In order to minimise the post-harvest losses and enhance value addition in the agricultural produce, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), has been implementing the ‘Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure Scheme’, which is a component of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojna (PMKSY).
A total of 353 projects have been approved under the scheme till date for various States/UTs.
The details of funds allotted and expanded during 2016-17 to 2021-22 are:
|
Year
|
Budget Estimate (Rupees in Crores)
|
Revised Estimate (Rupees in Crores)
|
Expenditure (Rupees in Crores)
|
|
2016-17
|
158.23
|
185.21
|
184.88
|
|
2017-18
|
180.00
|
198.68
|
196.15
|
|
2018-19
|
400.00
|
271.59
|
244.74
|
|
2019-20
|
290.00
|
326.16
|
271.12
|
|
2020-21
|
349.71
|
252.58
|
207.40
|
|
2021-22
|
227.60
|
-
|
53.45
(as
on 30.06.2021)
|
Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Prahlad Singh Patel gave this information in a written reply in Lok Sabha.