Parliament Question: Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6439 ANSWERED ON 2ND APRIL, 2026 PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY 6439. SHRI TANUJ PUNIA: SMT. JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT: Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state: (a) the total number of applications received and approved under the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) since 2021-22 till date, category-wise and year-wise; (b) the details of amount of funds disbursed under the PLISFPI, category-wise and year- wise; (c) the details of the steps taken to enhance the presence and competitiveness of Indian tribal-branded consumer food products in global markets; (d) the details of the total number of loans sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, separately for micro food processing entrepreneurs specially for Tribals, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), Self Help Groups(SHGs) and Co-operatives, year-wise and State/UT-wise; (e) the total amount of credit sanctioned and disbursed under PMFME scheme, and the average loan size for each of the above categories, year-wise in the country including Chhattisgarh; and (f) the steps taken to enhance the global competitiveness of tribals-branded consumer products originating from Chhattisgarh? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAVNEET SINGH) (a): The total number of applications received and approved as on 31/12/2025, under the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI), category-wise and year-wise are as under: No. of No. of Year of Sl. Category Sector application approv Total approva No. s received als l Category – Ready to Eat (RTE)/ 34 12 51 2021 I Ready to Cook (RTC) 1 Fruit & Vegetables (F&V) 40 26 Marine 11 09 Mozzarella Cheese 06 04 Category – Innovative 62 2 15 2021 2 II Organic 36 13 Category – Branding & Marketing 94 73 73 2021 3 III (B&M) PLI Scheme Large Entities 8 8 29 2022 for Millet- Micro, Small & Medium 25 21 4 Based Enterprises (MSME) Products (PLISMBP) Total 316 168 168(b): The details of amount of funds disbursed under the PLISFPI, category-wise and year-wise are as under: (Rs. in crores) Incentive Disbursed Financial Year FY FY 2023- FY FY Wise 2022-23 24 2024-25 2025-26 Category-1 59.745 233.672 175.066 449.157 Fruit & Vegetables (F&V) Category-1 343.995 303.428 239.715 410.641 Ready to Eat (RTE)/ Ready to Cook (RTC) Category-1 (Marine) 72.31 31.43 10.37 172.131 Category-1 (Mozzarella Cheese) 8.91 11.99 0 35.37 Category-2 (Innovative & Organic) 1.83 2.234 0.54 2.73 Category-3 (Branding & Marketing) 0 0 0 99.209 Millet Based Products 0 3.897 22.674 23.762 Total 486.79 586.651 448.365 1193.00 (c) & (f): Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, which provides support to micro food processing enterprises, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), cooperatives and Self Help Groups (SHGs) through credit-linked capital subsidy, capacity building, and branding and marketing support, thereby promoting value addition and entrepreneurship. The Scheme adopts the One District One Product (ODOP) approach to leverage scale in procurement, common services and marketing. Minor Forest Produce (MFP) has been identified as ODOP in 48 districts across the country, including districts in Chhattisgarh, which supports development of products based on local and tribal resources. The Scheme also provides branding and marketing support to enhance market access and visibility of products through tie-ups with retail chains and digital platforms. As on 31st December 2025, 27 proposals for Branding and Marketing have been approved under PMFME Scheme. However, no proposal under Branding and Marketing component of PMFME Scheme has been received from the State of Chhattisgarh. Further, MoFPI is also implementing Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) under which support is provided for branding and marketing abroad to enhance the global visibility and competitiveness of Indian food products. These provisions contribute to strengthening the presence and