Parliament Question: Funds allocated under APC Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1891 ANSWERED ON 30TH JULY 2026 FUNDS ALLOCATED UNDER APC SCHEME

1891. SHRI BRIJMOHAN AGRAWAL:

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

(a) the details of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)’s Agro-Processing Clusters (APC) scheme;

(b) the details of the total funds allocated/disbursed under PMKSY’s Agro-Processing Clusters

(APC) scheme up to the Financial Year 2026-27 along with the details of the national count of operational tenant units;

(c) whether recent audits indicate that Project Execution Agencies (PEAs) complete Core Processing Infrastructure (CPI) primarily to draw grants, yet fail to onboard the mandatory five micro-tenant units, resulting in idle capacity, if so, the details thereof;

(d) the details of the tenant occupancy rates of APCs and the Raipur Mega Food Park in Chhattisgarh along with the successful integration of tribal Farmer Producer Organisations

(FPOs) and PMFME-funded Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) from aspirational districts, district-wise; and

(e) the corrective policy measures, such as tenancy-linked final grant disbursements or regulated CPI user tariffs, proposed to prevent PEAs from pricing out local micro- enterprises? ANSWER THE MINISTER FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI CHIRAG PASWAN)

(a): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing the Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters (APC) since 2017 as a component scheme of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). The APC Scheme aims to create modern infrastructure for food processing based on a cluster approach, reduce post-harvest losses, add value to agricultural produce, increase farmers' income and generate employment. Under the Scheme, financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid/subsidy is provided at the rate of 35% of the eligible project cost in General Areas and 50% in North Eastern States, including Sikkim, Himalayan States, notified ITDP areas and Islands, subject to a maximum of ₹10 crore. The Scheme supports creation of Basic Enabling Infrastructure and Core Processing Infrastructure.(b): The APC Scheme is a demand-driven and proposals are invited from prospective investors / entrepreneurs through Expressions of Interest (EoIs) issued by the Ministry from time to time, subject to availability of funds. Up to Financial Year 2026-27, ₹450.30 crore has been allotted under the APC Scheme, against which disbursement of ₹340.86 crore has been made. As on date, 73 APC projects have been approved under the Scheme, of which 13 projects have been completed with 68 food processing units.

(c): A third-party Impact Evaluation Study of the APC Scheme under PMKSY was conducted by the Quality Council of India. The study has not reported any finding indicating that the Project Execution Agencies (PEAs) complete the Core Processing Infrastructure primarily to avail the grant while failing to on board the mandatory food processing units.

(d) & (e): In the State of Chhattisgarh, under the APC Scheme, one project, namely, M/s K K Agro Trade Ventures Private Limited, has been approved in Bemetara district. As on date, no food processing unit has been established in the said cluster.

The APC Scheme aims to create modern infrastructure for food processing and provide common facilities to facilitate establishment of food processing units. The Scheme is intended to benefit farmers and food processing enterprises by strengthening backward and forward linkages. Under the Scheme, grant-in-aid/subsidy is released in phases, with the final instalment being released only after the PEA submits proof of commercial operation of prescribed number of food processing units.

Under Mega Food Park (MFP) scheme, the Ministry has approved 41 MFPs in 25 states. One MFP project, approved in the State of Chhattisgarh, is operational. Of the total leasable area of 31.6 acres in MFP in Chhattisgarh, 24.1 acres has been leased out to the food processing units.

The details of projects sanctioned under the MFP and APC Schemes in the State of Chhattisgarh, as on 27.07.2026, are at Annexure-I.

Further, under the PMFME Scheme, loans have been sanctioned to 28,200 micro food processing enterprises across 112 Aspirational Districts. The district-wise details are at Annexure-II. *****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO (d) & (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1891 FOR ANSWER ON 30th JULY 2026 REGARDING “FUNDS ALLOCATED UNDER APC SCHEME” Details of projects approved under the APC and MFP Schemes in the State of Chhattisgarh S. Name of the Project Grant Total Grant No. Project Date of District State cost (in Approved released (in Execution approval Cr.) (in Cr.) Cr.) Agency (PEA) APC Scheme M/s K K Agro 1 Trade Ventures Bemetara Chhattisgarh 28.02.2024 68.87 10.00 0.00 Private Limited MFP Scheme M/s Indus Best 1 Mega Food Park Raipur Chhattisgarh 04.06.2014 96.58 43.96 39.57 Pvt Ltd.

