Context:
Parliamentary committee submits Report on “Scheme for Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC)
Recommendations of the Committee:
- Engagement of experts for providing assistance to probable applicants under the scheme.
- Improve the planning process and execution mechanism along with Additional Budgetary Allocation to address financial constraints.
- Balanced implementation of the scheme in States/UTs which do not have Mega Food Parks (MFPs)/Agro-processing Clusters (APCs)
- Example – Jharkhand, Goa, Pondicherry and Ladakh
Scheme for Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC):
- CEFPPC scheme – One of the components of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)
- Ministry – Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- Objective – Creation, expansion and modernization of Food Processing Units, to increase level of processing, and value addition and reduce wastage.
- Funding –
- 35% of project cost in General Areas
- 50% of project cost in Difficult Areas and for projects of SC/ST, FPOs and SHGs.
- Fund utilisation – 60% for units inside Mega Food Parks (MFPs)/Agro-processing Clusters (APCs) & 40% to units outside MFPs/APCs.
- Implementation – Through organizations like Central & State PSUs, Farmer Producers Organization (FPOs), SHGs, Cooperatives etc.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana:
- Launched in – 2016
- Ministry – Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- Status – Central Sector Scheme
- Aim –
- To supplement agriculture
- To modernise and expand existing food processing units
- To add value leading to the reduction of wastage
- Funding – Capital subsidy in the form of grants-in-aid ranging from 35% to 75% of the eligible project cost subject to a maximum specified limit is provided to investors.
- 7 components under the scheme –
- Mega Food Parks
- Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure.
- Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters.
- Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages.
- Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities.
- Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure.
- Human Resources and Institutions
Source: Economic Times
Previous Year Question
The economic cost of food grains to the Food Corporation of India is Minimum Support Price and bonus (if any) paid to the farmers plus:
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2019 Prelims]
(a) Transportation cost only
(b) Interest cost only
(c) Procurement incidentals and distribution cost
(d) Procurement incidentals and charges for godowns
Answer: (c)