competitiveness of Indian food products in global markets. (d): Under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, loans for 1,72,707 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned as on 31st December 2025. Out of this, loans have been sanctioned for 9600 Scheduled Tribe beneficiaries, 269 Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs), 1427 Self Help Groups (SHG) and 90 Cooperatives. The year-wise and State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-I. (e): Under the PMFME Scheme, loans for 1,72,707 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned with term loan sanction amount of Rs. 14,182.22 crore and 1,40,462 loans disbursed with amount of Rs. 11,264.20 crore, as on 31st December 2025. The average loan size for Tribals, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Co- operatives is Rs. 0.06 crore, Rs. 0.75 crore, Rs. 0.05 crore and Rs.1.20 crore respectively. Out of this, for the State of Chhattisgarh, average loan size is Rs. 0.06 crore, for ST beneficiaries and 0.28 crore for SHG beneficiaries. The year-wise details of the total amount of credit (term loan) sanctioned and disbursed under PMFME scheme, and the average loan size for each of the above categories average loan sanction are at Annexure-II. *****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6439 FOR ANSWER ON 02.04.2026 REGARDING “PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY” State-wise and Year-wise number of loans sanctioned for Scheduled Tribes beneficiaries under PMFME Scheme: Sr.No. State 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Total Andaman and Nicobar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 4 166 297 569 459 1495 3 Arunachal Pradesh 1 21 28 47 51 148 4 Assam 7 95 66 235 277 680 5 Bihar 0 33 103 69 28 233 6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Chhattisgarh 5 21 17 43 40 126 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 8 0 0 1 3 0 4 Daman and Diu 9 Delhi 0 0 2 1 0 3 10 Goa 0 2 0 0 0 2 11 Gujarat 0 2 7 9 28 46 12 Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Himachal Pradesh 0 5 21 35 35 96 14 Jammu and Kashmir 2 12 43 154 151 362 15 Jharkhand 0 40 255 276 153 724 16 Karnataka 5 69 80 88 86 328 17 Kerala 0 2 6 14 8 30 18 Ladakh 6 26 32 17 14 95 19 Madhya Pradesh 14 202 367 729 481 1793 20 Maharashtra 8 391 612 400 253 1664 21 Manipur 50 10 2 15 6 83 22 Meghalaya 5 23 39 100 44 211 23 Mizoram 0 7 13 19 28 67 24 Nagaland 0 25 155 180 80 440 25 Odisha 6 23 11 15 13 68 26 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Rajasthan 1 5 6 15 17 44 29 Sikkim 2 9 11 2 2 26 30 Tamil Nadu 1 52 37 22 5 117 31 Telangana 12 125 289 91 36 553 32 Tripura 3 13 11 11 10 48 33 Uttar Pradesh 1 3 18 13 13 48 34 Uttarakhand 0 7 33 8 16 64 35 West Bengal 0 0 0 0 2 2 Grand Total 131 1389 2562 3180 2336 9600 State-wise and Year-wise number of loans sanctioned for Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs) under PMFME Scheme: Sr. No. States/ UTs 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Total Andaman and Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 4 1 0 5 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Bihar 0 0 10 5 5 20 6 Chhattisgarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Daman And Diu 8 Delhi 0 0 0 6 8 14 9 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 010 Gujarat 0 0 0 3 2 5 11 Haryana 0 0 1 1 0 2 12 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Jammu and Kashmir 0 0 0 2 1 3 14 Jharkhand 0 0 2 2 0 4 15 Karnataka 0 6 5 3 3 17 16 Kerala 0 0 7 4 4 15 17 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Madhya Pradesh 0 1 5 8 2 16 19 Maharashtra 0 3 21 27 24 75 20 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Odisha 1 2 0 0 0 3 25 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Punjab 0 1 1 0 0 2 27 Rajasthan 0 0 1 13 10 24 28 Sikkim 0 0 1 0 0 1 29 Tamil Nadu 1 3 4 2 4 14 30 Telangana 0 1 0 0 0 1 31 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Uttar Pradesh 0 2 6 17 12 37 33 Uttarakhand 0 0 0 4 2 6 34 West Bengal 0 0 0 1 2 3 Grand Total 2 19 68 99 81 269 State-wise and Year-wise