The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) implements the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), a central sector umbrella scheme. PMKSY encompasses various component schemes, including the Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure scheme, which supports cold chain projects. The Mega Food Parks scheme, another component, has been discontinued effective April 1, 2021, with provisions solely for committed liabilities during the 15th Finance Commission cycle.
The Ministry operates by inviting proposals from interested entities through Expressions of Interest (EoI), adhering to scheme guidelines. Over the past three years, 66 cold chain projects have been sanctioned, including 5 in Odisha. As of June 2025, under PMKSY, 1601 projects have been approved, with 1133 operational or completed, benefitting 3,415,102 farmers. These initiatives aim to enhance farm gate profitability by increasing demand for farm produce through the creation of food processing infrastructure.
Component schemes under PMKSY provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid to entrepreneurs for establishing food processing and preservation infrastructure, including cold storages and refrigerated vehicles, to minimize post-harvest losses. A 2020 evaluation study by NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) highlighted that the Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure Scheme has significantly reduced wastages in the Fruits, Vegetables, Dairy, and Fisheries sectors.
The objectives of the component schemes under PMKSY are:
* To provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities, and value addition without any break, from the farm gate to the consumer.
* To encourage group of entrepreneurs to set up food processing units based on cluster approach by linking groups of producers farmers to the processors and markets through wellequipped supply chain with modern infrastructure
* Creation of processing and preservation capacities for food products for enhancing their shelf life and setting up of new food processing units, and modernization expansion of existing food processing units to increase level of processing, value addition thereby leading to reduction of wastage.
* To increase farmers income by supporting the processing infrastructure in production clusters and FPOs and by linking farmers with the markets.
* Reduction of postharvest losses by creating infrastructure facilities from farm to consumption point, and to increase food processing and value addition capacities by creating linkages among production clusters.
* To strengthen the food quality control infrastructure and to make it available to the food processing sector and other stakeholders to ensure compliance with domestic and international food safety standards and to reduce the Turnaround Time TAT for analysis of food samples.
* To undertake demand driven RD work for the benefit of food processing industry in terms of product and process development, efficient technologies, improved packaging, value addition etc. with commercial value.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Food Processing Industries: The central ministry responsible for implementing the PMKSY scheme.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY): A Central Sector Umbrella scheme implemented by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
Integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure scheme: A component scheme under PMKSY focusing on cold chain projects.
Mega Food Parks scheme: A component scheme under PMKSY (discontinued w.e.f. 01.04.2021) to promote Mega Food Parks.
Odisha: A state in India where 5 cold chain projects have been sanctioned.
15th Finance Commission: The finance commission cycle during which provision was made only for committed liabilities of the discontinued Mega Food Park scheme.
NABARD Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. (NABCONS): The organization that conducted the evaluation study on the Impact of Units Implemented under Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure.
Rajya Sabha: Council of States. Shri Ravneet Singh provided written reply in Rajya Sabha regarding this information
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Schemes under PMKSY
Posted On: 25 JUL 2025 6:18PM by PIB Delhi
Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Central Sector Umbrella scheme
“Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY)”. Under PMKSY there are various component
schemes including Integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure scheme for cold chain projects and
Mega Food Parks scheme to promote the Mega Food Parks. However, the Mega Food Parks component
scheme has been discontinued w.e.f. 01.04.2021.
The Ministry does not set up projects on its own, it invites proposals from interested entities/organizations
through Expression of Interest (EoI) floated from time to time, in accordance with the scheme guidelines.66
number of cold chain projects have been sanctioned during the last three years, including 5 projects in the
state of Odisha. No project has been approved under the Mega Food Park scheme as the scheme has been
discontinued w.e.f. 01.04.2021 with provision only for committed liabilities during 15th Finance Commission
cycle.
The details of the component schemes under PMKSY along with their objective are placed at Annexure.
With Creation of Food Processing Infrastructure, the demand for Farm produce which is raw material for
Food Processing industries increases leading to better prices to farmers and increasing farm gate profitability.
Under component schemes of PMKSY till June, 2025, a total of 1601 projects have been approved out of
which 1133 are operational/completed, benefitting 3415102number of farmers.
Creation of post-harvest infrastructure and processing facilities lead to reduction in post-harvest losses. The
component schemes under PMKSY provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid to entrepreneurs
for setting up of food processing/preservation infrastructure which, inter-alia, includes cold storages and
refrigerated vehicles to minimize post-harvest losses.
As per the Evaluation Study conducted and submitted to the Ministry by NABARD Consultancy Services
Pvt. Ltd. (NABCONS) in 2020 on “Impact of Units Implemented under Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain
and Value Addition Infrastructure assisted by Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)”, it was
highlighted that due to interventions of the Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure Scheme
of Ministry of Food Processing Industries, while all sectors had shown some decrease in wastages, but Fruits
& Vegetables, Dairy and Fisheries sector had shown significant reduction in wastages.
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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STK
ANNEXURE
Scheme Objectives
(i) Integrated Cold Chain To provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities,
and Value Addition without any break, from the farm gate to the consumer.Infrastructure
Development/ creation of modern infrastructure and common facilities to
( i i ) C r e a t i o n o f
encourage group of entrepreneurs to set up food processing units based on
Infrastructure for Agro
cluster approach by linking groups of producers/ farmers to the processors
Processing Clusters
and markets through well-equipped supply chain with modern infrastructure
Creation of processing and preservation capacities for food products for
(iii) Creation/Expansion of
enhancing their shelf life and setting up of new food processing units,
Food Processing and
modernization/ expansion of existing food processing units to increase level
Preservation Capacities
of processing, value addition thereby leading to reduction of wastage.
To increase farmers’ income by supporting the processing infrastructure in
production clusters and FPOs and by linking farmers with the markets.
(iv) Operation Greens Reduction of post-harvest losses by creating infrastructure facilities from
farm to consumption point, and to increase food processing and value
addition capacities by creating linkages among production clusters.
To strengthen the food quality control infrastructure and to make it available
(v) Scheme for food safety
to the food processing sector and other stakeholders to ensure compliance
& Quality assurance
with domestic and international food safety standards and to reduce the
Infrastructure
Turn-around Time (TAT) for analysis of food samples.
To undertake demand driven R&D work for the benefit of food processing
(vi) Human Resource and industry in terms of product and process development, efficient
Institutions (R&D) technologies, improved packaging, value addition etc. with commercial
value.
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