Lok Sabha Question No. 965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Setting up of Food Testing Laboratories
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti, Dr. Byreddy Shabari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 965

ANSWERED ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY 2026

## SETTING UP OF FOOD TESTING LABORATORIES

## 965. SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI: DR. BYREDDY SHABARI:

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

- (a) the details of the number of Food Testing Laboratories set up or upgraded with assistance from the Ministry during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise, including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised for each approved project, year-wise and Statewise;
- (c) the number of applications received, approved, rejected and pending from Government and private entities, including SC/ST applicants, State-wise;
- (d) whether  special  financial  assistance  has  been  provided  to  laboratories  in  difficult  or backward areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Ministry proposes expansion of the scheme through enhanced assistance or establishment of additional Government-led laboratories and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details of the number of Food Testing Laboratories set up or upgraded with assistance from the Ministry during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise, including Andhra Pradesh is given at Annexure-I.
- (b) The funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised for each approved project, year-wise and Statewise is given at Annexure-II
- (c) The list of number of applications received, approved and rejected from Government and private  entities,  including  SC/ST  applicants,  State-wise  is  attached  at Annexure-III .  As  on 31.10.2025, no application was pending. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has floated  an  Expression  of  Interest  (EOI)  on  21.11.2025 , which  is  open  till  10.02.2026,  inviting applications for the setting up of 100 food testing laboratories across the country .
- (d) As per Scheme guidelines, Ministry provides financial assistance for setting-up of Food Testing Laboratories to eligible entities  at 70% of the eligible cost of the equipment in Difficult Areas as well as for SC/ST applicants and at 50% in General Areas subject to a maximum of Rs Five Crore.
- (e) No, Sir.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  THE  PART  (a)  OF  THE  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  965 REGARDING SETTING UP OF FOOD TESTING LABORATORIES.

Details of the number of Food Testing Laboratories set up or upgraded with assistance from the Ministry during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise, including Andhra Pradesh

| Sr No        | Proposal's Name                                        | Setting- up/Up- gradation   | State          | Grant Approved (Rs Lakh)   | Total released till date (Rs Lakh)   |
|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| YEAR-2020-21 | YEAR-2020-21                                           | YEAR-2020-21                | YEAR-2020-21   | YEAR-2020-21               | YEAR-2020-21                         |
| 1            | MPEDA ELISA Laboratory, Bapatla                        | Setting-up                  | Andhra Pradesh | 25.47                      | 24.19                                |
| 2            | Eureka Analytical, Bangalore                           | Setting-up                  | Karnataka      | 314.86                     | 314.86                               |
| 3            | Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA)             | Setting-up                  | Tamil Nadu     | 831.94                     | 805.87                               |
| 4            | Analytical and Environmental Services                  | Up- gradation               | Gujarat        | 131.77                     | 128.63                               |
| 5            | CES Analytical and Research Services India Pvt., Ltd., | Setting-up                  | Madhya Pradesh | 191.00                     | 186.31                               |
| 6            | CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum,                                 | Up- gradation               | Kerala         | 362.06                     | 353.02                               |
| 7            | Global Lab and Consultancy Services, Alagapuram, salem | Up- gradation               | Tamil Nadu     | 63.33                      | 62.54                                |
| 8            | Multani Food Testing Laboratories, Haridwar,           | Setting-up                  | Uttarakhand    | 450.17                     | 450.17                               |
| 9            | Ozone Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Gurgaon                    | Up- gradation               | Haryana        | 219.35                     | 219.34                               |
| 10           | Accurate Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujrat                 | Up- gradation               | Gujarat        | 99.00                      | 97.26                                |
| 11           | Punjab Biotechnology Incubator                         | Up- gradation               | Punjab         | 497.00                     | 463.38                               |
| 12           | University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur-          | Up- gradation               | Karnataka      | 308.00                     | 297.25                               |
| 13           | Geo Chem Laboratories PVt Ltd                          | Up- gradation               | Kerala         | 55.84                      | 53.92                                |