number of loans sanctioned for Self Help Groups (SHGs) under PMFME Scheme: Sr. No. States/ UTs 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Total Andaman and Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 1 Islands 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 1 5 2 3 11 4 Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Bihar 0 56 174 226 114 570 6 Chhattisgarh 0 0 1 0 2 3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 7 Daman and Diu 0 8 Delhi 0 0 0 5 6 11 9 Goa 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 Gujarat 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Jammu and Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Jharkhand 0 0 2 1 0 3 15 Karnataka 0 3 11 4 0 18 16 Kerala 0 2 15 15 6 38 17 Ladakh 0 1 0 0 0 1 18 Madhya Pradesh 0 1 2 17 6 26 19 Maharashtra 0 58 116 201 77 452 20 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 023 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Odisha 14 84 33 78 54 263 25 Puducherry 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 Punjab 0 1 0 0 0 1 27 Rajasthan 1 2 0 0 1 4 28 Sikkim 0 3 1 0 0 4 29 Tamil Nadu 0 0 11 0 0 11 30 Telangana 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Uttar Pradesh 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 Uttarakhand 0 0 0 0 1 1 34 West Bengal 0 0 1 1 1 3 Grand Total 15 213 375 551 273 1427 State-wise and Year-wise number of loans sanctioned for Co-operatives under PMFME Scheme: Sr. No. State/UTs 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Total 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Bihar 0 3 1 0 1 5 6 Chhattisgarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 and Diu 8 Delhi 0 0 1 3 8 12 9 Goa 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 Gujarat 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 Jammu and Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 Karnataka 0 1 3 0 2 6 16 Kerala 0 0 1 4 2 7 17 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Madhya Pradesh 0 1 0 2 0 3 19 Maharashtra 0 0 6 5 3 14 20 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Meghalaya 0 0 0 1 0 1 22 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Odisha 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Puducherry 0 1 0 0 0 1 26 Punjab 0 2 0 0 0 2 27 Rajasthan 0 0 1 2 2 5 28 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Tamil Nadu 0 4 14 3 1 22 30 Telangana 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Uttar Pradesh 0 1 0 0 1 2 33 Uttarakhand 0 0 0 0 1 1 34 West Bengal 0 0 0 1 1 2 Grand Total 0 16 29 21 24 90 *****ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6439 FOR ANSWER ON 02.04.2026 REGARDING “PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY”. The year-wise details of the total amount of credit (term loan) sanctioned, disbursed and the average loan size under PMFME scheme in the country including Chhattisgarh Term Loan Loan Amount Financial Loan Sanctioned Sanctioned Disbursed Disbursed (Rs. in Year (Numbers) (Rs. in cr.) (Numbers) cr.) 2021-22 3218 366.68 2469 216.41 2022-23 28492 2166.63 21674 1611.30 2023-24 54594 4400.10 48960 3753.03 2024-25 50875 4152.52 42508 3490.50 2025-26 35528 3096.30 24851 2192.97 Total 172707 14182.22 140462 11264.2 For the State of Chhattisgarh, loans for 1442 micro food processing enterprises have been sanctioned with loan sanction amount of Rs. 211.28 crore and 1115 loans disbursed with amount of Rs. 154.10 crore, as on 31st December 2025. Term Loan Loan Amount Financial Loan Sanctioned Sanctioned Disbursed Disbursed (Rs. in Year (Numbers) (Rs. in cr.) (Numbers) cr.) 2021-22 24 1.78 15 0.903 2022-23 211 23.94 166 17.321 2023-24 350 66.40 324 57.729 2024-25 396 51.95 342 40.375 2025-26 461 67.21 268 37.812 Total 1442 211.28 1115 154.10 The year-wise details of the average loan size under PMFME scheme (Rs. in Cr) Categories FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 ST beneficiaries 0.15 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 FPO 0.62 0.63 1.00 0.93 0.75 SHG 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.06 Co-operatives 0 1.47 1.68 0.75 0.89 *****