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Prime Minister-Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM-FME)

7.56 Under the ANB Mission, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has launched
a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme, PM-FME with a total outlay of ₹ 10,000 crore over the
period 2020-2025. Under the scheme, One District One Product (ODOP) status for 137 unique
products in 710 districts of 35 States/ UTs has been approved by the Ministry. 75 proposals for
incubation with an outlay of ₹ 200.30 crore have been sanctioned/approved out of which 52
proposals were approved in 2020-21 and 23 in 2021-22.

Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY)

7.57 Under the umbrella central sector scheme PMKSY, the Ministry is implementing various
component schemes, inter-alia, including (i) Mega Food Parks, (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and
Value Addition Infrastructure, (iii) Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters, (iv) Creation of
Backward and Forward Linkages (v) Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation
Capacities, (vi) Operation Greens and (vii) Food Testing Laboratories. The status of projects
sanctioned and completed /operational as on 28.12.2021 may be seen in Figure 26.

Figure 26: Status of projects sanctioned and completed/operational under PMKSY

Source: Based on data received from MoFPI.
TOP Scheme

7.58 Operation Greens Scheme was announced in the Union Budget for 2018-19 to promote
Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), agri-logistics, processing facilities and professional
management for Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops. The Scheme was launched with two
components:

(i) Long term: Value Chain Development Projects - Under this, support is provided to capital
investment projects for TOP crops. In pursuance of Budget announcement 2021-22, the scope of
this scheme has been expanded from TOP to Twenty-Two Perishable products.
(ii) Short term: Price Stabilization Measures - Under this, subsidy is provided at the rate of 50
per cent on transportation and storage at the time of harvest for evacuation of surplus production
of TOP crops from the producing area to the consumption centres. Transportation subsidy under
the scheme was also extended to Kisan Rail Scheme w.e.f. 12.10.2020. The scope of short-
term measures under the scheme was extended from TOP to TOTAL (41 notified fruits and
vegetables) w.e.f. 11.06.2020 as a part of ANB announcement. Transport subsidy of ₹ 115.01