92     | 417.76    | 16.76     | 30.48     | 219.46                           | 7.20                             |                                  |
| 11 KARNATAKA        | 67.00        | 2077.0 0  | 31.0 0    | 70.10     | 2104.6 8  | 30.0 2    | 68.34     | 2198.0 4  | 32.1 6          | 62.43     | 2007.3 3  | 32.15     | 65.58     | 2234.58                          |                                  | 34.07                            |
| 12 KERALA           | 0.44         | 7.22      | 16.3 2    | 0.35      | 2.52      | 7.19      | 0.51      | 4.37      | 8.64            | 0.38      | 3.35      | 8.89      | 0.34      | 3.02                             |                                  | 8.96                             |
| 13 MADHYA PRADESH   | 103.7 7      | 3001.2 1  | 28.9 2    | 102.3 7   | 2760.1 6  | 26.9 6    | 113.7 7   | 3249.8 2  | 28.5 6          | 119.6 7   | 3498.2 6  | 29.23     | 129.5 5   | 3708.22                          |                                  | 28.62                            |
| 14 MAHARASHTR A     | 56.64        | 1189.8 3  | 21.0 1    | 63.47     | 1243.2 2  | 19.5 9    | 57.00     | 1111.4 2  | 19.5 0          | 55.23     | 1332.0 9  | 24.12     | 54.85     | 1096.30                          |                                  | 19.99                            |

| 15                      | MANIPUR                 | 3.41      | 35.27   | 10.3 4   | 3.33      | 36.94   | 11.0 9         | 3.33      | 36.94   | 11.0 9   | 2.84      |   27.47 | 9.66    |   1.32 15.48 |   11.68 |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|---------|----------|-----------|---------|----------------|-----------|---------|----------|-----------|---------|---------|--------------|---------|
| 16 MEGHALAYA            | 2.19                    | 35.12     | 16.0 2  | 2.20     | 35.21     | 16.0 2  | 2.27           | 36.42     | 16.0 5  | 2.31     | 37.10     |   16.09 | 2.31    |        37.24 |   16.09 |
| 17 MIZORAM              | 2.75                    | 26.89     | 9.78    | 2.80     | 27.13     | 9.69    | 2.80           | 27.13     | 9.69    | 3.16     | 27.49     |    8.7  | 3.16    |        27.49 |    8.7  |
| 18 NAGALAND             | 2.60                    | 19.70     | 7.59    | 2.60     | 19.82     | 7.62    | 2.70           | 21.42     | 7.94    | 2.71     | 21.22     |    7.84 | 2.71    |        21.13 |    7.8  |
| 19 ODISHA               | 93.94                   | 1432.0 5  | 15.2 5  | 75.10    | 1145.0 2  | 15.2 5  | 107.1 6        | 1609.0 9  | 15.0 2  | 98.13    | 1496.3 3  |   15.25 | 29.57   |       445.37 |   15.06 |
| 20 PUNJAB               | 10.28                   | 266.91    | 25.9 7  | 10.39    | 269.91    | 25.9 7  | 10.70          | 277.60    | 25.9 4  | 11.17    | 293.92    |   26.32 | 11.30   |       298.19 |   26.39 |
| 21 RAJASTHAN            | 20.50                   | 232.86    | 11.3 6  | 20.14    | 238.39    | 11.8 4  | 20.62          | 255.99    | 12.4 1  | 20.47    | 260.75    |   12.74 | 20.14   |       323.44 |   16.06 |
| 22 SIKKIM               | 0.44                    | 4.60      | 10.3 8  | 0.44     | 4.61      | 10.3 8  | 0.44           | 4.62      | 10.4 0  | 0.44     | 4.62      |   10.4  | 0.66    |         7.23 |   11.01 |
| 23 TAMIL NADU           | 44.92                   | 1452.6 7  | 32.3 4  | 54.04    | 1623.1 7  | 30.0 4  | 41.53          | 1249.7 4  | 30.0 9  | 38.85    | 1169.2 3  |   30.1  | 38.12   |      1202.85 |   31.55 |
| 24 TELANGANA            | 25.90                   | 888.61    | 34.3 1  | 17.39    | 516.05    | 29.6 8  | 14.64          | 393.71    | 26.8 9  | 12.69    | 346.07    |   27.26 | 12.06   |       352.51 |   29.23 |
| 25 TRIPURA              | 1.85                    | 57.85     | 31.2 0  | 2.09     | 66.68     | 31.9 2  | 2.24           | 67.86     | 30.3 5  | 2.11     | 64.13     |   30.36 | 2.10    |        61.61 |   29.35 |
| 26 UTTAR PRADESH        | 22.60                   | 902.38    | 39.9 3  | 22.79    | 909.35    | 39.9 0  | 23.41          | 920.14    | 39.3 1  | 23.50    | 940.12    |   40.01 | 25.47   |      1024.36 |   40.22 |
| 27 UTTARAKHAN D         | 9.42                    | 110.68    | 11.7 5  | 9.42     | 110.68    | 11.7 5  | 6.01           | 71.46     | 11.8 9  | 8.74     | 91.59     |   10.48 | 3.97    |        49.68 |   12.51 |
| 28 WEST BENGAL          | 59.24                   | 1284.4 2  | 21.6 8  | 59.72    | 1258.7 7  | 21.0 8  | 60.20          | 1292.6 8  | 21.4 7  | 60.03    | 1369.6 7  |   22.82 | 45.72   |       783.78 |   17.14 |
| 29 OTHERS               | 1.03                    | 14.28     | 13.8 4  | 0.99     | 13.92     | 14.0 2  | 0.88           | 13.31     | 15.1 7  | 0.91     | 16.19     |   17.77 | 0.92    |        13.13 |   14.25 |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL 844.6 0 | ALL INDIA TOTAL 844.6 0 | 21180. 51 | 25.0 8  | 842.7 5  | 20694. 30 |         | 24.5 6 848.7 1 | 20425. 32 | 24.0 7  | 853.9 9  | 21323. 22 |   24.97 | 737.1 9 |     19468.4  |   26.41 |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  981  FOR  ANSWER  ON  05 TH  FEBRUARY,  2026  ON  'PRODUCTION  OF TOMATOES'

