Lok Sabha Question No. 77 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Mega Food Parks
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: CHIRAG PASWAN, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, SANJAY(KAKA) RAMCHANDRA PATIL, NITYANAND RAI, VIRENDER KASHYAP, P. KUMAR, A.T. (NANA) PATIL, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, VINOD CHAVDA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

**Lok Sabha**

**UnSTARRED question NO. 77**

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST JULY, 2015

mega food parks

77.	shri chiraG paswan:

shrimati bhavana pundalik gawali patil:

shri bheemrao b. patil:

shri arvind sawant:

shri sanjay kaka patil:

shri nityanand rai:

shri virender kashyap:

shri p. kumar:

shri a.t. nana patil:

shri nishikant dubey:

shri vinod lakhamashi chavda:

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

1. whether the Government has approved a number of proposals for setting up of mega food parks on the basis of public private partnership in various parts of the country including rural areas during the current Five Year Plan period;

1. if so, the details thereof, State-wise and location-wise along with the employment likely to be created thereunder during the said period;

1. the details of the funds allocated and utilised for the purpose in the country during the said period, State-wise;

1. whether the Government proposes to change the objectives/guidelines for establishment of such food parks; and

1. if so, the details thereof?

**ANSWER**

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES 
(Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti)

(a):	The Government has accorded Final approval to 13 (Thirteen) proposals for setting up of Mega Food Parks in various parts of the country including rural areas during the current Five Year Plan period till date. These Mega Food Parks are private sector driven projects and responsibility of execution, ownership and management of these projects vests with a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which is a company incorporated under the Companies Act. State Government/ State Government entities/Cooperatives have also been allowed to set up Mega Food Parks in the country by recent amendments in the scheme guidelines w.e.f. 10.02.02014.

(b) & (c):  State-wise and location-wise details of the thirteen Mega Food Park projects accorded Final approval by the Ministry during the current Five Year Plan Period and the grant released to these projects are at **Annexure.** These Mega Food Parks are currently in the process of implementation. On completion, direct and indirect employment for about 30000 persons is likely to be created by each of these Mega Food Parks.

(d) & (e):  Making changes/modifications in the Scheme Guidelines is a continuing process and based on the experience of implementation of Mega Food Parks, the scheme guidelines have been revised by the Government from time to time to remove the hurdles in the implementation of the projects.

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ANNEXURE

**ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 77 FOR ANSWER ON 21** **ST** **JULY, 2015 REGARDING MEGA FOOD PARKS.**

**State-wise and location-wise details of the Thirteen Mega Food Park projects accorded Final approval during the 12** **th** **Five Year Plan period and the funds released to these projects (as on 16.07.2015).**

| **S. No.**   | **Project Name and Location**                                                                                               | **State**         |   **Project Cost (in Rs. crore)** | **Date of Final Approval**   |   **Amount of grant approved** |   **Grant released** |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|              | Godavari Mega Aqua Park Pvt. Ltd. Tundurru Village, Bhimavaram Mandal, West Godavari District                               | Andhra Pradesh    |                            122.60 | 16.12.2013                   |                          50.00 |                 0.00 |
|              | Pristine Logistics & Infraprojects Pvt. Ltd. Mansi Village, Khagaria District                                               | Bihar             |                            127.60 | 06.08.2014                   |                          50.00 |                 0.00 |
|              | Indus Best Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. Village Sarora and Bemta, Tehsil Tildam, Raipur District                                | Chhattisgarh      |                            124.50 | 04.06.2014                   |                          50.00 |                 0.00 |
|              | Raipur Mega Food Park Ltd. Village Neonara, Tehsil Berla, Bemetara District                                                 | Chhattisgarh      |                            126.12 | 04.06.2014                   |                          50.00 |                 0.00 |
|              | Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. Villages Jhahkharda, Shah and Vasravi,MangrolTaluka, Surat District    | Gujarat           |                            117.87 | 22.05.2014                   |                          50.00 |                05.00 |
|              | Cremica Food Park Pvt. Ltd. (earlier known as Poliyan Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd.) Village Singha, Tehsil Haroli, Una District | Himachal Pradesh  |                             99.70 | 06.08.2014                   |                          50.00 |                 0.00 |
|              | RFK Greens Food Park  Pvt. Ltd. Industrial Growth Centre, Lassipora Village, Pulwama District                               | Jammu And Kashmir |                             79.43 | 19.02.2014                   |                          50.00 |                 0.00 |
|              | Indus Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. Panwa Village, Kasrawad Tehsil, Khargoan District                                            | Madhya Pradesh    |                            127.70 | 27.08.2012                   |                          50.00 |                45.00 |
|              | Paithan Mega Food Park Ltd. Village Wahegaon and Dhangaon, Taluka: Paithan, Aurangabad District                             | Maharashtra       |                            124.56 | 08.03.2013                   |                          50.00 |                 5.00 |
|              | Satara Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. DegaonVillage, Satara District                                                              | Maharashtra       |                            139.33 | 06.08.2014                   |                          50.00 |                 0.00 |
|              | MITS Mega Food Park Ltd. Bhujbul and Sindhubadi Mouza, Rayagada District                                                    | Odisha            |                             80.17 | 16.04.2012                   |                          50.00 |                15.00 |
|              | Greentech Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. Rupangarh Village, Ajmer District                                                        | Rajasthan         |                            113.57 | 19.02.2014                   |                          50.00 |                 0.00 |
|              | Himalayan Food Park Pvt. Ltd. Mauha Kheraganj Village, Kashipur, Udam Singh Nagar District                                  | Uttarakhand       |                             99.96 | 23.01.2014                   |                          50.00 |                 0.00 |

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