Financial Assistance Scheme for agri product APEDA schemes

Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS)

The Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) is an export promotion scheme run by APEDA. The scheme aims to facilitate the export of agri-products by providing assistance to exporters. It achieves its objective through the following – Financial Assistance Scheme for agri product APEDA schemes-consultants for import export

• Understanding the several challenges faced by agri-exporters.  
• Acknowledging the need for assistance to successfully navigate through these challenges and achieve objectives of APEDA.
• Financial assistance is provided in three broad areas, namely: Development of Export Infrastructure, Quality Development and Market Development.

I – Development of Export Infrastructure

• Infrastructure such as pack house facilities with packing/grading lines
• Pre- cooling units with cold storages and refrigerated transportation etc.
• Cable system for handling of crops like banana
• Common infrastructure facilities
• Pre-shipment treatment facilities such as irradiation, Vapour Heat Treatment (VHT), Hot· Water Dip Treatment (HWDT) for compliance to Phyto-Sanitary requirements of importing countries
• Infrastructure for processing facilities (process food sector) for addressing missing gaps  which may include equipment like X-ray, Screening, Sortex, filth / metal detector, sensors, vibrators or any new equipment or technology for food safety and quality requirements

ii) Quality Development

• Installation of quality management systems,
• Laboratory testing equipment,
• Hand held devicesfor capturing farmlevel peripheral coordinatesfortraceability systems· and testing of samples etc.
• Testing of water, soil, residues or pesticides, veterinary drugs, hormones, toxins, heavy· metal, contaminants etc.             
• Implementation and Certification of quality and Food Safety Management Systems for all APEDA scheduled products.
• The assistance will be upto 50% of the total cost subject to a ceiling of Rs. 5 lakh per certification. The assistance will also be applicable for renewal of certifications
• Procuring hand-held devices including cost of software for capturing farm level peripheral coordinates for traceability systems. This will include any electronic management system, software, block chain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), or any other high precision technology
• The assistance will be up to 50% of the cost of equipment subject to a ceiling of Rs. 20 lakh per beneficiary

iii) Market Development

• Participation in International trade fairs
• Exchange of trade delegations
• Organizing buyer seller meets
• Developing packaging standards for new products and upgrading the existing standards

Component wise financial assistance

Assistance is available for creation of capital assets; integrated pack-house, purchase of insulated refrigerated transport vehicles/mobile pre-cooling unit, single or multiple products processing facilities, cold store/ warehouses, carbon dioxide generators, fumigated stores and Silos etc- APEDA schemes

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