Parliament Question: Outcomes of the PMFME Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3902 ANSWERED ON 27TH MARCH, 2026 OUTCOMES OF THE PMFME SCHEME

3902. SHRI SADANAND MHALU SHET TANAVADE:

SHRI DEEPAK PRAKASH:

SHRI MAYANKKUMAR NAYAK:

SHRI AMAR PAL MAURYA:

SHRI UJJWAL DEORAO NIKAM:

SHRI RYAGA KRISHNAIAH:

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, State-wise, including Jharkhand;

(b) the details of credit-linked subsidies, training and capacity-building support provided to beneficiaries under the Scheme, especially in Maharashtra, district-wise; and

(c) whether any assessment has been undertaken regarding its impact on formalisation, employment and income generation in the sector, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAVNEET SINGH)

(a): Under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, loans for 1,33,961 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned during the last three years including 3,576 loans sanctioned in the State of Jharkhand. The State-wise and Year- wise details are at Annexure-I.

(b): Under the PMFME Scheme, as on 31st December 2025, loans for 1,72,707 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned and 1,36,723 beneficiaries have been trained across the country. Out of which, loans for 27,360 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned and 38,182 beneficiaries have been trained in the State of Maharashtra. The district-wise details for the State of Maharashtra are at Annexure-II.

(c): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has conducted a third-party mid-term impact evaluation of the PMFME scheme to assess the impact of the scheme during FY 2024-25.

The assessment indicates that the Scheme has made significant progress in formalisation of the unorganised food processing sector, with 59,202 enterprises brought into the formal framework through registrations such as Goods and Service Tax (GST), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and Udyam, as on 31st December 2025. The Scheme has supported creation of more than 10 lakh employment opportunities. The PMFME beneficiaries have reported increase in average turnover by about 1.7 times after availing support under the Scheme. The study has highlighted that the integration of technology and financial support through PMFME has helped entrepreneurs by increasing their production capacity, turn over and business growth, leading to income and employment generation.

*****ANNEXURE I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3902 FOR ANSWER ON 27.03.2026 REGARDING “OUTCOMES OF THE PMFME SCHEME” State-wise and Year-wise details of number of micro food processing enterprises assisted under PMFME Scheme as on 31st December 2025 s.no. States FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 4 8 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 2808 2237 1667 3 Arunachal Pradesh 21 28 48 4 Assam 659 633 1769 5 Bihar 2923 10284 10273 6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 7 Chhattisgarh 211 350 396 8 Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu 2 5 0 9 Delhi 81 103 74 10 Goa 42 23 36 11 Gujarat 103 286 314 12 Haryana 329 606 352 13 Himachal Pradesh 603 550 496 14 Jammu And Kashmir 170 480 682 15 Jharkhand 198 1527 1851 16 Karnataka 1823 2011 2329 17 Kerala 807 2573 3116 18 Ladakh 26 33 17 19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 1426 2692 5103 21 Maharashtra 6040 9493 7546 22 Manipur 67 13 31 23 Meghalaya 26 44 120 24 Mizoram 7 13 20 25 Nagaland 25 155 188 26 Odisha 620 627 731 27 Puducherry 58 54 51 28 Punjab 837 1183 525 29 Rajasthan 192 242 513 30 Sikkim 31 20 8 31 Tamil Nadu 3717 7666 3587 32 Telangana 2067 3500 1136 33 Tripura 43 63 77 34 Uttar Pradesh 2304 6654 7449 35 Uttarakhand 222 416 221 36 West Bengal 0 22 149 Total 28492 54594 50875 *****ANNEXURE II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3902 FOR ANSWER ON 27.03.2026 REGARDING “OUTCOMES OF THE PMFME SCHEME” District-wise details of number of micro food processing enterprises assisted & Beneficiaries trained for the State of Maharashtra under PMFME Scheme as on 31st December 2025 S.No. Districts No. of Loans Sanctioned Beneficiary Trained 1 Ahilyanagar 1684 2213 2 Akola 518 893 3 Amravati 1088 1890 4 Beed 163 325 5 Bhandara 389 629 6 Buldhana 1047 1385 7 Chandrapur 869 890 Chhatrapati 8 2073 2380 Sambhajinagar 9 Dharashiv 495 761 10 Dhule 598 797 11 Gadchiroli 367 572 12 Gondia 779 977 13 Hingoli 260 453 14 Jalgaon 1081 700 15 Jalna 685 924 16 Kolhapur 1260 402 17 Latur 405 419 18 Mumbai 8 217 19 Mumbai Suburban 53 67 20 Nagpur 840 1971 21 Nanded 424 1121 22 Nandurbar 602 679 23 Nashik 1417 1630 24 Palghar 370 566 25 Parbhani 361 734 26 Pune 1386 2029 27 Raigad 313 505 28 Ratnagiri 466 1393 29 Sangli 1470 1739 30 Satara 1130 2099 31 Sindhudurg 679 539 32 Solapur 1177 1355 33 Thane 420 656 34 Wardha 961 1868 35 Washim 586 1130 36 Yavatmal 936 1274 Grand Total 27360 38182 *****