15 Food Parks were approved by the
Government during the Tenth Five Year Plan Period. During the 11thPlan, till date, ‘in-principle’ approval has been accorded in case of setting
up of 10
A
table showing the number and details of Food Parks that became operational in
the country till date, State-wise, is given in the Annexure.
In the 11th Plan, the
Ministry has approved a new scheme to establish 30 Mega Food Parks with a view
to provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for food processing sector in the
country on a pre-identified cluster basis with a strong backward and forward
linkage and to provide value addition of agricultural commodities including
poultry, meat, dairy, fisheries etc. in a demand driven manner. Financial assistance
has been enhanced to 50% of project cost excluding land component in general
areas and 75% in difficult areas, subject to a maximum of Rs. 50.00 crore for
setting up of Mega Food Parks.
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