- The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been implementing a Central Sector Umbrella Scheme ”Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojna (PMKSY)”.
- The fund allocation for PMKSY for the financial year 2024-25 was ₹ 630 crore.
- The component schemes under PMKSY are as under:
- Integrated Cold Chain & Value Addition Infrastructure (ICC&VAI)
- Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters (APC)
- Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC)
- Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure (FSQAI)
- Human Resources and Institutions (Research & Development)
- Operation Greens (OG)
- Mega Food Parks (Discontinued w.e.f. 01.04.2021)
- Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (Discontinued w.e.f. 01.04.2021)
- Under PMKSY, financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid is provided to eligible entities including Public & Private sector companies, proprietorship firms, partnership firms, LLPs, Cooperatives / FPOs/FPCs / SHGs on reimbursement basis for setting up of food processing/preservation/ testing / analysis infrastructure and for carrying out Research & Development activities in food processing & allied sectors all over the country including Himachal Pradesh.
