MoFPI Sanctioned 39 Mega Food Parks & 298 Integrated Cold Chain Projects

These Ministry of Food Processing Industries schemes aim at arresting post-harvest losses of horticulture and non-horticulture produce by encouraging the creation of cold storages/ primary processing/ and transportation facilities across the country.

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Harsimrat kaur, food processing minister, FSSAI,

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has sanctioned 39 Mega Food Parks and 298 Integrated Cold Chain Projects throughout the country to fill in the gaps across the value chain and establishing the Cold Chain Grid.

The MoFPI is focusing on building cold chain infrastructure across the country, for seamless transfer of perishables from production to consumption areas, through the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY), which comprises of component schemes namely (i) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, (ii) Mega Food Park, (iii) Creation of Backward & Forward Linkages, (iv) Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (v) Agro Processing Clusters and (vi) Operation Greens.  These schemes aim at arresting post-harvest losses of horticulture and non-horticulture produce by encouraging the creation of cold storages/ primary processing/ and transportation facilities across the country.

A State/ UT-wise list showing the approved Cold Chain and Mega Food Park projects as on date under the PMKSY is placed below:

S.No. State / UT Cold Chain project Mega Food Park project Total Projects
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 - 1
2 Andhra Pradesh 15 3 18
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1 1 2
4 Assam 2 1 3
5 Bihar 5 1 6
6 Chhattisgarh 3 1 4
7 Gujarat 19 2 21
8 Haryana 12 2 14
9 Himachal Pradesh 16 1 17
10 Jammu & Kashmir 7 1 8
11 Karnataka 14 2 16
12 Kerala 5 2 7
13 Madhya Pradesh 8 2 10
14 Maharashtra 64 3 67
15 Manipur 1 1 2
16 Mizoram 2 1 3
17 Nagaland 1 1 2
18 Odisha 5 2 7
19 Punjab 20 3 23
20 Rajasthan 11 1 12
21 Tamil Nadu 18 - 18
22 Telangana 11 2 13
23 Tripura - 1 1
24 Uttar Pradesh 21 2 23
25 Uttarakhand 24 2 26
26 West Bengal 12 1 13
TOTAL 298 39 337

The above information was given by Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, in a reply in the Lok Sabha

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