Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development

 

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION UNDER PMKSY

Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development

The Ministry of Food Processing industries (MoFPI) has been implementing Central Sector umbrella scheme Pradhan MantriKisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) for overall growth and development of food processing sector with an outlay of Rs. 6000 Crore for the period 2016-17 to 2019-20. The period has since been extended to FY 2020-21. PMKSY is expected to generate 5,30,500 direct/ indirect employments in the country. An additional new scheme "Operation Greens (OG)" was introduced in PMKSY in November, 2018 with an outlay of Rs 500 Crores. 

The component schemes of PMKSY are – (i) Mega Food Park;  (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure; (iii) Creation /Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities; (iv) Infrastructure for Agro-ProcessingClusters; (v) Creation of Backward & Forward linkages; (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure; (vii) Human Resource and Institutions; and   (viii) Operation Greens. 

Some of the steps / policy measures to promote overall growth of food processing sector and generate employment opportunities are as follows

 

 

 

iii.    Food& agro-based processing units and cold chain has been included as agricultural activity under Priority Sector Lending norms in April 2015. 

 

iv.    100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under the automatic route has been permitted. Subsequently, 100% FDI was permitted under government approved route for retail trading, including through e-commerce, in respect of food products manufactured/ produced in India in 2016-17.

 

v.     Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has allowed ingredient and additive based approvals in place of product-by-product approval.

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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The Ministry of Food Processing industries (MoFPI) has been implementing Central Sector umbrella scheme Pradhan MantriKisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) for overall growth and development of food processing sector with an outlay of Rs. 6000 Crore for the period 2016-17 to 2019-20. The period has since been extended to FY 2020-21. PMKSY is expected to generate 5,30,500 direct/ indirect employments in the country. An additional new scheme "Operation Greens (OG)" was introduced in PMKSY in November, 2018 with an outlay of Rs 500 Crores. 

The component schemes of PMKSY are – (i) Mega Food Park;  (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure; (iii) Creation /Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities; (iv) Infrastructure for Agro-ProcessingClusters; (v) Creation of Backward & Forward linkages; (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure; (vii) Human Resource and Institutions; and   (viii) Operation Greens. 

Some of the steps / policy measures to promote overall growth of food processing sector and generate employment opportunities are as follows

 

 

 

iii.    Food& agro-based processing units and cold chain has been included as agricultural activity under Priority Sector Lending norms in April 2015. 

 

iv.    100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under the automatic route has been permitted. Subsequently, 100% FDI was permitted under government approved route for retail trading, including through e-commerce, in respect of food products manufactured/ produced in India in 2016-17.

 

v.     Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has allowed ingredient and additive based approvals in place of product-by-product approval.

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.