Ministry of Food Processing Industries
CONSERVATION AND PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE UNDER PMKSY
Posted On:
19 JUL 2022 1:12PM by PIB Delhi
A total of 17 projects for food processing have been approved by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries under various sub-schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Smpada Yojana (PMKSY) in 2021-22 having processing capacity of 3.6428 Lakh MT/annum and preservation capacity of 2.2149 Lakh MT/annum.
(b): The details of 17 projects are as under:
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SN
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Scheme
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Number of Approved Projects
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1
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Agro Processing Clusters (APC)
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7
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2
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Creation/Expansion of Food Processing/Preservation Capacity (CEFPPC)
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3
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3
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Integrated Cold Chain & Value Addition Infrastructure (ICC)
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5
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4
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Mega Food Parks (MFP)
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2
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|
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Total
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17
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(c): The 17 projects sanctioned in 2021-22 have employment capacity of 11,137.
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 today
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