For overall growth and development of food processing sector including augmenting the level of Food Processing across the country including North Eastern Regions (NER), Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting up/ upgradation of Food Processing Industries through Central Sector Umbrella Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme.

Under component schemes of PMKSY, MoFPI mostly provides credit linked financial assistance (capital subsidy) in the form of grants-in-aid to entrepreneurs. PMKSY is not region or state specific but demand driven with no state-wise fund allocation. However, projects of the NER under PMKSY are provided higher grants-in- aid and other concessions as compared to projects located in rest of the country.

Ministry also provides financial, technical and business support for setting up/upgradation of micro food processing enterprises under PMFME scheme. The scheme is operational for a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 across the country included NER.

PLISFPI is, inter alia, intended to support creation of global food manufacturing champions and support Indian brands of food products in international market. The Scheme is being implemented over a six-year period from 2021-22 to 2026-27 with an outlay of Rs. 10,900 crores.

The details of funds allocated and funds utilized under component schemes of PMKSY in NER during last 5 years and funds released to NER states under PMFME scheme since 2020-21 are placed at Annexure.
 

Annexure

Funds released to NER states under PMFME Scheme since 2020-21

(Rs. in Crores)

S. No.	NER States	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
1	Arunachal Pradesh	0.15	7.34	0.00
2	Assam	16.71	15.86	12.58
3	Manipur	3.14	3.27	0.00
4	Meghalaya	2.69	3.04	0.00
5	Mizoram	7.73	2.94	0.00
6	Nagaland	6.64	5.90	0.00
7	Sikkim	5.13	1.47	1.62
8	Tripura	3.11	10.23	0.00

 

Details of funds allocated and funds utilized under component schemes of PMKSY in NER during last 5 years

(Rs in Crores)

Scheme	2018-19		2019-20		2020-21		2021-22		2022-23
	R.E.	A.E.	R.E.	A.E.	R.E.	A.E.	R.E.	A.E.	R.E.	A.E
PMKSY	87.03	38.75	88.94	19.39	75	48.99	79	54.3	67.3	37.85

R.E.—Revised Estimates, A.E.- Actual Expenditure

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Ministry of Food Processing Industries Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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