A total of 3323 application were received for assistance under component schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana(PMKSY) of Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The component schemes of PMKSY include- (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) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure (FTL), (vii) Human Resources and Institutions- Research & Development and Skill Development and (viii) Operation Greens.
Officers of the level of Joint Secretary do coordination and monitoring of the projects assisted under each component scheme of PMKSY. The Ministry has also engaged professional agencies as Program Management Agencies for assistance in implementation of the schemes.
The State-wise applications pending under Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana, as on 05.02.2021, is as follws:
State wise applications pending under PMKSY (as on 05.02.2021)
| States | No of Applications pending | |||
| Andhra Pradesh | 15 | |||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 9 | |||
| Assam | 11 | |||
| Bihar | 2 | |||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | |||
| Goa | 0 | |||
| Gujarat | 14 | |||
| Haryana | 24 | |||
| Himachal Pradesh | 9 | |||
| Jharkhand | 2 | |||
| Karnataka | 21 | |||
| Kerala | 12 | |||
| Madhya Pradesh | 22 | |||
| Maharashtra | 65 | |||
| Manipur | 1 | |||
| Meghalaya | 0 | |||
| Mizoram | 3 | |||
| Nagaland | 0 | |||
| Odisha | 4 | |||
| Punjab | 7 | |||
| Rajasthan | 14 | |||
| Sikkim | 0 | |||
| Tamil Nadu | 25 | |||
| Telangana | 9 | |||
| Tripura | 1 | |||
| Uttarakhand | 4 | |||
| Uttar Pradesh | 13 | |||
| West Bengal | 1 | |||
| Andaman and Nicobar | 1 | |||
| Chandigarh | 1 | |||
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 0 | |||
| Daman and Diu | 0 | |||
| Delhi | 2 | |||
| Jammu and Kashmir | 3 | |||
| Lakshadweep | 0 | |||
| Puducherry | 0 | |||
| Total | 297 | |||
This information was given by the Minister of State for Food and Processing Industries, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.