37 Mega Food Parks in 23 States & UTs approved

PIB News Update:  Minister of State forFood Processing Industries, Shri Rameswar Teli has informed that Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS) to create modern infrastructure for the food processing industries since 2008. This scheme is now a component of the new Central Sector Umbrella Scheme– Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). The Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS) aims at providing modern infrastructure facilities for food processing along the value chain from farm to market.

As on date, Ministry has accorded final approval to 37 MFPs in 23 States/UTs which are under various stages of implementation. Out of this, 19 MFPs are operational.Total 42 Mega Food Parks(MFPs) were envisaged by the Government.As per the scheme guidelines, each fully operational Mega Food Park willprovidedirect/indirect employment to about 5000 persons. The scheme of Mega Food Park has the primary objective of providing modern infrastructure facilities for the food processing along the value chain fromthe farm to the market. It will include creation of infrastructure near farm (i.e. collection centres& Primary Processing centres), transportation, logistics andcentralizedprocessing centres etc. This will have impact on increased realization of farmers, reduction in wastage and creation of an efficient supply chain backed by collection centres, primary processing centres and logistic infrastructure.

SALIENT FEATURES OF THE MEGA FOOD PARKS SCHEME:

Objective of the Scheme

The primary objective of the MFPS is to provide modern infrastructure facilities for the food processing along the value chain from the farm to the market. It will include creation of processing infrastructure near the farm, transportation, logistics and centralized processing centres.

The scheme functions with a cluster based approach based on a hub and spokes model by establishing Mega Food Parks. It includes creation of infrastructure for primary processing and storage near the farm in the form of Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) and Collection Centres (CCs) and common facilities and enabling infrastructure like roads, electricity, water, Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) facilities etc. at Central Processing Centre (CPC). These PPCs and CCs act as aggregation and storage points to feed raw material to the processing units located in the CPC. The scheme will be demand-driven, and will facilitate food processing units to meet environmental and safety standards.

Pattern of Assistance

The scheme provides for a capital grant at the rate of 50 percent of the project cost (excluding land cost) in general areas and at the rate of 75 percent of the project cost (excluding land cost) in difficult and hilly areas i.e. North East Region including Sikkim, J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and ITDP notified areas of the States subject to a maximum of Rs.50 crores per project.

Land

The requirement of land for establishing the CPC is minimum 50 acres either by purchase or on lease of at least 75 years for the Central Processing Centre of the Mega Food Park.

Key Project Components

• • • Enabling Basic Infrastructure –Internal Roads, drainage, water supply, electricity supply including captive power plant, ETP & STP, weighbridges etc.
    • Core Processing –Sorting & grading, packaging, warehouses & Specialized storage, Pre-cooling and Ripening chambers, IQF, Cold chain infrastructure, Steam generation, QC Lab etc.
    • Standard Design Facility Sheds for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) – plug and play facility for small units.
    • Non – Core Infrastructure – Admin buildings, training centres, canteen, workers’ hostel, trade/display centre etc

 

Details of employment provided by the 19 operational Mega Food parks as on date:

 

Sr. No.	State/UT name	District Name	SPV/IA Name	Number of Direct Employment	Number of Indirect Employment	Number of Total (Direct + Indirect) Employment
1	Andhra Pradesh	West Godavari	Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park Pvt Ltd	50	200	250
2	Andhra Pradesh	Chittoor	Srini Food Park Pvt Ltd	1200	16000	17200
3	Assam	Nalbari	North East Mega Food Park Ltd	395	350	745
4	Gujarat	Surat	Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd	100	500	600
5	Himachal Pradesh	Una	Cremica Food Park Pvt Ltd	100	500	600
6	Karnataka	Tumkur	Integrated Food Park Ltd	900	4500	5400
7	Madhya Pradesh	Khargone	Indus Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd	300	300	600
8	Madhya Pradesh	Dewas	Avantee Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd	50	150	200
9	Maharashtra	Satara	Satara Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd	149	80	229
10	Mizoram	Kolasib	Zoram Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd	23	120	143
11	Maharashtra	Aurangabad	Paithan Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd	33	375	408
12	Odisha	Rayagada	MITS Mega Food Park Ltd	31	2093	2124
13	Punjab	Fazilka	International Mega Food Park Ltd	61	75	136
14	Rajasthan	Ajmer	Greentech Mega Food Park Ltd	50	250	300
15	Telangana	Nizamabad	Smart Agro Food Park Pvt Ltd	25	100	125
16	Tripura	West Tripura	Sikaria Mega Food Park (P) Ltd	50	250	300
17	Uttarakhand	Udham Singh Nagar	Himalayan Food Park Pvt Ltd	1040	15000	16040
18	Uttarakhand	Haridwar	Patanjali Food and Herbal Park Pvt Ltd	16363	596893	613256
19	West Bengal	Murshidabad	Jangipur Bengal Mega Food Park Ltd	52	421	473
TOTAL				20972	638157	659129*

*INFORMATION AS PROVIDED BY SPVs/IAs. food processing industries being seasonal in nature, the above figures may change from time to time

This information was given by the Minister of State forFood Processing Industries, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.