Lok Sabha Question No. 4584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-19
Subject: Setting up of Food Processing Units in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Naresh Chandra Uttam Patel, Shri Jitendra Kumar Dohare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4584

ANSWERED ON 19 TH  MARCH, 2026

## SETTING UP OF FOOD PROCESSING UNITS IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 4584.  SHRI JITENDRA KUMAR DOHARE: SHRI NARESH CHANDRA UTTAM PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to establish new food processing units or industries  at  the  district  level  particularly  in  agriculture-dominant  areas  in  Uttar Pradesh,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  with  specific  reference  to  Etawah  and  Fatehpur districts;
- (b) whether  assistance  is  being  provided  for  the  development  of  Food  Processing Units/Industries in agriculture-dominant districts such as Etawah and Fatehpur under various Central schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY), Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme and Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the financial assistance or grants provided for this purpose to Etawah and Fatehpur districts during the last three years and the current year, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Food Processing industries (MoFPI) does not establish any food processing industry on its own. However, in order to promote and development of the food processing sector, MoFPI has been incentivizing setting up of such industries through its two Central Sector Scheme viz. Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and a Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme.

These schemes are not region or state specific but demand driven and are implemented across the country including Etawah and Fatehpur districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Under PMKSY, MoFPI has approved 82 projects with approved grant-in-aid of Rs 437.67  crores  in  the  state  of  Uttar  Pradesh  till  31.12.2025.  Under  PLISFPI,  MoFPI  has approved 26 proposals with committed investment of Rs 1052.10 crores in the state of Uttar Pradesh till  31.12.2025.  Under  PMFME  Scheme,  22060  micro food processing  enterprises have  been  approved  with  subsidy  of  Rs  803.30  crores  for  assistance  in  the  State  of  Uttar Pradesh till 31.12.2025.

The details of the projects approved in Etawah and Fatehpur districts of Uttar Pradesh under Schemes of MoFPI are as under-

Projects approved under corresponding component schemes of PMKSY since inception:

|   S. No. | Name of project and district     | Date of approval   |   Project Cost (Rs in crore) |   Grants -in-aid Approved (Rs in crore) |
|----------|----------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|        1 | SPY Frozen Foods Pvt Ltd, Etawah | 25.04.2017         |                        23.97 |                                    9.67 |
|        2 | Ananta Biotech LLP, Fatehpur     | 29.06.2018         |                         2.95 |                                    0.82 |

Proposals approved under PMFME Scheme from 2022-23 to till date-

| District   |   No of Micro Food Processing Industries |   Approved with credit linked subsidy (Rs in crore) |   Number of Self Help Groups |   Amount of seed capital (Rs in crore) |
|------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Etawah     |                                      114 |                                                3.8  |                           99 |                                   0.28 |
| Fatehpur   |                                      536 |                                               21.15 |                          244 |                                   0.65 |

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