Question : Setting up of FPIs

(a) whether States have ample scope to set up food processing and agriculture industries and if so, the names of such States;

(b) whether the Government has taken adequate steps to set up Food Processing Industries (FPIs) in the States particularly in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof alongwith the steps taken and outcome thereof;

(c) whether inadequate Research and Development (R&D) activities are adversely affecting the food processing sector in the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof including reasons alongwith the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard;

(e) whether the Government is providing any investment-linked incentives for in-house R&D expenditure incurred by companies and if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the details of the indigenously developed technologies which have been utilized gainfully for enhancing production and improving quality of food products during the last three years and the current year?

THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
(SHRI PASHUPATI KUMAR PARAS)


(a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.





STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. *22 FOR ANSWER ON 19TH JULY, 2022 REGARDING “SETTING UP OF FPIS”

(a) & (b): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting of Food Processing Industries through Central Sector Umbrella Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme across all the states including Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The details of projects approved in these two states are placed at Annexure-I.

(c) to (e): Keeping in view the requirement of innovative product and process development in Food Processing Sector, MoFPI extends Grant-in-Aid to educational and research institutions including Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) recognized Research and Development (R&D) units in private sector for related demand driven R&D projects through its R&D scheme under PMKSY. A total of 72 research projects have been approved under the scheme with approved Grants of Rs. 26.4 Cr.

In addition, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship & Management (NIFTEM) Kundli and NIFTEM, Thanjavur, under administrative control of MoFPI, are also engaged in R&D activities in the sector.

Also, expenditure on scientific research on in-house research and development facility is eligible for deduction under relevant sections of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

(f): List of Technologies developed by National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship & Management (NIFTEM) Kundli and NIFTEM, Thanjavur, which have been put to commercial during last 3 years is placed at Annexure-II. Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysuru, Karnataka has also undertaken technology transfer for 130 processes in the last three years.


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