Year End Review-2015 for the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Year End Review-2015 for the Ministry of Food
Processing Industries
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YEAR END REVIEW
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The food processing sector has
emerged as an important segment of the Indian economy in terms of its
contribution to GDP, employment and investment. During 2014-15, the sector
constituted as much as 9.0 per cent and 10.1 per cent of GDP in Manufacturing
and Agriculture sector, respectively. Food Processing Industries sector
has grown at 7.1 per cent during this period. The Ministry of Food
Processing Industries is implementing various schemes for providing impetus to
the development of food processing sector.
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The Ministry has been implementing schemes for infrastructure development
having components of Mega Food Parks; Cold Chain and Abattoirs. The milestones
achieved in implementation of the schemes during 2015 are as under:
MEGA FOOD PARKS
· The Scheme of Mega Food
Park was launched to provide modern infrastructure for food processing units in
the country on pre-identified cluster basis.
· The scheme envisages
financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid @ 50% of the eligible project
cost in general areas and @ 75% in difficult areas, subject to a maximum of
Rs.50.00 crore per project.
· Presently, 39 Mega Food
Parks have been granted approval. Out of these, 5 Mega Food Parks have become
operational and remaining are under implementation.
· During the current year, 16
Mega Food Park projects have been given in-principle approval, 9 Mega Food
Parks have accorded final approval and 1 project at Nalbari (Assam) has been
made operational. 3 projects at Jangipur (West Bengal), Khargon (Madhya Pradesh)
and Ranchi (Jharkhand) are likely to be operationalized by 31st March,
2016.
· It is expected that on an
average, each project will have around 30-35 food processing units with a
collective investment of Rs. 250 crores that would eventually lead to annual
turnover of about Rs. 450-500 crores and creation of direct and indirect
employment to the extent of about 30,000 persons.
Food Processing
Fund at NABARD
· To support the Mega Food
Parks and the food processing units to be set up in such food parks by making
available affordable credit, a Special Fund of Rs.2000 crore has been set up in
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 2014-15. This
fund called ‘Food Processing Fund’ was operationalized with effect from
11.11.2014. Loan at concessional rate of interest may be availed from
this fund for establishing food parks and food processing units in the
Designated Food parks.
· So far, the Ministry has
notified 148 food parks in which concessional credit can be availed by food
processing units. A loan of Rs. 519.20 crore has been sanctioned to 12 Mega
Food Projects.
Cold Chain
Scheme
· The Cold Chain Scheme was
launched to provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure
facilities without any break, from the farm gate to the consumer.
· The scheme envisages
financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid @ 50% of the total cost of
plant and machinery and technical civil works in general areas and 75% for
difficult areas subject to a maximum of Rs.10.00 crore.
· Government has approved 138
cold chain projects during 2009-2015 which will create a capacity of 118 lakh
LPD of milk processing, 4.76 lakh MT of cold storage, 119 MT/ hour of IQF and
810 number of reefer van. These include 30 new cold chain projects approved by
this Ministry in May, 2015.
· 70 projects have become
operational till December, 2015 and 68 projects are under implementation. The
capacity created by 70 completed projects is 93.8395 lakh LPD of milk
processing, 295933.1 MT of cold storage, 75.038 MT/ hour of IQF and 440 number
of reefer vans.
· Of this, 19 cold chain
projects have been completed during 2015 creating capacity of 10 lakh LPD of
milk processing, 55820 MT of cold storage, 9.25 MT/ hour of IQF and 80 number
of reefer vans.
Modernisation/
Setting up of Abattoirs
· Under the Scheme for Setting-up/Modernisation
of Abattoirs, grant-in-aid is given
to Local Bodies/Public Sector Undertakings etc. for establishment of modern
abattoirs and modernisation of existing abattoirs.
· The scheme envisaged grant-in-aid
@50% of the project cost in general areas and 75% for North Eastern Region and
difficult areas subject to a maximum of Rs.15.00 crore per abattoir.
