Under the Pradhan Mantri Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, 59,202 Micro food processing enterprises have been formalized as on 31^st December 2025 since inception of the scheme. The State/ UT wise details of number of micro enterprises formalised are at Annexure I. Cumulatively, investment of Rs. 17015.8 crore has been mobilized under the scheme across the country including Pali Lok Sabha Constituency in Rajasthan, Siddharthnagar district in Uttar Pradesh, Shahdol Lok Sabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh, Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha including Nabrangpur Lok Sabha Constituency and UT of Jammu and Kashmir are at Annexure II.

Under the PMFME Scheme, loans for 75,456 women micro food processing enterprises, 1427 Self Help Group (SHGs), 270 Farmer Producer Organization (FPOs) and 24,445 loans in aspirational districts have been sanctioned as on 31^st December 2025.

For the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha Constituency in Odisha, loans for 49 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned out of which loans for 21 women micro food processing enterprises and 6 Self Help Group (SHGs) have been sanctioned.

Under the PMFME Scheme, as on 31^st December 2025, 108 loans have been sanctioned for Common Infrastructure facilities out of which 88 loans have been disbursed and 59 facilities are operational. For the Incubation Centre, 76 proposals have been approved from 24 States/ UTs out of which 23 incubation centers have been commissioned.

Under the PMFME Scheme, 5,18,121 direct and indirect employment has been generated as on 31^st December 2025, out of which 147 and 393 direct and indirect employment has been generated in Nabarangpur of Odisha and Pali Lok Sabha Constituencies, respectively.

The scheme provides grant-in-aid through its Branding and Marketing support to help micro food processing enterprises with limited market access to boost the visibility and sales of their products. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal has also been done to facilitate marketing of products manufactured by the units supported under PMFME Scheme.

Ministry regularly conducts meeting with lending banks and State Government to scale up the credit flow in the country including Nabarangpur Lok Sabha Constituency and Jalgaon in Maharashtra under the scheme. The issues being faced by micro food processing enterprises are also raised at the Department of Financial Services (DFS) level and in the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) meetings to discuss and resolve implementation challenges. Further, periodic review meetings are also conducted at state and district level by the State government. Ministry is also facilitating market access through participation in national and international exhibitions, buyer–seller meets and integration with e-commerce platforms across the country.

As on 31^st December 2025, For Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituency, loans for 343 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned and seed capital for 398 Self Help Group

Members have been sanctioned for amount of Rs. 130.32 crore.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Shri Ravneet Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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Annexure I

State UT-wise enterprises formalized under PMFME Scheme as on 31^st December 2025

S.No.	State/ UT	Enterprises Formalised
1	Andhra Pradesh	2215
2	Arunachal Pradesh	51
3	Assam	1986
4	Bihar	4938
5	Chhattisgarh	445
6	Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu	4
7	Delhi	280
8	Goa	103
9	Gujarat	5
10	Haryana	507
11	Himachal Pradesh	325
12	Jammu And Kashmir	389
13	Jharkhand	484
14	Karnataka	3507
15	Kerala	5139
16	Ladakh	25
17	Madhya Pradesh	5721
18	Maharashtra	13722
19	Manipur	54
20	Meghalaya	147
21	Mizoram	5
22	Nagaland	73
23	Odisha	1126
24	Puducherry	93
25	Punjab	1888
26	Rajasthan	417
27	Sikkim	3
28	Tamil Nadu	8350
29	Telangana	2559
31	Tripura	132
32	Uttar Pradesh	3650
33	Uttarakhand	790
34	West Bengal	69
	Total	59202

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Annexure II

Investment Mobilized under PMFME Scheme as on 31^st December 2025

S.No.	State/ Districts	Investment Mobilized (Rs. In Cr.)
1	Pali	6.08
2	Jodhpur	21.19
3	Siddarthnagar	31.28
4	Shahdol	17.98
5	Annupur	5.55
6	Umaria	6.86
7	Sabarkantha	16.91
8	Jharkhand	300.60
9	Odisha	306.79
10	Nabarangpur	1.75
11	Malkangiri	3.65
12	Jammu & Kashmir	126.71

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