Conservation and processing of agricultural produce under PMKSY
19 July 2022, New Delhi: A total of 17 projects for food processing have been approved by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries under various sub-schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Smpada Yojana (PMKSY) in 2021-22 having processing capacity of 3.6428 Lakh MT/annum and preservation capacity of 2.2149 Lakh MT/annum.
(b): The details of 17 projects are as under:
| SN | Scheme | Number of Approved Projects |
| 1 | Agro Processing Clusters (APC) | 7 |
| 2 | Creation/Expansion of Food Processing/Preservation Capacity (CEFPPC) | 3 |
| 3 | Integrated Cold Chain & Value Addition Infrastructure (ICC) | 5 |
| 4 | Mega Food Parks (MFP) | 2 |
| Total | 17 |
(c): The 17 projects sanctioned in 2021-22 have employment capacity of 11,137.
This information was given by Minister of State for M/o Food Processing Industries, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today
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