Parliament Question: Micro Food Processing Enterprises assisted under PMFME Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1866 ANSWERED ON 30TH JULY, 2026 MICRO FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES ASSISTED UNDER PMFME SCHEME

1866. SHRI BHARAT SINGH KUSHWAH:

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

(a) the number of micro food processing enterprises assisted under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme during the last three years and the amount of funds allocated/released, across the country, year-wise and States/UT- wise;

(b) the main objectives, priorities of the said scheme along with the details of loan-based financial assistance provided under the scheme, including credit-linked subsidy, seed capital, branding, marketing, training and capacity-building support to beneficiaries, employment generation, enterprise formalization, value addition in the food processing sector and support for common infrastructure;

(c) the categories of beneficiaries to which benefit is provided such as individual micro food processing units, self-help groups, farmer producer organizations and cooperative committees along with their eligibility therefor; and

(d) the number of beneficiaries who have availed the benefits of the scheme so far along with the details of the sanctioned loan, subsidy and other financial assistance across the country, State/UT-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI CHIRAG PASWAN)

(a): Under the Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, loans for 1,62,044 Micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned under Credit Linked Subsidy and Centre Share of Rs. 3366.24 crore has been allocated/ released across the country during the last three years. The Year-wise and State/ UT wise details are at Annexure I.

(b) & (c): The PMFME Scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme being implemented to provide financial, technical and business support for setting up of new/ upgradation of micro food processing enterprises in the country. The objectives of the scheme are to build capacity of micro enterprises through increased access to credit, integration with organized supply chain by strengthening branding and marketing, increased access to common services, strengthening of institutions and research & training in the food processing sector.The Scheme provides 35% credit-linked capital subsidy to eligible micro food processing enterprises, Seed Capital support to Self Help Group (SHG) members, Capacity Building through Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP) and product-specific training, assistance for Branding & Marketing and support for Common Infrastructure such as processing, storage, packaging, testing and incubation facilities. The details of financial assistance available under various components of the Scheme, including the eligible entities, are at Annexure-II.

The Scheme further promotes value addition of agricultural produce by strengthening district-specific food processing value chains, facilitating technology adoption, improving market access through linkages with retail, e-commerce and institutional buyers and creating shared infrastructure for aggregation and processing. These interventions contribute to enterprise formalisation, entrepreneurship development and generation of direct and indirect employment opportunities.

(d) : The State/ UT wise number of beneficiaries who have availed the benefits of Credit Linked Subsidy along with subsidy approved and Seed capital assistance is at Annexure III. *****ANNEXURE I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1866 FOR ANSWER ON 30.07.2026 REGARDING “MICRO FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES ASSISTED UNDER PMFME SCHEME” State/ UT wise and Year-wise loans sanctioned and Centre Share Funds allocated during the last three years Loans Sanctioned (N Centre Share Funds released/ os) allocated (Rs. In crore) S.N State/ UT 2023- 2024- 2025- 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 o. 24 25 26 1 Andaman & Nicobar Island 8 0 0 0.38 0.00 0.00 2 Andhra Pradesh 2237 1667 2690 46.25 10.91 69.00 3 Arunachal Pradesh 28 48 132 11.09 8.00 10.00 4 Assam 633 1769 3129 43.88 68.50 60.00 5 Bihar 10284 10273 7972 88.65 101.50 159.00 6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0.31 0.00 0.00 7 Chhattisgarh 350 396 841 7.69 10.00 16.70 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and D 5 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 aman & Diu 9 Delhi 103 74 76 0.50 4.25 1.63 10 Goa 23 36 52 2.08 2.50 3.00 11 Gujarat 286 314 1048 7.02 15.00 21.10 12 Haryana 606 352 558 11.25 25.00 25.00 13 Himachal Pradesh 550 496 973 57.12 4.00 29.67 14 Jammu & Kashmir 480 682 1125 2.68 25.75 6.28 15 Jharkhand 1527 1851 1633 9.79 20.00 23.42 16 Karnataka 2011 2329 3417 27.76 60.00 90.00 17 Kerala 2573 3116 3001 29.52 40.00 75.00 18 Ladakh 33 17 19 0.36 3.00 1.50 19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 20 Madhya Pradesh 2692 5103 6104 44.97 78.04 111.91 21 Maharashtra 9493 7546 6781 120.00 195.20 170.00 22 Manipur 13 31 28 0.00 0.00 5.00 23 Meghalaya 44 120 76 1.00 7.25 10.00 24 Mizoram 13 20 46 0.00 0.00 10.00 25 Nagaland 155 188 133 3.97 3.75 10.00 26 Odisha 627 731 1603 15.46 21.86 40.00 27 Puducherry 54 51 53 2.46 3.00 1.35 28 Punjab 1183 525 672 30.65 87.80 50.00 29 Rajasthan 242 513 612 16.98 8.50 25.00Loans Sanctioned (N Centre Share Funds released/ os) allocated (Rs. In crore) S.N State/ UT 2023- 2024- 2025- 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 o. 24 25 26 30 Sikkim 20 8 9 0.91 7.50 10.00 31 Tamil Nadu 7666 3587 3744 72.00 100.00 114.01 32 Telangana 3500 1136 760 15.40 60.00 56.75 33 Tripura 63 77 166 1.13 3.75 10.00 34 Uttar Pradesh 6654 7449 8224 79.55 150.00 200.00 35 Uttarakhand 416 221 348 8.24 15.00 10.00 36 West Bengal 22 149 549 6.28 2.50 33.07 Total 54594 50875 56575 765.30 1142.56 1458.39 *****ANNEXURE II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1866 FOR ANSWER ON 30.07.2026 REGARDING “MICRO FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES ASSISTED UNDER PMFME SCHEME” The details of financial assistance offered to the micro food processing enterprises under Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme are as under:

