Food Processing Subsidy for Sc St Category

The government is inviting proposals from entrepreneurs belonging to the SC/ST category and the North-East Region (NER) for food processing subsidies under the “PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA” scheme.

1. Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters

Components of the Scheme:

Basic enabling infrastructure: It will include site development including development of industrial plots, boundary wall, roads, drainage, water supply, electricity supply including power backup, effluent treatment plant, parking bay, weigh bridges, common office space etc

Core infrastructure: The common facilities will be based on the needs of the units which will be set up in these clusters. The common facilities of capital intensive nature may include food testing laboratory, cleaning, grading, sorting and packing facilities, steam generation boilers, dry warehouse, cold storage, pre-cooling chambers, ripening chambers, IQF, specialized packaging, other common processing facilities, etc

Pattern of Assistance

The Scheme envisages grants-in-aid @ 35% of eligible project cost in general areas and @50% of eligible project cost in the North East States including Sikkim and difficult areas namely Himalayan States (i.e. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), State notified ITDP areas & Islands of Union Territories of Lakshadweep and Andaman & Incobar Islands subject to max. of Rs. 10.00 crore per project

2. Scheme for Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC)

Eligible sectors:

Food processing sectors eligible under the Scheme includes – (i). Fruits & vegetables processing, (ii). Milk Processing (iii). Meat/poultry/fish processing, (iv). Ready to Eat / Ready to Cook Food Products/ Breakfast cereals/ Snacks / bakery and other food products including nutritional health foods. (v). Grains/pulses, oil seed milling and processing based on modern technology. (vi). Modern Rice milling. (vii). Other agri-horti products including spices, coconut, soybean, mushroom processing, honey processing, etc. (viii). Fruits/ Honey based wines. (ix). Natural Food flavors, food additives/ food extracts & colours, oleoresins, guar gum, cocoa products etc. (x). Manufacturing jaggery from sugarcane and value added products from jaggery (as raw material) except sugar mills. (xi). Any other sector that makes food products fit for human consumption. (xii). Animal feed manufacturing unit to be set up in Mega Food Parks and Agro Processing Clusters approved by the Ministry from time to time.

Pattern of assistance:

The scheme envisages financial assistance to food processing units in the form of grant-in-aid as under: (i). 35% of the eligible project cost subject to a maximum of Rs. 5.00 crore in General Areas; (ii). 50% of the eligible project cost subject to a maximum of Rs. 5.00 crore in North Eastern States (including Sikkim) and Difficult areas i.e. Himalayan States/UTs (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir), State Notified ITDP areas and Islands (Union Territories of Andaman& Nicobar and Lakshadweep).

3. INTEGRATED COLD CHAIN

Eligible facilities for calculation of grant

Assistance under the scheme can be availed for creation of the following facilities:

(a) Integrated Pack-house (with mechanized sorting & grading line/ packing line/ waxing line/ staging cold rooms, etc.)

(b) Ripening Chamber(s)

 (c) Cold Storage Unit(s) [Associated with value addition]

 (d) Controlled Atmosphere (CA) storage [Associated with value addition]

 (e) Frozen Storage/Deep freezers [Associated with value addition]

 (f) IQF line, Tunnel Freezer, Spiral Freezer, Blast Freezer, Plate Freezer

(g) Vacuum Freeze Drying

(h) Milk Chilling / Bulk Milk Cooling/ Automatic Milk Collection Unit/ Milk Processing Unit

(i) Poultry/Meat/Marine/Fishery Processing Unit (j) Packaging line for chilled /frozen/temperature      controlled products (k) Food Irradiation unit (l) Refrigerated/ Insulated transport (m)Pre Cooling Unit(s) (j) Mobile pre-coolers

(k) Packing Line For chilled / Frozen /temperature-controlled products

(l)Retail refrigerated cart , temperature controlled solar powered retail carts

(m) Reefer Boats

(n)Refrigerated Container including multi modal container unit

(o) Renewable / alternate energy technologies for the project.

