Question : Committee on Mega Food Parks

(a) whether the Government has constituted any expert committe to review the Mega Food Parks Scheme in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether any reports reviewing the working of the 9 functional Mega Food Parks have been generated till date and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the sanctioned and commissioned projects in the North East Region, out of the total sanctioned 42 Mega Food Parks;

(d) whether the Government plans to set up any Mega Food Park in Meghalaya;

(e) if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the details of funds released for the Mega Food Parks projects in the North East Region during the last three years?

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

(a): No, Madam.

(b): The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) has carried out an assessment of Mega Food Parks in its study titled “Report on Evaluation of the Impact of the Scheme for Mega Food Park of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries”. ICRIER has submitted its final report on September, 2015 to the Ministry. The brief of the finding of the report are at Annexure-I.

(c) & (f): Government has approved 5 Mega Food Parks in the North East Region, out of total 40 Mega Food Park projects approved in the country. Detail of Implementation of 5 Mega Food Park Projects sanctioned by Ministry in the North East Region along with amount of grant released to these projects in last three years is at Annexure-II.

(d) & (e): Ministry of Food Processing Industries does not establish Mega Food Parks in the country on its own under the Mega Food Park Scheme. The proposals under scheme are invited through Expression of Interest (EOI) from time to time. Selection of suitable proposals for these projects is done as per the Scheme guidelines, based on the merit, through a stringent appraisal process as per the prefixed criteria. As on date, no proposal is under consideration for establishing Mega Food Parks in state of Meghalaya. Ministry has issued fresh Expression of Interest to seek proposals for setting of new mega food parks in uncovered States i.e. Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and all UTs to fill up vacant slots on 23.12.2018 with the last date of submission of proposals as 09.02.2019.
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