(i). Support to Individual / Group Category Micro Enterprises: Credit-linked capital subsidy @35% of the eligible project cost, maximum ceiling Rs.10 lakh per unit

Eligible Entities: Individual entrepreneurs/ Proprietorship Firms/ Partnership Firms/ Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)/ Non-Government Organizations/ Cooperatives/ Self Help Groups (SHGs)/ Private Limited Companies

(ii). Support to SHGs for seed capital: Seed capital @ Rs. 40,000/- per member of SHG engaged in food processing for working capital and purchase of small tools subject to maximum of Rs. 4 lakh per SHG Federation.

(iii). Support for Common Infrastructure: Credit linked capital subsidy @35% of the eligible project cost subject to maximum of Rs. 3 crore to support FPOs, SHGs, Cooperatives and any Government agency for setting up of common infrastructure. The common infrastructure will also be available for other units and public to utilize on hiring basis for substantial part of the capacity.

(iv). Branding and Marketing Support: Grant upto 50% for Branding and Marketing to groups of FPOs/ SHGs/ Cooperatives or an Special Purpose Vehicle of micro food processing enterprises.

(v). Capacity Building: The scheme envisages training for Entrepreneurship Development Skilling (EDP) program modified to meet the requirement of food processing industry and product specific skilling for all applicants recommended for availing credit linked grant by District Level Committee (DLC) as well as Seed Capital SHG beneficiaries.

*****ANNEXURE III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1866 FOR ANSWER ON 30.07.2026 REGARDING “MICRO FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES ASSISTED UNDER PMFME SCHEME” Credit Linked Subsidy Seed Capital S.No. States/ UT Loan Sanc Subsidy A SHG me Amount Sanc tioned (No pproved ( mbers ( tioned (Rs. In s) Rs. In Cro Nos) crore) re) 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 18 1.03 114 0.43 2 Andhra Pradesh 9922 166.69 45842 173.12 3 Arunachal Pradesh 254 17.22 4383 13.98 4 Assam 6534 74.91 34915 105.34 5 Bihar 32100 753.01 24636 87.70 6 Chandigarh 5 0.21 0 0.00 7 Chhattisgarh 1941 84.04 10914 14.13 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Da 12 0.42 13 0.02 man and Diu 9 Delhi 363 10.00 0 0.00 10 Goa 157 6.12 2077 7.77 11 Gujarat 1949 124.24 7185 18.39 12 Haryana 1989 129.02 1675 6.10 13 Himachal Pradesh 2826 70.39 15602 58.67 14 Jammu and Kashmir 2704 58.01 1694 6.18 15 Jharkhand 5442 114.29 6159 20.72 16 Karnataka 10289 393.97 19054 74.91 17 Kerala 9865 265.16 6802 21.49 18 Ladakh 104 5.14 651 1.82 19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 15946 538.80 15259 48.54 21 Maharashtra 31236 923.43 59403 212.97 22 Manipur 318 22.01 1024 3.72 23 Meghalaya 269 4.78 5725 18.13 24 Mizoram 91 3.56 2641 10.11 25 Nagaland 509 9.14 6165 15.30 26 Odisha 3921 117.63 34207 102.02 27 Puducherry 231 5.45 1986 7.68 28 Punjab 3506 298.05 1404 4.36 29 Rajasthan 1786 104.13 7857 27.03 30 Sikkim 76 2.12 2832 11.29 31 Tamil Nadu 19328 463.51 36697 141.42Credit Linked Subsidy Seed Capital S.No. States/ UT Loan Sanc Subsidy A SHG me Amount Sanc tioned (No pproved ( mbers ( tioned (Rs. In s) Rs. In Cro Nos) crore) re) 32 Telangana 7826 119.81 29973 117.32 33 Tripura 380 10.14 5209 19.95 34 Uttar Pradesh 26465 972.27 8511 25.97 35 Uttarakhand 1258 39.96 9349 31.27 36 West Bengal 801 45.92 8335 30.44 Total 200421 5954.57 418293 1438.29 *****