## YEAR-2021-2022

NIL

## YEAR-2022-2023

| 14             | Lilaba Analytical Laboratories                   | Up- gradation   | Gujarat        | 211.24         | 211.23         |
|----------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| 15             | Value Premier Labs Private Limited               | Setting-up      | Tamil Nadu     | 225.42         | 203.96         |
| 16             | Agro Tech Aromatics Pvt Ltd                      | Setting-up      | Jammu& Kashmir | 422.75         | 422.75         |
| 17             | Gram Tarang Foods Testing Laboratories Pvt Ltd   | Setting-up      | Odisha         | 310.70         | 298.72         |
| 18             | Biozed Engineering Pvt LTd                       | Setting-up      | Maharashtra    | 513.29         | 512.68         |
| 19             | IDMA Laboratories Limited                        | Up- gradation   | Haryana        | 190.84         | 190.83         |
| 20             | Interfield Laboratories                          | Up- gradation   | Kerala         | 433.47         | 433.47         |
| 21             | ALS Testing Services India Pvt Ltd               | Up- gradation   | Karnataka      | 333.52853      | 333.52         |
| YEAR-2023-24   | YEAR-2023-24                                     | YEAR-2023-24    | YEAR-2023-24   | YEAR-2023-24   | YEAR-2023-24   |
| 22             | Lucid Laboratories Pvt Ltd                       | Setting-up      | Telangana      | 526.63         | 521.11         |
| 23             | Reliable Analytical Laboratories Private Limited | Up- gradation   | Maharashtra    | 261.54         | 261.53         |
| 24             | Envirocare Labs Pvt Ltd                          | Setting-up      | Goa            | 480.35         | 480.35         |
| 25             | Vimta Labs Limited                               | Up- gradation   | Telangana      | 409.49         | 409.49         |
| 26             | Pious Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.                     | Up- gradation   | Madhya Pradesh | 404.50         | 404.5          |
| 27             | SMS Labs Services Private Limited                | Up- gradation   | Tamil Nadu     | 391.28         | 391.28         |
| YEAR-2024-2025 | YEAR-2024-2025                                   | YEAR-2024-2025  | YEAR-2024-2025 | YEAR-2024-2025 | YEAR-2024-2025 |
| NIL            | NIL                                              | NIL             | NIL            | NIL            | NIL            |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  THE  PART  (b)  OF  THE  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  965 REGARDING SETTING UP OF FOOD TESTING LABORATORIES.

Details of funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised for each approved project, year-wise and Statewise

| Sr No        | Proposal's Name                                        | Setting- up/Up- gradation   | State          | Grant Approved (Rs Lakh)   | Total released till date (Rs Lakh)   | Status       |
|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------|
| Year 2020-21 | Year 2020-21                                           | Year 2020-21                | Year 2020-21   | Year 2020-21               | Year 2020-21                         | Year 2020-21 |
| 1            | MPEDA ELISA Laboratory, Bapatla                        | Setting-up                  | Andhra Pradesh | 25.47                      | 24.19                                | Completed    |
| 2            | MPEDA ELISA Laboratory, Contai                         | Setting-up                  | West Bengal    | 32.23                      | 12.24                                | On-going     |
| 3            | MPEDA ELISA Laboratory, Haroa                          | Setting-up                  | West Bengal    | 32.67                      | 15.518                               | On-going     |
| 4            | Eureka Analytical, Bangalore                           | Setting-up                  | Karnataka      | 314.86                     | 314.86                               | Completed    |
| 5            | Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA)             | Setting-up                  | Tamil Nadu     | 831.94                     | 805.87                               | Completed    |
| 6            | Analytical and Environmental Services                  | Up- gradation               | Gujarat        | 131.77                     | 128.63                               | Completed    |
| 7            | CES Analytical and Research Services India Pvt., Ltd., | Setting-up                  | Madhya Pradesh | 191.00                     | 186.31                               | Completed    |
| 8            | CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum,                                 | Up- gradation               | Kerala         | 362.06                     | 353.02                               | Completed    |
| 9            | Global Lab and Consultancy Services, Alagapuram, salem | Up- gradation               | Tamil Nadu     | 63.33                      | 62.54                                | Completed    |
| 10           | Multani Food Testing Laboratories, Haridwar,           | Setting-up                  | Uttarakhand    | 450.17                     | 450.17                               | Completed    |
| 11           | Ozone Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Gurgaon                    | Up- gradation               | Haryana        | 219.35                     | 219.34                               | Completed    |
| 12           | Accurate Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujrat                 | Up- gradation               | Gujarat        | 99.00                      | 97.26                                | Completed    |
| 13           | Bombay Test House Pvt Ltd, Navi Mumbai, Thane          | Up- gradation               | Maharashtra    | 207.00                     | 98.32                                | On-going     |
| 14           | Punjab Biotechnology Incubator                         | Up- gradation               | Punjab         | 497.00                     | 463.38                               | Completed    |
| 15           | University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur-          | Up- gradation               | Karnataka      | 308.00                     | 297.25                               | Completed    |
| 16           | Geo Chem Laboratories PVt Ltd                          | Up- gradation               | Kerala         | 55.84                      | 53.92                                | Completed    |
| Year 2022-23 | Year 2022-23                                           | Year 2022-23                | Year 2022-23   | Year 2022-23               | Year 2022-23                         | Year 2022-23 |
| 17           | Lilaba Analytical Laboratories                         | Up- gradation               | Gujarat        | 211.24                     | 211.23                               | Completed    |
| 18           | Value Premier Labs Private Limited                     | Setting-up                  | Tamil Nadu     | 225.42                     | 203.96                               | Completed    |