(p) Accessories / support Infrastructure /

Components of the Scheme

Farm Level Infrastructure –  which may include processing center, situated in the catchment area of the targeted produce.

Distribution hub – This shall have a modern multi-product, multi-temperature cold storage.

Refrigerated – vans/ refrigerated trucks/ insulated vans/mobile insulated tankers

Pattern of assistance: –

The scheme will have two types of pattern of financial assistance

(a)For storage infrastructure including Pack House and Pre cooling unit, ripening chamber and transport infrastructure, grant-in-aid @ 35% for General Areas and @ 50% for North East States, Himalayan States, Islands & ITDP Areas, of the total cost of plant & machinery and technical civil works will be provided.

(b) For value addition and processing infrastructure including frozen storage/ deep freezers associated and integral to the processing, grant-in-aid @ 50% for General Areas and @ 75% for North East States, Himalayan States, Islands & ITDP Areas, will be provided.

(c) For irradiation facilities grant-in-aid will be provided @ 50% for General Areas and @ 75% for North East States, Himalayan States, Islands & ITDP Areas.

4. Operation Greens — Long Term Interventions

Operation Greens — Long Term Infrastructure Scheme
Crop	Clusters	Deficient Infrastructure
ANDHRA PR		ADESH
Banana	Cluster-1- Ananthapuramu & Kadapa (YSR)	Integrated pack house with ripening chamber, reefer van and secondary processing facilities of chips/ flour unit/ puree/ value addition unit
	Cluster-2- East Godavari, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam & Vizianagaram
Mango	Cluster-1- Ananthapuramu, Chittoor & Kadapa (YSR)	Integrated pack house with pre cooling, cold storage, sorting/ grading/ packing line, reefer van and secondary processing facilities of aseptic pulp line with concentrate facility/ RTSB packing line/ IQF unit/ blast freezing unit
	Cluster-2- Krishna
Shrimp	Cluster-1-    East    Godavari, Krishna & West Godavari	Automatic grading, weighing & packing with X-ray vision graders and packer, value addition facility (Breaded Prawn Processing & Marinated Prawn Processing)
	ASSA	M
Pineapple	Cluster-1-Dima Hasao, East Karbi Anglong, Kamrup & West Karbi Anglong	Integrated pack house with pre cooling, sorting/ grading/ packing line, reefer van and canning line
	BIHAR
Guava	Cluster-1- Muzaffarpur, Nalanda & Patna	Integrated pack house with cold storage and secondary processing facility of ascetic pulp line with concentrate facility/ RTSB packing line
Litchi	Cluster-1- Muzaffarpur, Pashchim Champaran Purbi Champaran, Sitamarhi & Vaishali,	integrated pack house with sulphitation chamber/acid dip chamber and secondary processing facility of pulping canning & bottling unit facility/ RTSB packing line/ blast freezing unit with deshelling & deseeding machine for frozen pulp
	GUJAR	AT
Banana	Cluster-1- Anand, Bharuch, Chhotaudepur, Narmada, Surat & Vadodara	Integrated   pack    house    with    ripening chamber, reefer van and secondary processing facilities of chips/ flour unit/ puree/ value addition unit
Mango	Cluster-1- Navsari & Valsad

	Cluster-2- Junagadh & Rajkot	Integrated pack house with pre cooling, cold storage, sorting/ grading/ packing line, reefer van and secondary processing facilities of aseptic pulp line with concentrate facility/ RTSB packing line/ IQF unit/ blast freezing unit
Pomegranate	Cluster-1- Banaskantha & Kachchh	Integrated pack house with reefer van and secondary processing facility of juice line/ frozen aril unit / fresh aril unit
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Apple	Cluster-1- Kinnaur, Kullu & Shimla	Integrated pack house with sorting/ grading/ packing line, CA store with optical grader, reefer van and secondary processing juice concentrate line
JAMMU & KASHMIR
Apple	Cluster-1- Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Kulgam, Kupwara, Pulwama & Shopian	Integrated pack house with sorting/ grading/ packing line, CA store with optical grader, reefer van and secondary processing juice concentrate line
MADHYA PRADESH
Amla (Aonla)	Cluster-1- Chhindwara, Katni, Rewa, Shahdol & Sidhi	Integrated pack house and secondary processing facilities of juice, murabba, powder, candy
Guava	Cluster-1- Dhar, Indore & Khargone	Integrated pack house with cold storage and secondary processing facility of ascetic pulp line with concentrate facility/ RTSB packing line
	Cluster-2- Bhopal, Sehore & Vidisha
	Cluster-3- Gwalior, Morena & Sheopur

