Lok Sabha Question No. 1306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-28
Subject: Assistance to Slaughter House
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: SATYA PAL SINGH

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1306**

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JULY, 2015

ASSISTANCE TO SLAUGHTER HOUSE

1306. SHRI SATYAPAL SINGH:

Will the MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

1. whether any financial assistance is being provided by the Government to set up and run the slaughter houses in the country; and

1. if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

**ANSWER**

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a):	Yes, Madam. Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing the scheme for Setting up/ Modernization of Abattoirs under which assistance in the form of grant-in-aid is provided to local bodies (Municipal Corporations and Panchayats)/ Public Sector Undertakings/ Co-operatives/Boards under Government for establishment of modern abattoirs and modernisation of existing abattoirs. 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 ITDP notified areas of the States.

The implementation of this scheme was transferred to the State Governments under National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) with effect from 1.04.2014. However, the NMFP has since been delinked from Central Assistance with effect from 01.04.2015.

(b)	The details of assistance provided during last three years and the current year, State- wise are as under:

| 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**    |
|                | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.00           | 1.5            | 4.5            | 6.00           |
|                | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00           | 1.02           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
|                | Goa               | 0.00           | 0.62           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
|                | Himachal Pradesh  | 4.86           | 6.00           | 3.00           | 0.00           |
|                | Karnataka         | 0.00           | 1.60           | 1.02           | 0.17           |
|                | Kerala            | 0.00           | 1.44           | 0.00           | 4.30           |
|                | Mizoram           | 0.00           | 1.28           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
|                | Nagaland          | 0.00           | 1.11           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
|                | Punjab            | 0.00           | 0.33           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
|                | Sikkim            | 0.62           | 0.69           | 0.19           | 1.11           |
|                | Tamil Nadu        | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.15           | 0.00           |
|                | Telangana         | 0.00           | 5.92           | 0.00           | 2.72           |
|                | West Bengal       | 3.86           | 5.73           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
|                | **Total**         | **9.34**       | **27.24**      | **8.86**       | **14.30**      |

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