Parliament Question: Investment Milestone under PLI Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 ANSWERED ON 07TH AUGUST, 2025 INVESTMENT MILESTONE UNDER PLI SCHEME

3155. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA:

SHRI CHHATRAPAL SINGH GANGWAR:

SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

SHRI GODAM NAGESH:

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

(a) the number of applications approved under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme in various segments along with the number of approved projects that have started commercial production and the percentage of projects that have achieved their committed investment milestones, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;

(b) the criteria used for selecting food processing companies for receiving PLI disbursements under PLI scheme;

(c) whether any company from Andhra Pradesh have been selected and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the monitoring mechanisms set up to ensure compliance with regard to minimum sales and investment limit required for claiming PLI benefits;

(e) whether the Government has observed regional disparities in sanctioned investments under the scheme particularly in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States with low-processing capacities such as Bihar, Odisha and the North Eastern region;

(f) if so, the corrective measures planned/being planned to address such disparities; and

(g) whether cold storage or related infrastructure have been constructed under PLI scheme in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the district-wise details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAVNEET SINGH)

(a): Under Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI), 170 applications with 278 projects have been approved, of which 277 projects have started commercial production. The committed investment approved under the scheme is Rs.7644.27 crore against which the actual investment is Rs.9032.11 crore, which is 118 % of the committed investment. The state wise details of units approved under the PLISFPI are at Annexure-I.

(b): The criteria used for selecting food-processing companies under PLISFPI is at Annexure-II.

(c): The details of the companies selected under PLISFPI in Andhra Pradesh are at Annexure-III.

(d): A Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including certificates from Statutory Auditor and Charted Engineers have been prescribed to ensure compliance with the minimum sales and investment required for claiming PLI incentives.

(e) & (f): There are 278 food processing units approved under the PLI Scheme, which are fairly spread across 22 states of India.

(g): An investment of Rs.1257.47 crore have been made in Andhra Pradesh under PLISFPI. The district wise details of investment made in Andhra Pradesh in food processing infrastructure including cold storage facilities under PLISFPI are at Annexure- III.

*****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025 REGARDING “INVESTMENT MILESTONE UNDER PLI SCHEME” State Wise Fruits & Marine Moz. Organic/ RTC/RTE Millet T otal Sector Vegetables Products Cheese Innovative Andhra Pradesh 1 9 26 0 0 2 38 Assam 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 Bihar 4 3 0 0 0 0 7 Chhattisgarh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Goa 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gujarat 17 6 1 3 0 5 32 Haryana 6 0 0 0 1 2 9 Himachal 4 Pradesh 0 1 0 0 1 2 Jammu & 2 Kashmir 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jharkhand 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Karnataka 4 8 1 0 1 7 21 Kerala 0 7 0 0 3 0 10 Madhya Pradesh 6 2 0 0 1 1 11 Maharashtra 14 13 1 3 5 5 41 Odisha 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 Punjab 1 5 0 0 0 3 9 Rajasthan 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 Tamil Nadu 3 8 1 0 1 7 20 Telangana 3 5 0 0 0 5 13 Uttar Pradesh 18 6 0 0 2 1 27 Uttarakhand 1 1 0 0 1 4 7 West Bengal 4 4 0 0 1 0 9 Grand Total 95 84 31 6 17 45 278 RTE/RTC: Ready to Eat/Ready to Cook *****ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025 REGARDING “INVESTMENT MILESTONE UNDER PLI SCHEME” Minimum Sales Minimum Categories Segment Investment RTE/RTC 500 100 Processed F&V 250 50 Category-I Marine Products 600 75 Mozzarella Cheese 150 10 MTPD plant – Rs.23 crore  Udyog Aadhar/ Udyami Registered;

Category-  Minimum Sales of Rs 1 crore during 2019-20 for the proposed product II  Registration with APEDA for the organic product proposed to be incentivised.

Category-  Only Indian Brands are covered for selling food products completely manufactured III in India;  Branding & Marketing shall be undertaken either by the Applicant directly or through its subsidiary or any other Agency.

