Lok Sabha Question No. 3467 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-11
Subject: Rice Mills
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: BHAGWANT MANN

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3467**

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST, 2015

RICE MILLS

3467. 	SHRI BHAGWANT MANN:

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

(a)	whether the Rice Mills in the country are facing problems for want of adequate credit and capital in various parts of the country including Punjab;

(b) 	if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c)	whether any funds have been allocated to meet the problem of rice mills in the country during current year; and

(d)	if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

**ANSWER**

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to (d):  No such specific instance has come to the notice of the Government.  However, for the purpose of promotion of food processing industries (i.e. including Rice Mills) in the country including Punjab, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries had been implementing the Scheme of Technology Upgradation /Establishment/Modernization of Food Processing Industries over the years and the same was decentralized w.e.f. 01.04.2007 through Banks/ Financial Institutions.  Under this scheme, financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid (i.e. upto 50 lakh in normal areas and 75 lakh in difficult areas) had been granted to eligible entrepreneurs for Setting up/Technology Upgradation/Modernization of food processing industries (i.e. including Rice Mills) in the country including Punjab.

With effect from 01.04.2012, the above mentioned scheme had been subsumed with the Centrally Sponsored Scheme – **“National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP)”** and was implemented through State/UT Governments since then **.** However, the National Mission on Food Processing and consequently the above scheme being a part of it has been delinked from the central   government support with effect from 01.04.2015 in view of increased resource allocation to States resulting from the recommendations of 14 th Finance Commission and presently, the scheme is at the disposal of State/UT Governments, who may run them from their own resources.

The Government has created a special fund of Rs. 2000 Crore in NABARD (i.e. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) to provide affordable credit to food processing units including rice mills to be set up in the designated food parks.  The Ministry has notified 142 designated food parks in various States in the country for the said purpose.

The details of financial assistance provided to Rice Mills in the country during the current year (i.e. from 1 st April, 2015 to 5 th August, 2015) as part of committed liability with respect to earlier cases, are given in **Annexure.**

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**Annexure**

**ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3467 FOR 11** **TH** **AUGUST, 2015 REGARDING RICE MILLS**

**The details of financial assistance provided to Rice Mills in the country during the current year are given below:**

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|    | S. No. State Sanctioned Cases of Ist Installments Sanctioned Cases of Ist Installments Sanctioned Cases of IInd Installment Sanctioned Cases of IInd Installment Total Sanctioned Cases Total Sanctioned Cases Nos. Amount Nos. Amount Nos. Amount 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 0.088 8 1.072 9 1.160 2 CHHATTISGARH 0 0.000 11 1.081 11 1.081 3 GUJARAT 0 0.000 4 0.332 4 0.332 4 HARYANA 0 0.000 1 0.090 1 0.090 5 JHARKHAND 0 0.000 1 0.168 1 0.168 6 KARNATAKA 1 0.029 6 0.879 7 0.908 7 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0.000 2 0.279 2 0.279 8 MAHARASHTRA 2 0.183 3 0.264 5 0.447 9 ODISHA 0 0.000 1 0.024 1 0.024 10 PUNJAB 2 0.245 1 0.049 3 0.293 11 TAMIL NADU 0 0.000 4 0.885 4 0.885 12 UTTAR PRADESH 1 0.103 4 0.804 5 0.908 13 UTTARAKHAND 0 0.000 1 0.289 1 0.289 14 WEST BENGAL 0 0.000 2 0.200 2 0.200 Total Total 7 0.648 49 6.416 56 7.064 |    |
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