(a) the number of letters of intent and Licences issued for
establishing Food Processing Industries during the Ninth Plan
period, location-wise and State-wise both in Public, Private and
Joint Sector with the investment cost thereof; and
(b) the number of FPI out of them started functioning,
investment for each of them and employment potential for each of
the industries?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES ( PROF. CHAMAN LAL GUPTA )
(a) & (b): Most of the processed food items are exempt
from the purview of licences under the Industries (Development
& Regulation) Act, 1951. Food Processing Industries are both
in the organized and unorganized sectors. Hence, comprehensive
information on the number of food processing units, State-wise
and sector-wise, is not maintained centrally. However, as per
the annual survey of industries in 1997 – 98, there were
31,451 food processing units in the factory sector. State wise
details are given at Annexure – I.
Further, as per the study conducted by the National
Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in October,
2001, employment in processed food sector is estimated at
75.58 lakhs in 2001 – 2002 and the investments made during the
Ninth Plan period amounted to Rs. 38,531 crores.
ANNEXURE – I
State-wise details of Food Processing Units in the Factory
Sector
( As per Annual Survey of Industries 1997 – 98)
Sl. No. Name of the State No. of Factories
1. Andhra Pradesh 11272
2. Assam 744
3. Bihar 354
4. Goa 43
5. Gujarat 1392 6. Haryana 640
7 Himachal Pradesh 65
8. Jammu & Kashmir 81
9. Karnataka 1392 10. Kerala 1274 11. Madhya Pradesh 1126 12. Maharashtra 2612 13. Manipur 9 14. Nagaland 20 15. Orissa 371 16. Punjab 1335 17. Rajasthan 512 18. Tamil Nadu 4044 19. Tripura 47 20. Uttar Pradesh 2510 21. West Bengal 1336 22. Andaman & Nicobar & Islands 4 23. Chandigarh 35 24. Daman & Diu 16 25. Delhi 128 26. Pondicherry 46 27. States not specified 7
Total 31415