Lok Sabha Question No. 2084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-12
Subject: Projects approved under PMKSY
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Jugal Kishore, Shri Bharatsinhji Shankarji Dabhi, Shri Nalin Soren, Shri Kali Charan Singh, Smt. Mahima Kumari Mewar, Shri Tapir Gao, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Anoop Pradhan Valmiki, Shri Manish Jaiswal, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2084

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  FEBRUARY, 2026

## PROJECTS APPROVED UNDER PMKSY

2084.   SHRI ANOOP PRADHAN VALMIKI:

SMT. MAHIMA KUMARI MEWAR:

SMT. MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

SHRI TAPIR GAO:

SHRI BHARATSINHJI SHANKARJI DABHI:

SHRI MANISH JAISWAL:

SHRI KALI CHARAN SINGH:

SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

SHRI NALIN SOREN:

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

- (a) the details of the projects approved and completed under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) since January 2025 till date in the State of Jharkhand including Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts and Nabrangpur Constituency of Odisha including the investment made thereunder and the number of farmers benefited in the country  including  Nabrangpur  Constituency  of  Odisha,  Rajasthan  and  Jammu  and Kashmir;
- (b) the details of the Cabinet approval for additional expenditure of Rs. 1,920 crore under PMKSY  including  establishment  of  fifty  multi-product  food  irradiation  units  and hundred food testing laboratories, number of units/laboratories proposed or approved in Jharkhand and Odisha particularly in the said districts; and
- (c) the cumulative achievements made so far under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana in the country including Nabrangpur Constituency of Odisha and the impact of these achievements on agriculture-based economy, farmer's income and employment generation in Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts of Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): There  is  no  scheme  in  the  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  titled "Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) scheme".

However, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing Central Sector Umbrella  Scheme  -  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  SAMPADA Yojana  (PMKSY)  since  2017. The scheme is demand driven and applications from across the country for extending the support are invited through issue of Expression of Interest (EoI) from time to time depending upon availability of funds.

Under PMKSY, as on date no project has been approved in the State of Jharkhand and Orissa since January, 2025. However, since inception of PMKSY, 02 projects in Jharkhand and 06 projects in Nabrangpur constituency of Odisha have been approved with total approved grantin-aid of ₹0.93 crore and ₹23.62 crore respectively.

As on 31.12.2025, 1607 number of projects have been approved under various component schemes of PMKSY. Out of which, 1196 number of projects have been completed/operationalised benefitting 36,10,782 farmers all over the country including 7,150 farmers  in  Nabrangpur  constituency  of  Odisha,  1,37,852  farmers  in  Rajasthan  and  53,203 farmers in Jammu and Kashmir.

(b): The Cabinet has approved an additional outlay of ₹1,000 crore under PMKSY, with ₹500 crore each for setting up 50 Multi-Product Food Irradiation Units and 100 Food Testing Laboratories (FTLs) under its component schemes. In addition, ₹920 crore has been approved as a 20% increase over the original outlay of ₹4,600 crore for PMKSY.

Against the additional outlay of ₹1,000 crore, MoFPI floated an Expression of Interest (EoI) on 27.05.2025 for setting up 50 Food Irradiation Units, which remains open until 28.02.2026. So far, 14 Food Irradiation projects have been approved under this EoI, however, none of these are  located  in  Jharkhand  and  Odisha.  Further,  an  EoI  for  setting  up  100  Food  Testing Laboratories was floated on 21.11.2025 and is open until 27.02.2026. As on date, no Food Testing Laboratory project against the additional outlay has been approved in Jharkhand or Odisha.

(c): With  Creation  of  Food  Processing  Infrastructure  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) scheme, the demand for Farm produce which is raw material for Food Processing industries increases leading to better prices to farmers and increasing farm gate profitability. As on 31.12.2025, under PMKSY 36,10,782 number of farmers have been benefitted  and  4,69,403  number  of  employment  opportunities  have  been  generated  in  the country including 4,249 number of employment opportunities in Nabrangpur constituency of Odisha. No project has been approved in the Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts of Jharkhand under PMKSY.

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