**Executive Summary**
This document reviews the operational status and impact of the Pradhan Mantri Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme. As of December 31, 2025, 59,202 enterprises have been formalized with an investment of Rs. 17,015.8 crore. The scheme has generated over 2.8 lakh employment opportunities and improved turnover and market linkages for beneficiaries. The report indicates ongoing efforts to enhance scheme uptake through various initiatives and market access facilitation.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Scheme Formalization and Investment:**
* 59,202 micro food processing enterprises have been formalized since the scheme's inception.
* A cumulative investment of Rs. 17,015.8 crore has been mobilized under the scheme.
* **Monitoring and Review:**
* The Ministry regularly monitors sector-wise distribution of sanctioned units, including women, SHGs, and FPOs.
* Operational and utilization status of common infrastructure facilities and incubation centers are reviewed through meetings with lending banks and State/UT governments.
* Joint inspection reports verify physical progress and utilization commencement.
* **Infrastructure Development:**
* As of December 31, 2025, 108 loans for Common Infrastructure facilities were sanctioned, with 88 disbursed and 59 operational.
* 76 Incubation Centre proposals were approved from 24 States/UTs, with 23 commissioned.
* **Impact Evaluation:**
* A Third Party Mid Term Impact Evaluation Study, dated March 31, 2025, reported the creation of over 2.8 lakh employment opportunities.
* Beneficiaries reported an average turnover increase of approximately 1.7 times.
* Over 85% of Credit Linked Subsidy beneficiaries and about 80% of Self-Help Group members reported enhanced market linkages.
* **Initiatives to Enhance Uptake and Impact:**
* The Ministry undertakes initiatives for employment generation, turnover growth, market linkage strengthening, and export promotion.
* National and state-level awareness campaigns are conducted through newspapers, radio, exhibitions, expos, fairs, and buyer-seller meets.
* Regular meetings with lending banks and State Governments aim to scale up credit flow.
* Implementation challenges are discussed at the Department of Financial Services (DFS) and State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) levels.
* Market access is facilitated through participation in exhibitions, buyer-seller meets, and integration with e-commerce platforms.
**Impact Analysis**
* **Micro Food Processing Enterprises (Beneficiaries)**
* **Impact:** Increased formalization, mobilization of investment, creation of employment opportunities, improved average turnover, and enhanced market access and distribution networks.
* **Action Required:** Continue to avail support under the scheme to further enhance growth and market reach.
* **Lending Banks**
* **Impact:** Regular engagement with the Ministry and State Governments to scale up credit flow for micro food processing enterprises.
* **Action Required:** Participate in meetings and discussions to resolve implementation challenges and facilitate credit flow.
* **State/UT Governments**
* **Impact:** Regular review of operational and utilization status of sanctioned facilities, and conduct of periodic review meetings at state and district levels.
* **Action Required:** Continue to collaborate with the Ministry, participate in review meetings, and facilitate scheme implementation within their respective states/UTs.
* **Ministry of Food Processing Industries**
* **Impact:** Undertaking initiatives to enhance scheme uptake, conducting evaluations, and facilitating market access for beneficiaries.
* **Action Required:** Continue to conduct awareness campaigns, facilitate credit flow, monitor scheme progress, and address implementation challenges.
Key Entities Referenced
Pradhan Mantri Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme: The central scheme discussed, focusing on the progress and impact of micro food processing enterprises.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries: The ministry responsible for implementing and monitoring the PMFME Scheme.
Third Party Mid Term Impact Evaluation Study for the PMFME Scheme: A key study that provides data on the scheme's impact, including employment generation and turnover increases.
Department of Financial Services (DFS): A department involved in addressing implementation challenges related to credit flow for the PMFME Scheme.
State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC): A committee where implementation challenges for the PMFME Scheme are discussed and resolved.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Progress and Impact of the Pradhan Mantri
Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME)
Scheme
Review of Operational Status Under PMFME
Posted On: 13 MAR 2026 5:07PM by PIB Delhi
Under the Pradhan Mantri Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, 59,202 Micro food
processing enterprises have been formalized as on December 31, 2025 since inception of the scheme. The
State/ UT wise details are at Annexure. Cumulatively, investment of Rs. 17015.8 crore has been
mobilized under the scheme across the country.
Ministry maintains the sector-wise distribution of sanctioned units, including participation of women, Self
Help Groups (SHGs), Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and aspirational districts and monitors it
regularly through meetings with lending banks and State/ UT Government.
Ministry through State/ UT government regularly reviews the operational and utilization status of
sanctioned common infrastructure facilities and incubation centres under the PMFME Scheme. As on 31st
December 2025, 108 loans have been sanctioned for Common Infrastructure facilities out of which 88
loans have been disbursed and 59 facilities are operational. For the Incubation Centre, 76 proposals have
been approved from 24 States/ UTs out of which 23 incubation centers have been commissioned.
Utilization levels are reviewed through Joint Inspection Reports conducted by the State Nodal Agency
(SNA), Mentor Institute, and Host Institute. These inspections verify physical progress and the
commencement of utilization.
Ministry has got conducted a Third Party Mid Term Impact Evaluation Study for the PMFME Scheme. As
per the report dated March 31, 2025, the Scheme has supported creation of more than 2.8 lakh
employment opportunities. The PMFME beneficiaries have reported increase in average turnover by about
1.7 times after availing support under the Scheme. As per the study, large proportion of beneficiaries
indicated improved market access and distribution networks, with over 85% of Credit Linked Subsidy
beneficiaries and about 80% of Self-Help Group members reporting enhanced market linkages after
availing benefits under the Scheme.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has undertaken several initiatives to enhance the uptake and
impact of the PMFME Scheme in terms of employment generation, growth in turnover, strengthening of
market linkages and promotion of exports. To increase awareness among stakeholders and the public at
large, the Ministry conducts national and state-level awareness campaigns through various platforms such
as newspaper advertisements, radio jingles, exhibitions and expos, fairs, and buyer–seller meets since the
inception of the Scheme.Ministry regularly conducts meeting with lending banks and State Government to scale up the credit flow
in the country, under the scheme. The issues being faced by micro food processing enterprises are also
raised at the Department of Financial Services (DFS) level and in the State Level Bankers Committee
(SLBC) meetings to discuss and resolve implementation challenges. Further, periodic review meetings are
also conducted at state and district level by the State government. Ministry is also facilitating market
access through participation in national and international exhibitions, buyer–seller meets and integration
with e-commerce platforms across the country.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Shri Ravneet Singh in
a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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CMC - MoFPI
Annexure
State-wise enterprises formalized under PMFME Scheme as on December 31, 2025
S.No. State/ UT Enterprises Formalised
1 Andhra Pradesh 2215
2 Arunachal Pradesh 51
3 Assam 1986
4 Bihar 4938
5 Chhattisgarh 445
6 Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu 4
7 Delhi 280
8 Goa 103
9 Gujarat 5
10 Haryana 507
11 Himachal Pradesh 325
12 Jammu And Kashmir 389
13 Jharkhand 484
14 Karnataka 350715 Kerala 5139
16 Ladakh 25
17 Madhya Pradesh 5721
18 Maharashtra 13722
19 Manipur 54
20 Meghalaya 147
21 Mizoram 5
22 Nagaland 73
23 Odisha 1126
24 Puducherry 93
25 Punjab 1888
26 Rajasthan 417
27 Sikkim 3
28 Tamil Nadu 8350
29 Telangana 2559
30 Tripura 132
31 Uttar Pradesh 3650
32 Uttarakhand 790
33 West Bengal 69
Total 59202
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