Lok Sabha Question No. 231 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Assistance for Setting up of Abattoirs
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 231 ANSWERED ON 26 TH  APRIL, 2016

## ASSISTANCE FOR SETTING UP OF ABATTOIRS

## †231:   SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  provided  subsidy  worth  Rs.  15  crore  for  setting  up of  new abattoirs and for modernization of existing ones;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  stop  subsidy  on  these  heads  and  if  so,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) Yes  Madam,  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  is  implementing  the  Central  Sector Scheme for Setting up/ Modernization of Abattoirs under which assistance in the form of grant-inaid  is  provided  for  setting  up  of  new  and  modernisation  of  existing  abattoirs  to  local  bodies (Municipal  Corporations  and  Panchayats)  /  Public  Sector  Undertakings  /  Co-Operatives/Boards under  Government.  The  Scheme  has  flexibility  for  involvement  of  private  investors  on  Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. The proposals that are to be implemented under PPP mode shall follow  the  guidelines  for  financial  support  to  PPPs  in  infrastructure,  issued  by  Department  of Economic  Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government  of  India, as adopted by each State Government.

The scheme envisages a grant of 50% in general areas and 75% in difficult areas for cost of Plant and Machinery (P&M) and Technical Civil Work (TCW) and other eligible items subject to a maximum  of  Rs.15  crore  per  abattoir.  Difficult  areas  include  North  Eastern  States  including Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,  Uttarakhand  and  Integrated Tribal  Development Project (ITDP) notified areas of the States.

- (b) The details of grant-in-aid released during the 12 th Plan period is given in the Annexure.  No grant-in-aid has been released so far during the current financial year.

(c) The  scheme  was  transferred  to  the  State  Governments  for  implementation  under  the Centrally  Sponsored Scheme  of National  Mission  on  Food  Processing (NMFP)  with  effect  from 1.04.2014.  Proposals  received  up  to  31.03.2014  are  being  processed  by  the  Ministry  under  the Central Sector Scheme. Fresh proposals with effect from 01.04.2014 are to be submitted to State Governments. However, the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of NMFP has been delinked from Central support from financial year 2015-16.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  231  FOR  ANSWER  ON  THE  26 TH   APRIL 2016 REGARDING ASSISTANCE FOR SETTING UP OF ABATTOIRS

| Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore      | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   | Rs. in crore   |
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| S.No           | State             | 2012-13        | 2013-14        | 2014-15        | 2015-16        |
| 1.             | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.00           | 1.5            | 4.5            | 6.00           |
| 2.             | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00           | 1.02           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 3.             | Goa               | 0.00           | 0.62           | 0.00           | 1.85           |
| 4.             | Himachal Pradesh  | 4.86           | 6.00           | 3.00           | 0.00           |
| 5.             | Jharkhand         | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 2.59           |
| 6.             | Karnataka         | 0.00           | 1.60           | 1.02           | 0.17           |
| 7.             | Kerala            | 0.00           | 1.44           | 0.00           | 5.86           |
| 8.             | Mizoram           | 0.00           | 1.28           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 9.             | Nagaland          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 1.11           | 4.82           |
| 10.            | Puducherry        | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.25           |
| 11.            | Punjab            | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.33           | 0.79           |
| 12.            | Sikkim            | 0.62           | 0.69           | 0.19           | 1.34           |
| 13.            | Tamil Nadu        | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.15           | 0.00           |
| 14.            | Telangana         | 0.00           | 5.92           | 0.00           | 2.72           |
| 15.            | West Bengal       | 3.86           | 5.73           | 0.00           | 1.05           |
|                | Total             | 9.34           | 25.8           | 10.3           | 27.44          |

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