| 19               | Agro Tech Aromatics Pvt Ltd                        | Setting-up       | Jammu& Kashmir   | 422.75           | 422.75           | Completed        |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 20               | Gram Tarang Foods Testing Laboratories Pvt Ltd     | Setting-up       | Odisha           | 310.70           | 298.72           | Completed        |
| 21               | Biozed Engineering Pvt LTd                         | Setting-up       | Maharashtra      | 513.29           | 512.68           | Completed        |
| 22               | IDMA Laboratories Limited                          | Up- gradation    | Haryana          | 190.84           | 190.83           | Completed        |
| 23               | Interfield Laboratories                            | Up- gradation    | Kerala           | 433.47           | 433.47           | Completed        |
| 24               | ALS Testing Services India Pvt Ltd                 | Up- gradation    | Karnataka        | 333.52853        | 333.52           | Completed        |
| Year 2022-23     | Year 2022-23                                       | Year 2022-23     | Year 2022-23     | Year 2022-23     | Year 2022-23     | Year 2022-23     |
| NIL Year 2023-24 | NIL Year 2023-24                                   | NIL Year 2023-24 | NIL Year 2023-24 | NIL Year 2023-24 | NIL Year 2023-24 | NIL Year 2023-24 |
| 25               | Chennai Mettex Labs Pvt. Ltd.                      | Setting-up       | Tamil Nadu       | 263.69           | 131.84           | On-going         |
| 26               | Lucid Laboratories Pvt Ltd                         | Setting-up       | Telangana        | 526.63           | 521.11           | Completed        |
| 27               | Reliable Analytical Laboratories Private Limited   | Up- gradation    | Maharashtra      | 261.54           | 261.53           | Completed        |
| 28               | J &KFood Quality Control Lab for Skill Development | Setting-up       | Jammu& Kashmir   | 364.02           | 0                | On-going         |
| 29               | Trust well Lab                                     | Setting-up       | Bihar            | 516.01           | 0                | On-going         |
| 30               | Aura Analytical Services Pvt Ltd                   | Setting-up       | Maharashtra      | 533.42           | 0                | On-going         |
| 31               | Bihar State Seed and Organic Certification Agency  | Setting-up       | Bihar            | 538.31           | 0                | On-going         |
| 32               | Envirocare Labs Pvt Ltd                            | Setting-up       | Goa              | 480.35           | 480.35           | Completed        |
| 33               | Banjara Lambani Samaj                              | Setting-up       | Karnataka        | 664.78           | 332.39           | On-going         |
| 34               | North Eastern Hill University                      | Setting-up       | Meghalaya        | 1021.09          | 0                | On-going         |
| 35               | Startech Labs Private Limited                      | Setting-up       | Telangana        | 371.17           | 0                | On-going         |
| 36               | M/s First Source Laboratory Solutions LLP          | Setting-up       | Telangana        | 655.23           | 0                | On-going         |
| 37               | Welzo Research& Development Pvt. Ltd               | Setting-up       | Himachal Pradesh | 772.12           | 386.06           | On-going         |
| 38               | Foodtech Consults India Private Limited            | Setting-up       | Uttar Pradesh    | 550.70           | 0                | On-going         |
| 39               | Nagaon Foods and Analysis Private Limited          | Setting-up       | Assam            | 650.00           | 0                | On-going         |
| 40               | S. N. Pura Laboratory LLP                          | Setting-up       | West Bengal      | 642.46           | 321.23           | On-going         |
| 41               | Intellab India                                     | Setting-up       | Maharashtra      | 801.33           | 0                | On-going         |
| 42               | Mediforce Research Private Limited                 | Setting-up       | Himachal Pradesh | 808.01           | 404              | On-going         |

