Question : Setting up of FPIs

(a) the details of Food Processing Industries (FPIs) functioning in the country, State-wise including Bankura of West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and North Eastern Region;

(b) whether it is a fact that proposals from various States for setting up of FPIs are under consideration of the Union Government with a view to create jobs in these industries;

(c) if so, the details of these proposals, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) the details of proposals approved by the Government during the last three years;

(e) whether the Government proposes to establish any new unit of food processing industry in various States of the country including Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
(SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a): The State-wise numbers of registered operational food processing units/factories as per latest Annual Survey of Industries, 2016-17 is at Annexure-I.

(b) to (d): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing a Central Sector Scheme – PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA - (PMKSY) which has seven component schemes with four old schemes of (i) Mega Food Parks (MFP); (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain); (iii) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure (FSWAI); (iv) Human Resources and Institutions (HRI) and three new schemes of (i) Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (Unit Scheme); (ii) Infrastructure for Agro- processing Clusters (APC); (iii) Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (BFL). The Ministry is also implementing another Central Sector Scheme "Operation Greens" as a vertical of PMKSY since November 2018 for integrated development of value/supply chain of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops in selected States on pilot basis that includes the States of Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Proposals under these schemes from various States have been received and a total of 275 projects have been approved during the last three years. The State-wise and scheme-wise projects approved during the last three years is at Annexure-II.

(e) & (f): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) does not set up any food processing industries/projects/units of its own in any State. It provides financial assistance as capital subsidy in the form of grants-in-aid to individuals, farmers, entrepreneurs, organizations such as Central and State PSUs/Joint Ventures/Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)/NGOs/Cooperatives/SHGs/ Public and Private Companies etc. under various component schemes PMKSY for setting up of food processing industries/units/projects. Financial assistance to the eligible applicants is provided against the Expression of Interests (EoI) issued by the MoFPI from time to time.

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