(a) the total number of food processing industries in the country including Karnataka during the last three years;
(b) whether the Government has sanctioned any new projects in
the current fiscal year;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the number of projects applications
received/sanctioned/rejected and pending during the last three
years, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI SUBODH KANT SAHAI)
(a): Ministry of Food Processing Industries extends financial
assistance in the form of grants-in-aid to implementing
agencies/entrepreneurs for Technology Upgradation/ Modernization/
Establishment of Food Processing Units. Food Processing
Industries are both in organized and unorganized sectors and as
such the data on the number of food processing units in the
country is not centrally maintained. However, during the last
three years, applications received for financial assistance for
setting up/modernization/technology upgradation of food
processing industries by the Ministry, including Karnataka, are
as follows:
Year No. of food processing industries
2004-05 1139 2005-06 704 2006-07 644
Sl. State/UT Received Approved Pending Rejected No.
1. Jammu & Kashmir 39 13 22 1 2. Himachal Pradesh 50 23 18 0 3. Punjab 74 68 21 5 4. Chandigarh 3 1 1 1 5. Uttarakhand 61 30 30 1 6. Haryana 87 49 23 6 7. Delhi 80 48 17 5 8. Rajasthan 123 48 52 19 9. Uttar Pradesh 174 124 58 16 10. Bihar 37 10 15 3 11 Sikkim 3 2 1 0 12. Arunachal Pradesh 6 1 6 0 13. Nagaland 32 3 21 3 14. Manipur 14 4 7 1 15. Mizoram 6 0 3 1 16. Tripura 3 2 0 0 17. Meghalaya 6 4 1 0 18. Assam 63 32 28 4 19. West Bengal 150 89 50 10 20. Jharkhand 34 16 14 2 21. Orissa 61 32 13 8 22. Chhattisgarh 23 13 8 0 23. Madhya Pradesh 102 50 46 8 24. Gujarat 116 46 50 7 25. Daman & Diu 1 0 1 0 26. Maharashtra 390 204 163 22 27. Andhra Pradesh 239 104 102 25 28. Karnataka 163 76 75 9 29. Goa 10 5 5 2 30. Lakshadweep 1 0 1 0 31. Kerala 104 69 32 2 32. Tamil Nadu 228 127 79 24 33. Pondicherry 1 5 0 0 34. Andaman & Nicobar 3 0 0 3 Islands All India 2487 1298 963 188