## Details of Tomato Projects under Operation Greens Scheme of PMKSY

|   Sl. No. | Name of Applicant                      | Cluster/ District   | State          | Date of Approval Letter   |   Approved Grant (₹ Crores) |   Grant Released (₹ Crores) | Processing Capacity Per Annum (MT)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh Food Processing Society | Chittoor            | Andhra Pradesh | 20-03-2019                |                       23.93 |                        4.88 | 90,000                               |
|         2 | Vangi Foods                            | Anand, Kheda        | Gujarat        | 05-03-2020                |                        4.38 |                        4.38 | 9,600                                |
|         3 | Karavan                                | Chikkaballapur      | Karnataka      | 21-11-2023                |                        9.95 |                        3.31 | 23,680                               |

## Details of Tomato Projects under Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) Scheme of PMKSY

|   Sl. No. | Name of the applicant                                    | District   | State          | Date of Approval   |   Approved Grant (Rs. in Cr.) |   Released Amount (Rs. in Cr.) |   Processing Capacity PA (LMT) |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | M/s Go Green                                             | Surat      | Gujarat        | 23-12-2020         |                          5    |                           2.03 |                         0.144  |
|         2 | Frut X                                                   | Khargone   | Madhya Pradesh | 22-12-2020         |                          5    |                           5    |                         0.18   |
|         3 | M/s Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company Limited (Unit-IV ) | Nashik     | Maharashtra    | 21-07-2020         |                          5    |                           5    |                         0.29   |
|         4 | M/s Goodrich Agro Foods Private Limited                  | Ahmednagar | Maharashtra    | 05-01-2023         |                          5    |                           2.5  |                         0.2    |
|         5 | M/s Nature Rich Foods Pvt. Ltd                           | Nagpur     | Maharashtra    | 05-01-2023         |                          4.97 |                           4.92 |                         0.1065 |
|         6 | M/s Hortusmalabaricus Herbs LLP                          | Palakkad   | Kerala         | 29-02-2024         |                          2.13 |                           1.06 |                         0.016  |
|         7 | M/s Marvels Food Products                                | Satara     | Maharashtra    | 29-02-2024         |                          2    |                           0    |                         0      |

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