*****ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO (d) & (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1891 FOR ANSWER ON 30th JULY 2026 REGARDING “FUNDS ALLOCATED UNDER APC SCHEME” Details of projects approved under the PMFME Scheme in the State of Chhattisgarh Under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, loans to 28,200 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned across 112 aspirational districts. The district-wise details are as under:

Sr. No. State District Loan Sanctioned 1 Andhra Pradesh Vizianagaram 557 2 Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam 184 3 Andhra Pradesh Y.S.R. Kadapa 143 4 Arunachal Pradesh Namsai 8 5 Assam Goalpara 123 6 Assam Barpeta 228 7 Assam Hailakandi 204 8 Assam Baksa 121 9 Assam Darrang 108 10 Assam Udalguri 56 11 Assam Dhubri 139 12 Bihar Sitamarhi 1022 13 Bihar Araria 539 14 Bihar Purnia 817 15 Bihar Katihar 753 16 Bihar Muzaffarpur 1564 17 Bihar Begusarai 1030 18 Bihar Khagaria 527 19 Bihar Banka 599 20 Bihar Sheikhpura 290 21 Bihar Aurangabad 657 22 Bihar Gaya 1278 23 Bihar Nawada 650 24 Bihar Jamui 420 25 Chhattisgarh Korba 76 26 Chhattisgarh Rajnandgaon 77 27 Chhattisgarh Mahasamund 17 28 Chhattisgarh Kanker 73 29 Chhattisgarh Narayanpur 1 30 Chhattisgarh Dantewada 1131 Chhattisgarh Bijapur 32 32 Chhattisgarh Bastar 59 33 Chhattisgarh Kondagaon 30 34 Chhattisgarh Sukma 7 35 Gujarat Dahod 14 36 Gujarat Narmada 7 37 Haryana Mewat 34 38 Himachal Pradesh Chamba 2 39 Jammu & Kashmir Kupwara 53 40 Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla 90 41 Jharkhand Garhwa 144 42 Jharkhand Chatra 195 43 Jharkhand Giridih 287 44 Jharkhand Godda 452 45 Jharkhand Sahebganj 259 46 Jharkhand Pakur 78 47 Jharkhand Bokaro 227 48 Jharkhand Lohardaga 175 49 Jharkhand East Singhbhum 358 50 Jharkhand Palamu 150 51 Jharkhand Latehar 204 52 Jharkhand Hazaribagh 299 53 Jharkhand Ramgarh 118 54 Jharkhand Dumka 339 55 Jharkhand Ranchi 402 56 Jharkhand Khunti 86 57 Jharkhand Gumla 243 58 Jharkhand Simdega 214 59 Jharkhand West Singhbhum 144 60 Karnataka Raichur 210 61 Karnataka Yadgir 150 62 Kerala Wayanad 330 63 Madhya Pradesh Chhatarpur 179 64 Madhya Pradesh Damoh 471 65 Madhya Pradesh Barwani 523 66 Madhya Pradesh Rajgarh 310 67 Madhya Pradesh Vidisha 276 68 Madhya Pradesh Guna 270 69 Madhya Pradesh Singrauli 201 70 Madhya Pradesh Khandwa (East Nimar) 482 71 Maharashtra Nandurbar 661 72 Maharashtra Washim 716 73 Maharashtra Gadchiroli 43374 Maharashtra Dharashiv 538 75 Manipur Chandel 0 76 Meghalaya Ribhoi 0 77 Mizoram Mamit 0 78 Nagaland Kiphire 12 79 Odisha Dhenkanal 147 80 Odisha Gajapati 73 81 Odisha Kandhamal 20 82 Odisha Balangir 99 83 Odisha Kalahandi 43 84 Odisha Rayagada 76 85 Odisha Koraput 110 86 Odisha Malkangiri 36 87 Odisha Nabarangpur 26 88 Odisha Nuapada 19 89 Punjab Moga 225 90 Punjab Firozepur 88 91 Rajasthan Dholpur 7 92 Rajasthan Karauli 13 93 Rajasthan Jaisalmer 5 94 Rajasthan Sirohi 13 95 Rajasthan Baran 27 96 Sikkim Gyalshing 5 97 Tamil Nadu Virudhunagar 539 98 Tamil Nadu Ramanathapuram 512 99 Telangana Kumuram Bheem Asifabad 144 100 Telangana Jayashankar Bhupalapally 65 101 Telangana Bhadradri Kothagudem 222 102 Tripura Dhalai 11 103 Uttar Pradesh Chitrakoot 141 104 Uttar Pradesh Fatehpur 862 105 Uttar Pradesh Bahraich 308 106 Uttar Pradesh Shravasti 91 107 Uttar Pradesh Balrampur 13 108 Uttar Pradesh Siddharth Nagar 603 109 Uttar Pradesh Chandauli 416 110 Uttar Pradesh Sonbhadra 347 111 Uttarakhand Udham Singh Nagar 98 112 Uttarakhand Haridwar 60 Total 28200