Millets  Packaged and Branded Ready to Cook/Ready to Eat (RTC/RTE) food products in consumer packs with more than 15% of millets by weight/ volume in product composition.  Primary processed millet commodities like de-husked/polished millet grains, colour sorted millet grains and Millet Flours/ Atta.

 Large Entity: Minimum Sales of food products more than Rs.250 crore  MSME: Minimum Sales of food products more than Rs.2 crore RTE/RTC: Ready to Eat/Ready to Cook F&V: Fruits & Vegetables

APEDA: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

MSME: Micro Small Medium Enterprises *****ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) & (g) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2025 REGARDING “INVESTMENT MILESTONE UNDER PLI SCHEME” (Rs. in crore) Sr. N Beneficiary Name Sector District Committed Reported o Investment Investment 1 Asvini Fisheries Private Limited Marine Products East Godavari 88.44 1.01 2 Asvini Fisheries Private Limited Marine Products West Godavari 8.92 21.84 3 Avanti Frozen Foods Private Limited Marine Products Kakinada 38.85 69.27 4 Avanti Frozen Foods Private Limited Marine Products Kakinada 29.57 39.13 5 Avanti Frozen Foods Private Limited Marine Products East Godavari 12.9 21.65 6 Choice Trading Corporation Private Marine Products Baptla 80 93.85 Limited 7 Devi Fisheries Limited Marine Products East Godavari 5.13 7.58 8 Devi Fisheries Limited Marine Products East Godavari 5.44 13.8 9 Devi Fisheries Limited Marine Products East Godavari 91.19 104.48 10 Devi Fisheries Limited Marine Products East Godavari 11.5 19.89 11 Devi Sea Foods Limited Marine Products Prakasam 44.8 55.92 12 Devi Sea Foods Limited Marine Products West Godavari 22.14 9.92 13 Devi Sea Foods Limited Marine Products West Godavari 9.61 12.39 14 Devi Sea Foods Limited Marine Products Singarayokonda 2.56 7.39 15 Foods And Inns Limited Fruits & Vegetables Chittoor 5.50 7.62 16 Coastal Foods Millet MSME Guntur 0 0 17 ITC Limited Fruits & Vegetables Guntur 123.88 127.2 18 ITC Limited Fruits & Vegetables Guntur 3 4.96 19 ITC Limited Marine Products Guntur 37.77 33.13 20 ITC Limited Marine Products Guntur 37.78 44.91 21 ITC Limited (Sp Edibles) Fruits & Vegetables Guntur 3.41 3.34 22 ITC Limited (Sri Sai Agro) Fruits & Vegetables Guntur 2.86 16.12 23 Mtr Foods Private Limited Fruits & Vegetables Guntur 24.33 26.52 24 Nekkanti Sea Foods Ltd Marine Products East Godavari 40 41.38 25 Nekkanti Sea Foods Ltd Marine Products Nellore 9.75 10.9 26 Nekkanti Sea Foods Ltd Marine Products Nellore 31.64 32.84 27 Parle Biscuits Pvt Ltd RTC/ RTE Chittoor 15.38 56.98 28 Treta Agro Pvt. Ltd. Millet MSME Chittoor 0 0 29 Sandhya Aqua Marine Products Kakinada 97 125.61 30 Sandhya Aqua Marine Products Krishna 5 3.73 31 Sandhya Aqua Marine Products Krishna 10 6.65 32 Sandhya Aqua Marine Products East Godavari 68.23 47.72 33 Sandhya Marines Limited Marine Products Prakasam 8.35 25.29 34 Sandhya Marines Limited Marine Products West Godavari 1.6 5.99 35 Sandhya Marines Limited Marine Products West Godavari 80.31 82.72 36 Synthite Industries P Ltd Fruits & Vegetables Prakasam 44.62 56.86 37 Tata Consumer Products Limited Fruits & Vegetables Chittoor 8.86 8.86 38 Tata Consumer Products Limited Fruits & Vegetables East Godavari 9.14 10.02 Total 1119.46 1257.47 *****