Lok Sabha Question No. 3247 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Micro Food Processing Enterprises Formalised under PMFME Scheme
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Avimanyu Sethi, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh, Dr. Rajesh Mishra, Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Praveen Patel, Shri Jugal Kishore, Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Smt. Mahima Kumari Mewar, Shri Jagdambika Pal, Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind, Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shri Nalin Soren, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Damodar Agrawal, Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Rajkumar Chahar, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat, Shri Shashank Mani, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Shri Manoj Tiwari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3247

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  MARCH, 2026

## MICRO FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES FORMALISED UNDER PMFME SCHEME

3247:

DR. VINOD KUMAR BIND:

SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT:

SMT. MAHIMA KUMARI MEWAR:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

SMT. HIMADRI SINGH:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

DR. RAJESH MISHRA:

SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI DINESHBHAI MAKWANA:

SHRI SHASHANK MANI:

SHRI VISHWESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI NALIN SOREN:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI AVIMANYU SETHI:

SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA:

SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

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

- (a) the total number of micro food processing enterprises formalised under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme since inception, State/UTwise along with the cumulative investment mobilised particularly in Pali Lok Sabha Constituency in  Rajasthan,  Siddharthnagar  district  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Shahdol  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  in Madhya Pradesh, Sabarkantha Lok Sabha  constituency in Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha including Nabrangpur Lok Sabha Constituency and UT of Jammu and Kashmir;
- (b) the  sector-wise  distribution  of  sanctioned  units  including  participation  of  women,  Self Help  Groups  (SHGs),  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  (FPOs)  and  aspirational  districts  with specific reference to Nabarangpur in Odisha;
- (c) the operational status and utilisation levels of sanctioned Common Infrastructure Facilities and Incubation Centres;
- (d) the measurable outcomes in terms of employment generation, turnover growth and market linkages created for beneficiary enterprises under the scheme particularly in Nabrangpur in Odisha and Pali Lok Sabha Constituency in Rajasthan;
- (e) the roadmap for further scaling up credit flow, branding support and exports under PMFME

scheme  during  the  remaining period  of  implementation  including  any special focus on Nabarangpur Lok Sabha Constituency and Jalgaon in Maharashtra; and

- (f) the status of implementation of the said scheme in the Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituency?

## ANSWER

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

- a) Under the Pradhan Mantri Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, 59,202 Micro food processing enterprises have been formalized as on 31 st December 2025 since inception of  the  scheme.  The  State/  UT  wise  details  of  number  of  micro  enterprises  formalised  are  at Annexure I . Cumulatively,  investment of Rs. 17015.8 crore has been mobilized under the scheme across the country including Pali Lok Sabha Constituency in Rajasthan, Siddharthnagar district in Uttar  Pradesh,  Shahdol  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  in  Madhya  Pradesh,  Sabarkantha  Lok  Sabha constituency in Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha including Nabrangpur Lok Sabha Constituency and UT of Jammu and Kashmir are at Annexure II.
- b) Under the PMFME Scheme, loans for 75,456 women micro food processing enterprises, 1427 Self Help Group (SHGs), 270 Farmer Producer Organization (FPOs) and 24,445 loans in aspirational districts have been sanctioned as on 31 st December 2025.

For  the  Nabarangpur  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  in  Odisha,  loans  for  49  micro  food  processing enterprises  have  been  sanctioned  out  of  which  loans  for  21  women  micro  food  processing enterprises and 6 Self Help Group (SHGs) have been sanctioned.