· Out of 40 approved
projects, 5 Abattoirs have become operational which includes 1 (one) Abattoir
project in Hyderabad completed this year. 1 project at Vishakhapatnam is likely
to be completed shortly.
· The Scheme has since been
subsumed under NMFP w.e.f. 01/04/2014. NMFP has been delinked from Central
Government support w.e.f. 2015-16 except for UTs.
Food Testing
Laboratories
· The Ministry is
implementing a Scheme for Quality Assurance for setting up of Food Testing
Laboratories.
· The scheme envisages 100%
grant-in-aid to Government agencies and 50% to Private Organisations /
Universities for the cost of equipment and @25% of cost of Technical Civil Work
and Furniture & Fixtures in general areas and higher grant @ 33% in difficult
areas.
· So far, 42 Food Testing
Labs have been completed.
· Presently, 40 Food Testing
Labs are under implementation.
· 5 Food Testing Labs have
been completed during current year.
Technology Up
gradation Scheme
· The Ministry is also
processing the proposals of committed liabilities of 11th Plan
of Scheme of Technology Up gradation/ Modernization/ Establishment of Food
Processing Industries.
· During current year, 540
cases were approved amounting to Rs.95.33 crore. Out of this, 173 cases
are of 1st installment amounting to Rs.32.87 crore and 367
cases are of 2nd installment amounting to Rs.63.57 crore.
NIFTEM
· National Institute of Food
Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) located at Kundli,
Haryana is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Food
Processing Industries. It has been accorded a deemed to be University under
de-novo category on 08.05.2012.
· NIFTEM imparts B.Tech,
M.Tech, Ph.D courses and research work in food technology and engineering.
· NIFTEM is also conducting
Skill Development trainings and outreach programmes for the benefit of
students, farmers and entrepreneurs. It has conducted 104 such programmes
skilling 8469 persons. NIFTEM has trained 44 persons under the PMKVY scheme.
· Their M. Tech. students are
getting 100% placements in leading food processing industries and also doing
commendable research.
· NIFTEM has also initiated a
unique initiative “Village adoption program” for linking rural entrepreneurs
and farmers. In this programme students of B. Tech (Food Technology &
Management) and M. Tech students are divided into groups of 10 to 12 students
under the guidance of Faculty (Mentor) and adopt a village and nurse it during
the entire programme of study. The groups go and stay in the village twice a
year for about 10-12 days each time in each semester. This is a two way
learning process where while villagers gain scientific and technical knowledge
through students who promote future possibilities of food processing among
them, students obtain firsthand experience of Indian rural scenario and
understand traditional processing technologies adopted by the villagers.
· So far, 9 visits have been
accomplished under this programme covering 39 villages across 18 States.
· Recognizing the efforts of
Village Adoption Porgramme, NIFTEM was awarded the Agriculture Leadership
Award for the year 2015 in the area of promoting rural entrepreneurship in
rural sector. The efforts of NIFTEM were assessed by a Committee headed by Dr
M.S. Swaminathan, father of Indian Green Revolution. The Award ceremony was
organized by Agriculture Today Group on 18.9.2015 in New Delhi. Dr Ajit Kumar,
Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, received the award from the hands of Shri Rajnath Singh,
Hon’ble Home Minister of India in the presence of Shri Kaptan Singh
Solanki, Hon’ble Governor of Haryana.
IICPT
· The Indian Institute of
Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) is a pioneer Research and Development and
Educational Institution under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries,
Government of India. The Institute was
upgraded as a national institute and called as Indian Institute of Crop
Processing Technology. IICPT has now state of art facilities including
NABL accredited Food Safety and Quality Testing Laboratory; ISO 9000, 14000 and
22000 Certified Food Processing Business Incubation cum- Training Centre; AICTE
approved Teaching Laboratories and Research Laboratories.
· IICPT’s Academic programmes
are affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). Current year
intake: 46, 10, and 4 in B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Food Process
Engineering, respectively and 10 in M.Tech. in Food Science and Technology.
