Minister of State for M/o Food Processing Industries, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel has informed that The Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing scheme of Operation Greens since November, 2018 for integrated value chain development of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops in the selected clusters. Since the inception of the scheme, six (6) value chain development projects have been sanctioned with total project cost of Rs.363.30 crore; Grant-in-aid of Rs.136.82 crore and private investment of Rs.226.48 crore. The details of these six projects are given in Annexure.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS-(a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2272 FOR ANSWER ON 15TH MARCH, 2022 REGARDING PILOT PROJECTS UNDER OPERATIONS GREEN
Details of Projects approved under Operation Greens Scheme
| SN | Name of PIA | Location of Cluster | Name of Crop | Approval date | Primary/ Secondary Processing Facilities (MT/annum) (Input basis) |
Storage Capacity (MT) | Total Project Cost
(Rs. in crore) |
Grant-in-aid sanctioned (Rs. in crore) | Private Investment leveraged (Rs. in crore) |
| 1 | M/s Andhra Pradesh Food Processing Society | Chittor, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh | Tomato | 20.03.2019 | 90000 | 19150 | 109.99 | 48.82 | 61.17 |
| 2 | M/s Nedspice Dehydration India LLP | Bhavnagar, Gujarat | Onion | 20.03.2019 | 9000 | 3200 | 63.64 | 25.22 | 38.42 |
| 3 | M/s KhemanandDudh&Krishi Producer Company Ltd | Ahmednagar, Maharashtra | Onion | 08.01.2020 | 78750 | 5000 | 31.33 | 14.60 | 16.73 |
| 4 | M/s Banaskantha District Cooperative Producer Union Ltd | Banaskantha, Gujarat
|
Potato | 08.01.2020 | 79200 | 12000 | 103.87 | 30.56 | 73.31 |
| 5 | M/s Vangi Foods | Kheda, Gujarat | Tomato | 05.03.2020 | 9600 | 30 | 18.50 | 4.51 | 13.99 |
| 6 | M/s SmartagriAgroville | Nashik, Maharashtra | Onion | 03.02.2021 | 67834 | 7000 | 35.97 | 13.11 | 22.86 |
| Total | 334384 | 46380 | 363.30 | 136.82 | 226.48 | ||||