- c) Under the PMFME Scheme, as on 31 st  December 2025, 108 loans have been sanctioned for Common Infrastructure facilities out of which 88 loans have been disbursed and 59 facilities are operational. For the Incubation Centre, 76 proposals have been approved from 24 States/ UTs out of which 23 incubation centers have been commissioned.
- d) Under the PMFME Scheme, 5,18,121 direct and indirect employment has been generated as on 31 st December 2025, out of which 147 and 393 direct and indirect employment has been generated in Nabarangpur of Odisha and Pali Lok Sabha Constituencies, respectively. The scheme provides grant-in-aid through its Branding and Marketing support to help micro food processing enterprises with limited market access to boost the visibility and sales of their products. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal has also been done to facilitate marketing of products manufactured by the units supported under PMFME Scheme.
- e) Ministry regularly conducts meeting with lending banks and State Government to scale up the  credit  flow  in  the  country  including  Nabarangpur  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  and  Jalgaon  in Maharashtra under the scheme. The issues being faced by micro food processing enterprises are also raised at the Department of Financial Services (DFS) level and in the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) meetings to discuss and resolve implementation challenges. Further, periodic review meetings are also conducted at state and district level by the State government. Ministry is also  facilitating  market  access  through  participation  in  national  and  international  exhibitions, buyer-seller meets and integration with e-commerce platforms across the country.
- f) As on 31 st December 2025, For Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituency, loans for 343 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned and seed capital for 398 Self Help Group Members have been sanctioned for amount of Rs. 130.32 crore.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3247  FOR ANSWER  ON  12.03.2026  REGARDING 'MICRO  FOOD  PROCESSING  ENTERPRISES  FORMALISED  UNDER  PMFME SCHEME'

## State UT-wise enterprises formalized under PMFME Scheme as on 31 st  December 2025

| S.No.   | State/ UT                                |   Enterprises Formalised |
|---------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                           |                     2215 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                       51 |
| 3       | Assam                                    |                     1986 |
| 4       | Bihar                                    |                     4938 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                             |                      445 |
| 6       | Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |                        4 |
| 7       | Delhi                                    |                      280 |
| 8       | Goa                                      |                      103 |
| 9       | Gujarat                                  |                        5 |
| 10      | Haryana                                  |                      507 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh                         |                      325 |
| 12      | Jammu And Kashmir                        |                      389 |
| 13      | Jharkhand                                |                      484 |
| 14      | Karnataka                                |                     3507 |
| 15      | Kerala                                   |                     5139 |
| 16      | Ladakh                                   |                       25 |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh                           |                     5721 |
| 18      | Maharashtra                              |                    13722 |
| 19      | Manipur                                  |                       54 |
| 20      | Meghalaya                                |                      147 |
| 21      | Mizoram                                  |                        5 |
| 22      | Nagaland                                 |                       73 |
| 23      | Odisha                                   |                     1126 |
| 24      | Puducherry                               |                       93 |
| 25      | Punjab                                   |                     1888 |
| 26      | Rajasthan                                |                      417 |
| 27      | Sikkim                                   |                        3 |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu                               |                     8350 |
| 29      | Telangana                                |                     2559 |
| 31      | Tripura                                  |                      132 |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh                            |                     3650 |
| 33      | Uttarakhand                              |                      790 |
| 34      | West Bengal                              |                       69 |
|         | Total                                    |                    59202 |

Annexure II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3247  FOR ANSWER  ON  12.03.2026  REGARDING 'MICRO  FOOD  PROCESSING  ENTERPRISES  FORMALISED  UNDER  PMFME SCHEME'

Investment Mobilized under PMFME Scheme as on 31 st  December 2025

|   S.No. | State/ Districts   |   Investment Mobilized (Rs. In Cr.) |
|---------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|       1 | Pali               |                                6.08 |
|       2 | Jodhpur            |                               21.19 |
|       3 | Siddarthnagar      |                               31.28 |
|       4 | Shahdol            |                               17.98 |
|       5 | Annupur            |                                5.55 |
|       6 | Umaria             |                                6.86 |
|       7 | Sabarkantha        |                               16.91 |
|       8 | Jharkhand          |                              300.6  |
|       9 | Odisha             |                              306.79 |
|      10 | Nabarangpur        |                                1.75 |
|      11 | Malkangiri         |                                3.65 |
|      12 | Jammu &Kashmir     |                              126.71 |