Orange / Mandarin / Kinnow	Cluster-1- Agar Malwa, Rajgarh & Shajapur	Integrated pack house and secondary processing facility of juice concentrate/ pulp processing/ tertiary unit (pectin & citrus peel oil)
	MAHAR	ASHTRA
Banana	Cluster-1- Jalgaon	Integrated pack house with ripening chamber, reefer van and secondary processing facilities of chips/ flour unit/ puree/ value addition unit

Grapes	Cluster-1- Nashik & Pune	integrated pack house with cold storage and secondary processing facility of drying
	Cluster-2- Sangli & Solapur
Mango	Cluster-1- Raigad, Ratnagiri & Sindhudurg	Integrated pack house with pre cooling, cold storage, sorting/ grading/ packing line, reefer van and secondary processing facilities of aseptic pulp line with concentrate facility/ RTSB packing line/ IQF unit/ blast freezing unit
Orange / Mandarin / Kinnow	Cluster-1- Akola, Amravati & Nagpur	Integrated pack house and secondary processing facility of juice concentrate/ pulp processing/ tertiary unit (pectin & citrus peel oil)
Pomegranate	Cluster-1- Ahmedna Et Nashik & Pune       g     ‘	Integrated pack house with reefer van and secondary processing facility of juice line/ frozen aril unit / fresh aril unit
	Cluster-2- Sangli & Solapur
	MEGHA	LAYA
Pincapplc	Cluster-1- Ri Bhoj	Integrated pack house with pre cooling, sorting/ grading/ packing line, reefer van and canning line
	Cluster-2 – East Garo Hills & West Garo Hills
	PUN	JAB
Orange / Mandarin / Kinnow	Cluster-1- Bathinda, Fazilka	Integrated pack house and secondary processing facility of juice concentrate/ pulp processing/ tertiary unit (pectin citrus peel oil)

4. SCHEME OF SETTING UP / UP GRADATION OF FOOD TESTING LABORATORIES

Eligible Items For Calculation Of Grant in aid

Equipment:

It Includes the equipment essential for the testing requirement of the food and food product being produced and manufactured in the catchment Area of the food testing laboratories

Technical Civil work and furniture and fixtures

It Includes only the component of civil work and furniture & Furniture’s essentials for installation and operationalization of the equipment

Eligible Entities

Any private organizations ( JV , Partnership , LLP )

Eligible Criteria

Term loan from the Bank for an amount not less than 20% of the total project cost in respect of proposals from General Areas. In case of proposals from Difficult Areas or proposals from SC/ST , term loan amount shall not be less than 10% of the total project cost.

Note: Difficult Area for proposals under this Scheme means North-Eastern States (including Sikkim), State of Uttarakhand, State of Himachal Pradesh, Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, State Notified ITDP areas and Islands (Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep).

NON REFUNDABLE FEE: 20000 in favour of “ PAY AND ACCOUNTS OFFICERS , Ministry of Food Processing Industries, New Delhi”.

Provided that the non – refundable fee shall be Rs . 15000for applications from SC/ST

Pattern of Assistance

Grants-in-aid will be considered @50% for projects in General Areas and @70% for projects in Difficult Areas as well as for projects of SC/ST of eligible cost of project AND 2 % of the eligible cost of approved equipment or Rs.15lakh , whichever is lower towards TCW and furniture and fixtures

Private Organization / entities are eligible for grant-in-aid of

1. 50%of the eligible cost of equipment and
2. 2% of the Eligible cost of approved equipment or Rs. 15.00lakh , whichever is lower , toward technical civil work and Furniture & Fixtures