Prahlad Singh Patel Highlighted Assistance Provided to Food Processing Industries at Lok Sabha

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In order to ensure overall development of Food Processing Industries in the country including to deal with challenges arising out of COVID-19, Ministry Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has undertaken a number of initiatives as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Initiative, which includes -

  1. Centrally Sponsored -PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (PMFME) for providing financial, technical and business support for setting up/upgradation of 2 lakh micro food processing enterprises across the country during five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 based on One District One Product (ODOP) approach with an outlay of Rs.10,000 crore.
  2. The expansion in scope of “Operation Greens scheme” under Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana from Tomato, Onion & Potato (TOP) from Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) to all notified fruits & vegetables (TOTAL).
  3. Production Linked Incentive scheme (PLIS) for Food Processing Sector with an outlay of Rs 10,900 Crore to support creation of global food manufacturing champions and support Indian brands of food products in international market.

This information was given by Minister of State for M/o Food Processing Industries, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

Union Home Secretary, vide Order No 40-3 / 2020- DM –I (A) dated15thApril, 2020 dated, addressed to all Chief Secretaries/Administrators of States/ Union Territories, exempted Food Processing Industries in rural areas, apart from various agriculture and related activities from lockdown restrictions, subject to adherence of prescribed COVID norms. In order to facilitate food processing units resume their operations, MoFPI had established a dedicated Grievance Cell and a Task Force during initial phase of outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic itself to liaison with state authorities. A total of 585 industry related issues were resolved during the COVID lockdown period in 2020 by the Cell.

PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme

The details of State-wise number of beneficiaries who have submitted applications under the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme since its launch are at Annexure-I.

Data on the percentage of beneficiaries in rural and urban areas is not maintained separately under the Scheme.

876 micro-food processing individuals have been trained in 13 States/UTs through 34 Food Processing and Entrepreneurship training sessions under capacity building component of the Scheme till date.

The Ministry has approved 137 unique products as One District One Product (ODOP) for 710 districts of 35 States/ UTs. The State-wise list of ODOP is at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART(a) OF LOK SABHAUNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 449 FOR ANSWER ON 30THNOVEMBER, 2021 REGARDING PMFME

STATE WISE LIST OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALBENEFICIARIES, SHGs, FPOs AND COOPERATIVES AS ON DATE

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No

State/UTApplication received
Individual BeneficiariesSHGFPOCooperatives
1Andaman And Nicobar Islands10000
2Andhra Pradesh1197050
3Arunachal Pradesh38310
4Assam79100
5Bihar148200
6Chandigarh8000
7Chhattisgarh67020
8Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu2000
9Delhi111400
10Goa6000
11Gujarat135201
12Haryana388100
13Himachal Pradesh255000
14Jammu And Kashmir217000
15Jharkhand4000
16Karnataka584302
17Kerala186000
18Ladakh16000
19Lakshadweep0000
20Madhya Pradesh1138922
21Maharashtra150928167
22Manipur957500
23Meghalaya21000
24Mizoram0000
25Nagaland48000
26Odisha5764710
27Puducherry20000
28Punjab195021
29Rajasthan533400
30Sikkim17300
31Tamil Nadu403530
32Telangana1191020
33Tripura32000
34Uttarakhand57000
35Uttar Pradesh7031022
Total108511273615

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART(d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 449 FOR ANSWER ON 30THNOVEMBER, 2021 REGARDING PMFME

STATE-WISE NO. OF ONE DISTRICT ONE PRODUCT (ODOP)

Sl. NoState/UTNo. of ODOPs
1Andaman And Nicobar Islands3
2Andhra Pradesh13
3Arunachal Pradesh26
4Assam33
5Bihar38
6Chandigarh1
7Chhattisgarh28
8Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu3
9Delhi11
10Goa2
11Gujarat33
12Haryana22
13Himachal Pradesh12
14Jammu And Kashmir20
15Jharkhand24
16Karnataka30
17Kerala14
18Ladakh2
19Lakshadweep1
20Madhya Pradesh52
21Maharashtra36
22Manipur16
23Meghalaya11
24Mizoram11
25Nagaland11
26Odisha30
27Puducherry2
28Punjab22
29Rajasthan33
30Sikkim4
31Tamil Nadu37
32Telangana33
33Tripura8
34Uttarakhand13
35Uttar Pradesh75
Total710

District-wise ODOP list is available at PMFME website: https://mofpi.nic.in/pmfme/

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