Parliament Question: GVA of Food Processing Sector

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6247 ANSWERED ON 02ND APRIL, 2026 GVA OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR

6247. SHRI RAHUL SINGH LODHI:

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

(a) the details of Gross Value Added (GVA) of the food processing sector in 2023-24 compared to 20214-15, Foreign Direct Investment equity inflows from April 2014 to March 2025 and the share of processed foods in agri-food exports in 2024-25;

(b) the employment share of the food processing sector in organised manufacturing sector as per the Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24; and

(c) the contribution of States in food processing sector growth from the year 2014-15 to 2023-24 and the number of food processing units set up under Production-Linked Incentive Scheme and their investment commitments till December 2025? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAVNEET SINGH)

(a): The details are placed at Annexure-I.

(b): As per the latest report of Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2023–24, the food processing sector contributed 12.83% to total employment in the organized manufacturing sector

(c): As per the ASI, 2023-24, the state-wise contribution of number of units in Food Processing sector is placed at Annexure-II. Moreover, under Production Linked Incentive Scheme for the Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI), 168 applications with 275 projects have been approved.

The committed investment approved under the scheme is Rs. 7722 Crore against which the actual investment is Rs. 9207 Crore as on 31.12.2025. *****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6247 FOR ANSWER ON 02ND APRIL, 2026 ON “GVA OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR”

1. The details of Gross Value Added (GVA) of Food Processing Sector from 2014-15 to 2023-24 is as below:

Year GVA-FPI 2014-15 1.34 2015-16 1.61 Food Processing 2016-17 1.79 GVA at Constant 2017-18 1.93 Prices 2011-12 2018-19 2.36 2019-20 1.96 (In Rs Lakh Cr) 2020-21 1.96 2021-22 1.9 2022-23 2.08 2023-24 2.24 (As per 1st Revised Estimates)

Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

2. The details of the total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflow in Food Processing

Sector are as below:

Year FDI (April to March) (in US$ million) 2014-15 516.72 2015-16 505.02 2016-17 727.22 2017-18 904.90 2018-19 628.24 2019-20 904.70 2020-21 393.41 2021-22 709.72 2022-23 895.34 2023-24 608.31 2024-25 540.76

Source: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade of India

3. The share of processed food exports in the total agri-food exports was 20.4% in 2024–25 as per data released by Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics. *****ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6247 FOR ANSWER ON 02ND APRIL, 2026 ON “GVA OF FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR” State-wise number of units engaged in Food Processing sector in registered sector as per Annual Survey of Industries Number of Units 201 201 201 201 201 201 202 202 202 202 State 4-15 5-16 6-17 7-18 8-19 9-20 0-21 1-22 2-23 3-24 A&N Islands 6 5 5 6 4 4 4 5 6 5 583 591 585 578 565 573 565 556 542 523 Andhra Pradesh 3 4 9 9 3 7 3 5 7 7 Arunachal Pradesh 28 30 30 29 27 29 28 52 51 48 131 135 141 147 156 158 160 164 175 179 Assam 9 4 0 0 9 2 2 4 0 8 102 Bihar 838 894 881 880 884 896 901 899 953 0 Chandigarh 19 18 19 17 17 19 20 20 19 19 114 127 130 146 163 176 187 201 222 252 Chhattisgarh 2 4 9 8 0 1 7 5 5 5 Dadra & N Haveli 51 39 40 39 42 43 41 51 33 49 & Daman & Diu Delhi 165 166 166 171 169 175 164 155 151 142 Goa 89 97 98 112 106 103 97 98 96 97 200 206 223 228 224 235 245 249 258 269 Gujarat 0 8 9 1 5 6 4 6 5 1 104 106 105 105 100 Haryana 880 857 917 952 998 5 6 2 8 8 Himachal Pradesh 168 170 193 171 157 172 176 166 162 179 Jammu & Kashmir 162 152 176 174 176 179 181 185 184 192 Jharkhand 220 233 228 235 240 237 239 238 266 270 208 216 225 231 234 236 236 237 240 244 Karnataka 4 0 1 3 3 1 9 9 5 8 152 157 162 167 170 174 175 177 172 169 Kerala 4 8 9 2 8 3 6 1 5 2 Ladakh N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 8 101 104 107 109 112 Madhya Pradesh 815 846 875 948 927 8 8 7 6 0 301 303 280 276 279 272 278 275 282 289 Maharashtra 3 2 8 2 1 8 3 5 0 8 Manipur 25 25 28 27 30 30 31 33 38 42 Meghalaya 20 19 26 27 30 32 32 33 30 31 Mizoram N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 29 28 29 29 29 Nagaland 20 20 21 21 20 20 17 18 17 18 106 112 115 118 121 130 128 135 140 Odisha 968 4 7 7 8 1 0 2 6 3 Puducherry 65 59 60 61 67 68 80 70 68 69284 289 290 296 311 326 329 329 345 340 Punjab 0 4 6 9 4 7 6 2 7 8 101 100 Rajasthan 856 879 882 888 898 956 977 980 6 0 Sikkim 21 21 19 20 20 19 18 18 18 16 514 508 507 495 498 499 497 503 499 491 Tamil Nadu 9 2 7 2 2 5 3 0 6 1 396 396 396 394 390 398 400 366 370 395 Telangana 6 0 8 9 0 9 7 6 2 9 Tripura 75 79 95 102 105 117 123 131 131 136 205 208 206 209 210 212 215 222 240 293 Uttar Pradesh 4 6 7 8 5 7 2 0 7 5 Uttarakhand 384 364 372 394 362 345 337 368 374 372 180 187 195 200 202 206 211 207 223 226 West Bengal 7 9 9 6 6 7 8 8 0 7 386 393 397 401 405 414 419 419 428 440 Total 06 18 40 60 80 81 34 13 03 32 *****