Role of Private Sector and State Governments in Development of Food Parks

       Ministry is implementing Mega Food Park (MFP) Scheme to create modern infrastructure for food processing. The Mega Food Parks may be set up by private promoters as well as State Government / its entities / cooperatives.

       Details of the Mega Food Parks sanctioned to private sector in the country is given at Annexure.

       Under the MFP Scheme, financial assistance is provided as grants-in-aid @50% of the eligible project cost in general areas and 75% of eligible project cost in difficult and hilly areas i.e. North East Region including Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Integrated Tribal Development Projects (ITDP) notified areas of the States subject to a maximum Rs. 50.00 crore per project.

       Under the guidelines of the MFP Scheme, an important role has been envisaged of the State Government in implementation of the projects, as under:-

1. Providing assistance to Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in procurement/purchase of suitable land.

ii.Providing all the requisite statutory clearances including permission for sub- leasing of land by SPV, wherever needed, for setting up the MFP and its components thereof and  providing the necessary assistance for Power, Water,                   roads and other external infrastructure to the project

iii.                Providing flexible and conducive labour environment and consider special facilities like    exemption of stamp duty, VAT/Sales Tax exemption etc. for the   MFP and the units  located in the MFP.

1. Monitor the implementation of project.
2. Nominates a suitable officer to be appointed as Ministry’s nominee Director in the SPV.
3. Providing a fast track single window agency to facilitate clearances and permissions required for the project.

            This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3037 FOR ANSWER ON 12^TH AUGUST, 2016 REGARDING ROLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR AND STATE GOVERNMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD PARKS

DETAILS OF MEGA FOOD PARKS SANCTIONED TO PRIVATE SECTOR

(Rs. in Crore)