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Newdelhi:28/3/23:The ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY)’ is a demand driven scheme and Expressions of Interest (EoIs) are issued from time to time under its sub-schemes for inviting proposals from prospective entrepreneurs/ investors from all over the country. Entities like State Government Organizations/ PSUs/ Joint Ventures/ NGOs/ Cooperatives/ Self Help Groups (SHGs)/ FPOs/ Private Sector Companies/ Partnership firm’s/ Proprietorship firms etc. are eligible for submitting their proposals as per guidelines of various sub-schemes of PMKSY for availing financial assistance in form of grants-in-aid for setting up food processing facilities.
A total fund of Rs. 4099.76 crore has been allocated for the period from 2017-18 to 2022-23 under various sub-schemes of PMKSY namely (i) Mega Food Park Scheme, (ii) Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters, (iii) Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities Scheme, (iv) Scheme for Creation of Backward Forward Linkages, (v) Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain & Value Additional Infrastructure and (vi) Operation Greens Scheme. Out of this allocated amount, Rs. 3312.63 crore has been released in form of grants-in-aid for setting up food processing industries under various schemes. Under above-mentioned sub-schemes of PMKSY, in total, 1098 projects have been approved with grants-in-aid of Rs. 8117.00 crore for setting up food processing industries. The State-wise number of such projects approved are at Annexure-I.
The budgetary allocation for Production Linked Incentive (PLI) and expenditure for the last three years are as under:
(Amount in Crore)
| Financial Year | Budget Estimates (BE) | Revised Estimates (RE) | Actual Expenditure |
| 2020-21 | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| 2021-22 | NIL | 10.00 | 9.27 |
| 2022-23 | 1022 | 801 | 124.19 (as on 22.03.2023) |
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REGARDING “TARGETS UNDER PMKSY”
State/UT Wise number of proposals approved for assistance under PMKSY
| STATES / UTs | Number of Sanctioned Projects |
| Andhra Pradesh | 71 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 12 |
| Assam | 51 |
| Bihar | 14 |
| Chhattisgarh | 9 |
| Goa | 1 |
| Gujarat | 91 |
| Haryana | 43 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 46 |
| Karnataka | 48 |
| Kerala | 30 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 45 |
| Maharashtra | 193 |
| Manipur | 6 |
| Meghalaya | 4 |
| Mizoram | 4 |
| Nagaland | 8 |
| Odisha | 14 |
| Punjab | 52 |
| Rajasthan | 50 |
| Sikkim | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu | 71 |
| Telangana | 31 |
| Tripura | 6 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 75 |
| Uttarakhand | 55 |
| West Bengal | 32 |
| Andaman | 2 |
| Chandigarh | 0 |
| D&N Haveli | 1 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 30 |
| Pudduchery | 1 |
| TOTAL | 1098 |
This information was given by Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
