**Executive Summary**
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) supports the food processing sector in India through schemes like PMKSY, PLISFPI, and PMFME to address challenges such as supply chain gaps and infrastructure limitations. MoFPI promotes sustainable, technology-driven growth by supporting renewable energy use and enforcing environmental compliance. A key requirement for projects under PMKSY is the submission of Consent to Establish/Operate (CTE/CTO) to ensure adherence to pollution control standards. The information was posted on 13 FEB 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Government Initiatives:**
* MoFPI supports the food processing sector through various schemes:
* Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY)
* Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)
* Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME)
* **Sustainable Growth Promotion:**
* MoFPI promotes sustainable and technology-driven growth.
* Supports the use of renewable energy sources (solar, biomass, wind) with financial assistance of up to ₹50 lakh per project under PMKSY.
* Encourages strict compliance with environmental and sustainability norms.
* **Environmental Compliance:**
* As a prerequisite for receiving grants-in-aid/subsidy under PMKSY, project implementing agencies must:
* Submit a valid Consent to Establish (CTE)/Consent to Operate (CTO) from the State Pollution Control Board.
* Adopt energy-efficient cooling systems using non-ozone-depleting substances and refrigerants with low Global Warming Potential (GWP).
* **Alignment with National Objectives:**
* Efforts aim to reduce the sector's carbon footprint.
* Ensure food processing infrastructure development aligns with national environmental protection and climate change mitigation objectives.
**Impact Analysis**
**Project Implementing Agencies**
* **Impact:**
* Subject to environmental compliance requirements to receive grants-in-aid/subsidy under PMKSY.
* **Action Required:**
* Submit a valid CTE/CTO from the State Pollution Control Board.
* Adopt energy-efficient cooling systems using non-ozone-depleting substances and refrigerants with low GWP.
**Food Processing Sector**
* **Impact:**
* Promotes sustainable and technology-driven growth.
* Addresses challenges such as supply chain gaps and infrastructure limitations.
* Supports renewable energy use and enforces environmental compliance.
* **Action Required:**
* Adhere to strict compliance with environmental and sustainability norms.
* Implement environmentally sustainable practices and reduce the carbon footprint.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI): The primary government body responsible for initiatives related to food processing in India.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY): A scheme implemented by MoFPI to support the development of food processing infrastructure.
Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI): A scheme implemented by MoFPI to promote the food processing industry through production-linked incentives.
Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME): A scheme implemented by MoFPI for the formalization and support of micro food processing enterprises.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
MoFPI Initiatives for Sustainable and
Technology-Driven Growth in Food Processing
Sector under PMKSY, PLISFPI & PMFME
Challenges in Integrated and Cross-Sectoral Cold Chain
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Posted On: 13 FEB 2026 4:15PM by PIB Delhi
The food processing sector in India faces challenges such as gaps in supply chain and institutional
infrastructure, wastage of farm produce, low levels of processing, weak linkages between agricultural
production and processing and limited access to credit. In order to address these issues and promote
overall development, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) supports the sector by
implementing schemes like Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), Production Linked
Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI), and Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro
Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) across the country.
MoFPI promotes sustainable and technology-driven growth in the food processing sector by supporting
the use of renewable energy sources like solar, biomass, and wind, with financial assistance of up to ₹50
lakh per project under PMKSY. MoFPI also encourages strict compliance with environmental and
sustainability norms as a prerequisite for considering the release of grants-in-aid/subsidy to approved
projects under PMKSY. In this connection, this Ministry through the operational guidelines of the
component schemes of PMKSY insists the project implementing agency (i) to submit a valid Consent to
Establish (CTE)/Consent to Operate (CTO) of the project for ensuring adherence to prescribed standards
for air and water pollution control from the concerned State Pollution Control Board and (ii) to adopt
energy-efficient cooling systems that use non-ozone-depleting substances (Non-ODS) and refrigerants
with low Global Warming Potential (GWP) to promote environmentally sustainable practices, reduce the
sector’s carbon footprint, and ensure that food processing infrastructure (including cold chain)
development aligns with national environmental protection and climate change mitigation objectives.This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Shri Ravneet Singh in
a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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