Lok Sabha Question No. 4572 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-19
Subject: Food Processing Units in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Utkarsh Verma Madhur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4572

ANSWERED ON 19 TH  MARCH, 2026

## FOOD PROCESSING UNITS IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 4572.  SHRI UTKARSH VERMA MADHUR:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to establish Food Processing Units in Kheri district with high production of sugarcane, banana, mango, indian blackberry and other fruits and vegetables and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  details  of  various  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Government  across  the country  particularly  in  Lakhimpur  Kheri  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  of  Uttar  Pradesh during the last five years and the current year;
- (c) the number of industries established by the Government in aspirational districts of Uttar Pradesh during the last five years and the current year;
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to promote local industries; and
- (e) the details of the amount of funds allocated for the establishment of food processing industries  in  Kheri  district  under  the  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation Programme (PMEGP) since its inception, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The Ministry of Food Processing industries (MoFPI) does not establish any food processing industry on its own. However, it incentivizes setting up of such industries through its  two  Central  Sector  Scheme  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana  (PMKSY), Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and a Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme.

These  schemes  are  not  region  or  state  specific  but  demand  driven  and  being implemented  all  over  India  including  Lakhimpur  Kheri  district  of  Uttar  Pradesh.  MoFPI extends financial support to prospective entrepreneurs for setting up of different kinds of food processing industries including processing of sugarcane, bananas, mangoes, Indian blackberry and other fruits and vegetables based industries, as per respective scheme guidelines.

Under PMKSY, financial assistance is provided to entrepreneurs for setting up of food processing industries. The scheme is operational for a period upto 2025-26 with total outlay of Rs 6520 Crore for 15 th Finance Commission Cycle.

PLISFPI  is,  inter  alia,  intended  to  support  creation  of  global  food  manufacturing champions and support Indian brands of food products in international market. The Scheme is operational for a period from 2021-22 to 2026-27 with an outlay of Rs. 10,900 crores.

Under PMFME scheme, financial, technical and business support is provided for setting up / upgradation of micro food processing enterprises. The scheme is operational for a period of upto 2025-26 with an outlay of Rs.10,000 Crore.

The details of projects sanctioned under MoFPI Schemes in aspirational districts of Uttar Pradesh are as under-

- (i) Number of projects approved under PMKSY since inception:
- (ii) Micro Food Processing Industry based proposals approved under PMFME from 2020-21 to till 31.12.2025-

| Component scheme                                                                 | Name of project and district             | Date of approval   |   Project Cost (Rs in crore) |   Grants -in-aid Approved (Rs in crore) |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Creation / Expansion of Food Processing &Preservation Capacities Scheme (CEFPPC) | TRS Gold Agro Private Limited, Chandauli | 22.11.2023         |                         7.71 |                                    3.05 |
| Scheme for Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages                             | Ananta Biotech LLP, Fatehpur             | 29.06.2018         |                         2.95 |                                    0.82 |

| District       |   No of Micro Food Processing Industries |   Approved with credit linked subsidy (Rs in crore) |   Number of Self Help Groups |   Amount of seed capital (Rs in crore) |
|----------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Chitrakoot     |                                      119 |                                                2.55 |                           53 |                                   0.13 |
| Fatehpur       |                                      692 |                                               27.16 |                          244 |                                   0.65 |
| Bahraich       |                                      238 |                                                9.32 |                          167 |                                   0.66 |
| Shrawasti      |                                       71 |                                                2.91 |                          232 |                                   0.42 |
| Balrampur      |                                      140 |                                                7.85 |                          103 |                                   0.36 |
| Siddharthnagar |                                      547 |                                                9.04 |                          111 |                                   0.34 |
| Chandauli      |                                      344 |                                               13.56 |                          242 |                                   0.84 |
| Sonbhadra      |                                      334 |                                                6.75 |                           70 |                                   0.28 |

In order to promote local industries, One District One Product (ODOP) approach under PMFME Scheme has been adopted to reap the benefit of scale in terms of procurement of inputs, availing common services and marketing of products. It provides the framework for value chain development and alignment of support infrastructure.  Under PMFME Scheme, ODOP products for all the 75 districts of the Uttar Pradesh has been identified including banana based products in Lakhimpur Kheri district.

- (e): Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)  for assisting entrepreneurs in setting up of new enterprises in the non-farm sector, is being implemented by Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  (MSME),  through  Khadi  and  Village Industries Commission (KVIC). The said scheme aims to provide employment opportunities to  traditional  artisans/  rural  and  urban  unemployed  youth  at  their  doorstep.  The  details  of number of micro enterprises  assisted  and  Margin  Money  Subsidy  (MMS)  disbursed  under PMEGP in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh from 2020-21 to 2025-26 is as follows-

(Rs in crores)

*as on 16.03.2026

| FY 2020-21   | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24   | FY 2023-24   | FY-2024-25   | FY-2024-25   | FY 2025-26*   | FY 2025-26*   |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
| Number       | MMS          | Number       | MMS          | Number       | MMS          | Number       | MMS          | Number       | MMS          | Number        | MMS           |
| 178          | 5.26         | 198          | 6.07         | 258          | 8.71         | 210          | 6.72         | 63           | 2.15         | 118           | 4.63          |

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