· At present, IICPT has
developed and commercialized 28 technologies (eg. idli dry mix to Supreme
Power Food Products, SSR Products and others).
· 25 gadgets and 6
technologies are ready for commercialization.
· The Institute has
filed for 15 patents.
· IICPT has conducted over
293 skill development programmes during the past year, for over 4122
beneficiaries. Out of these, 17 have established their own industries and 51
have secured industry-based jobs (especially after the programme).
· The institute is affiliated
to Food Industry Capacity and Skill Initiative (FICSI) as a Training Provider
under PMKVY.
· Training on modern
techniques for rice quality analysis for 400 QC officers of Tamil Nadu Civil
Supply Corporation (TNCSC), at Food Safety and Quality Testing Laboratory.
· IICPT has a FSSAI referral
laboratory for food sample testing and analysis.
· Food testing services
utilized and benefited by 921 beneficiaries.
· Mobile Food Testing
Laboratory inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister of State, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and
has been taken to the field (across different parts of the state) for demonstrations
and popularization.
· IICPT is doing consultancy
services for nutritional labeling, shelf-life studies and food quality analysis
for 2 industries, technical guidelines for establishment of Modern Rice Mills
for 3 beneficiaries, guidelines for improvements in rice milling systems for
> 10 beneficiaries, and has provided technical solutions to existing
problems in various other food industries.
· A Regional Center of IICPT
has been established at Guwahati, Assam. During the current year 2015, 36 skill
training programmes for 482 beneficiaries were organized there.
Skill Development
· The Ministry is associating
with the Sector Skill Council i.e., Food Industry Capacity & Skill
Initiatives (FICSI) in taking forward skill development in Food Processing
Sector.
· So far, FICSI has
developed 52 draft Qualification Packs (QPs) for food processing industry out
of which 27 QPs are approved by QRC (Qualification Review Committee).
· Skill development programme
has been launched in 30 Centres across 11 States of the country on 4th September,
2015. So far, 12182 persons have been enrolled for training and 124
training centres have been affiliated in 25 States.
· On Ministry’s
initiative a module on entrepreneurship has been added in all trainings to make
them more meaningful and result oriented. Course curriculum for these QPs
is being developed by NIFTEM to ensure quality and standardized content which
is also being shared with all States and Universities.
Research and
Development
· List of R&D research
projects/ findings have been uploaded on the Ministry’s website for better
dissemination, commercial adoption and use by the farmer & entrepreneur.
· An R&D portal is in the
process of being set up at NIFTEM to disseminate the outcome of the R&D
projects assisted by the Ministry and catalogue all research in the food
processing sector in the country.
· All the Vice Chancellors of
State Agricultural Universities, State governments have been requested to take
up R&D projects which are farmer centric so that the findings are available
with the stakeholders. They have also been requested to disseminate the
information available in MoFPI website and also to submit their research
findings for uploading on Ministry’s website and R&D portal.
Investors’
Portal
· An Investors’ Portal has
been developed by the Ministry with the intention to disseminate information on
the state-specific resource potential, policy support and fiscal incentives
offered to investors in food processing sector. The investors, both
domestic & foreign, can also seek guidance on specific issues by using
information available on the portal.
Food Maps
· Surplus and deficient areas
of various agricultural and horticultural produce in the country have been
identified. It will help in planning processing clusters by means of setting up
suitable facilities in different parts of the country. The map is available on
the website of the Ministry.
Exemption From Service Tax
· At the behest of the
Ministry the services of pre-conditioning, pre-cooling, ripening, waxing,
retail packing, labeling of fruits & vegetables have been exempted from
Service Tax w.e.f. 01/04/2015.
Priority Sector Lending
· At the behest of the
Ministry Reserve Bank of India has issued guidelines dated 23.04.2015,for
bank loans to food and agro processing units to form part of Agriculture for
Priority Sector Lending (PSL) subject to aggregate sanction limit of Rs. 100
crore per borrower. It will ensure greater flow of credit to entrepreneurs for
setting up of food processing units and attract investment in the sector.
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