Parliament Question: Food Processing Units in Uttar Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3213 ANSWERED ON 18TH DECEMBER, 2025 FOOD PROCESSING UNITS IN UTTAR PRADESH

3213. SHRI UTKARSH VERMA MADHUR:

Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to set up a food processing unit in Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh which is rich in sugarcane, bananas, mangoes, berries, fruits and vegetables and if so, the time by which it is likely to be done;

(b) the details of the food processing industries established in Uttar Pradesh during the last five years; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to help the farmers to establish food processing industries? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAVNEET SINGH)

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Food Processing industries (MoFPI) does not setup any food processing industry on its own. However, it incentivizes setting up of such industries through its two Central Sector Scheme viz. Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and a Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME). These schemes are not region or state specific but demand driven and being implemented across the country including Uttar Pradesh.

Ministry extends financial support to prospective entrepreneurs for setting up of different kinds of food processing industries including processing of sugarcane, bananas, mangoes, berries, fruits and vegetables based industries, as per respective scheme guidelines including Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.

Project Execution Agency (PEA) / Implementing agencies /organizations such as Govt. / PSUs / Joint Ventures / NGOs / Cooperatives / Self Help Groups (SHGs) / Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) / Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) / Private Sector companies/ Partnership firm / Proprietorship firms/individuals etc. are eligible for availing grants under schemes of MoFPI.

Under PMKSY, MoFPI has approved 84 projects with total project cost of Rs 1898.81 crores and approved grant-in-aid of Rs 449.30 crores in the state of Uttar Pradesh till

31.10.2025. Under PLISFPI, MoFPI has approved 27 proposals with committed investment of Rs 1157.57 crores in the state of Uttar Pradesh till 31.10.2025. Under PMFME Scheme, 20575 micro food processing enterprises have been approved with subsidy of Rs 746.26 crores for assistance in the State of Uttar Pradesh till 31.10.2025, out of which 358 micro food enterprises with subsidy of Rs 38.37 crores approved in Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.

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