|   43 | Kalpana Chawla Computech Pvt. Ltd                  | Setting-up    | Haryana        |   751.37 |      0 | On-going   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------|----------|--------|------------|
|   44 | Eurofins Analytical Services India Private Limited | Setting-up    | Maharashtra    |   531.86 | 265.93 | On-going   |
|   45 | Angel Analytical Services LLP                      | Setting-up    | Maharashtra    |   732.71 | 366.35 | On-going   |
|   46 | Bikaner Agrimarketing Private Limited              | Setting-up    | Rajasthan      |   497.45 | 248.72 | On-going   |
|   47 | Mitra S. K. Private Limited                        | Up- gradation | West Bengal    |   459.75 |   0    | On-going   |
|   48 | Emminent Analytics                                 | Setting-up    | Punjab         |   455.5  | 227.75 | On-going   |
|   49 | Shreeyan Research and Analytical Laboratories      | Setting-up    | Haryana        |   447.05 | 223.52 | On-going   |
|   50 | Vimta Labs Limited                                 | Up- gradation | Telangana      |   409.49 | 409.49 | Completed  |
|   51 | Pious Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.                       | Up- gradation | Madhya Pradesh |   404.5  | 404.5  | Completed  |
|   52 | SMS Labs Services Private Limited                  | Up- gradation | Tamil Nadu     |   391.28 | 391.28 | Completed  |
|   53 | National Science                                   | Setting-up    | Gujarat        |   301.05 |   0    | On-going   |

Year 2024-25

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  THE  PART  (c)  OF  THE  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  965 REGARDING SETTING UP OF FOOD TESTING LABORATORIES.

Number of applications received, approved and rejected from Government and private entities, including SC/ST applicants, State-wise from 2019-20 to 2023-24.

