(a) whether the Government have recently launched a scheme
for setting up “Food Parks†in different parts of the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of food parks sanctioned and set up as on date, State-wise; and
(d) the total amount sanctioned and spent under the scheme as on date?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI N.T. SHANMUGAM)
(a) & (b): The scheme for setting up of food parks is in
existence since Eighth Five Year Plan period. The assistance
is provided for creation of common facilities in Food Parks,
such as cold storage/warehousing facilities, effluent
treatment plant, quality control and analytical laboratory
etc. The Ministry does not set up food parks of its own.
(c): The Ministry have provided financial sanction in respect
of 38 food parks – one each in Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu & Tripura;
two each in Haryana, Karnataka, Manipur & Rajasthan; three
each in Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, UP & West Bengal; four in
Maharashtra and six in Madhya Pradesh. Work on one food park
each in Tamil Nadu and Kerala has been completed.
(d): Till 30.6.2003 the Ministry had released assistance to
the tune of Rs. 84.71 crores under the scheme for setting up
of food parks.