| State             | Applications received   | Applications received   | Applications received   | Applications received   | Applications received   | Applications approved   | Applications approved   | Applications approved   | Applications approved   | Applications approved   | Rejected   | Rejected   | Rejected   | Rejected   | Rejected   |
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| General           |                         | P                       | S                       |                         | Tot                     | Govt/C oop              | P                       |                         |                         | Tot al                  | Go vt/ coo | P vt       | S C        | S          | Tot        |
|                   | Go vt/ coo p            | vt                      | C                       | S T                     | al                      |                         | vt                      | S C                     | S T                     |                         | p          |            |            | T          | al         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 1                       | 6                       |                         | 3                       | 10                      | 0                       | 1                       |                         | 0                       | 1                       | 1          | 5          |            | 3          | 9          |
| ASSAM             | 3                       | 3                       |                         |                         | 6                       | 1                       | 1                       |                         |                         | 2                       | 2          | 2          |            |            | 4          |
| BIHAR             | 4                       | 3                       |                         |                         | 7                       | 1                       | 1                       |                         |                         | 2                       | 3          | 2          |            |            | 5          |
| CHANDIG ARH       | 1                       |                         |                         |                         | 1                       | 0                       |                         |                         |                         | 0                       | 1          |            |            |            | 1          |
| CHHATTIS GARH     | 3                       |                         | 1                       |                         | 4                       | 0                       |                         | 0                       |                         | 0                       | 3          |            | 1          |            | 4          |
| DELHI             | 15                      |                         |                         |                         | 15                      | 2                       |                         |                         |                         | 2                       |            | 1 3        |            |            | 13         |
| GUJARAT           | 8                       | 2 4                     |                         |                         | 32                      | 2                       | 4                       |                         |                         | 6                       | 6          | 2 0        |            |            | 26         |
| HARYANA           | 3                       | 1 6                     | 1                       |                         | 20                      | 0                       | 2                       | 1                       |                         | 3                       | 3          | 1 4        | 0          |            | 17         |
| HIMACHA L PRADESH |                         | 3                       |                         |                         | 3                       | 2                       |                         |                         |                         | 2                       |            | 1          |            |            | 1          |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 2                       | 2                       |                         |                         | 4                       | 0                       | 2                       |                         |                         | 2                       | 2          | 0          |            |            | 2          |
| KARNATA KA        | 3                       | 1 5                     | 3                       |                         | 21                      | 1                       | 3                       | 1                       |                         | 5                       | 2          | 1 2        | 2          |            | 16         |
| KERALA            | 16                      | 6                       | 0                       | 0                       | 22                      | 5                       | 2                       | 0                       | 0                       | 7                       | 11         | 4          | 0          | 0          | 15         |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 1                       | 7                       | 2                       |                         | 10                      | 0                       | 3                       | 0                       |                         | 3                       | 1          | 4          | 2          |            | 7          |
| MAHARAS HTRA      |                         | 4 7                     | 4                       |                         | 51                      | 7                       |                         | 2                       |                         | 9                       |            | 4 0        | 2          |            | 42         |
| MANIPUR           | 1                       |                         |                         |                         | 1                       | 1                       |                         |                         |                         | 1                       | 0          |            |            |            |            |
| MIZORAM           |                         |                         |                         | 1                       | 1                       |                         |                         |                         | 0                       |                         |            |            |            | 1          | 1          |
| MEGHALA YA        | 3                       |                         |                         | 1                       | 4                       | 1                       | 0                       |                         | 0                       | 1                       | 2          |            |            | 1          | 3          |
| ODISHA            |                         | 1 0                     |                         |                         | 10                      | 2                       |                         |                         |                         | 2                       |            | 8          |            |            | 8          |
| PUNJAB            | 1                       | 5                       |                         |                         | 6                       | 1                       | 1                       |                         |                         | 2                       | 0          | 4          |            |            | 4          |
| RAJASTHA N        | 4                       | 8                       | 2                       |                         | 14                      | 0                       | 1                       | 0                       |                         | 1                       | 4          | 7          | 2          |            | 13         |
| SIKKIM            |                         | 1                       |                         |                         | 1                       | 0                       |                         |                         |                         | 0                       |            | 1          |            |            | 1          |
| TAMIL NADU        | 5                       | 2 6                     |                         |                         | 31                      | 1                       | 4                       |                         |                         | 5                       | 4          | 2 2        |            |            | 26         |

| TELANGA NA    | 3   | 1 2   | 1   |    |   16 |   0 | 5   | 1   |    | 6   | 3   | 7   | 0   |    |   10 |
|---------------|-----|-------|-----|----|------|-----|-----|-----|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----|------|
| TRIPURA       | 1   |       |     |    |    1 |   0 |     |     |    |     | 1   |     |     |    |    1 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 3   | 6     |     |    |    9 |   0 | 1   |     |    | 1   | 3   | 5   |     |    |    8 |
| UTTARAK HAND  | 3   | 7     |     |    |   10 |   0 | 2   |     |    | 2   | 3   | 5   |     |    |    8 |
| WEST BENGAL   | 1   | 4     | 1   |    |    6 |   0 | 1   | 1   |    | 2   | 1   | 3   | 0   |    |    4 |
| NAGALAN D     |     |       | 1   | 1  |    2 |   0 |     | 0   | 1  | 1   |     |     | 1   | 0  |    1 |
| Grand Total   |     |       |     |    |  318 |   0 |     |     |    | 68  |     |     |     |    |  250 |