SETTING UP OF FOOD PARKS
LOK SABHA
The scheme for setting
up of food parks is in existence since Eighth Five Year Plan period.
The assistance is provided for creation of common facilities in
Food Parks, such as cold storage/warehousing facilities, effluent
treatment plant, quality control and analytical laboratory etc.
The Ministry does not set up food parks of its own.
The Ministry have
provided financial sanction in respect of 38 food parks- one each
in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Orissa, Punjab,
Tamil Nadu and Tripura; two each in Haryana, Karnataka, Manipur
and Rajasthan; three each in Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, UP &
West Bengal; four in Maharashtra and six in Madhya Pradesh. Work
on one food park each in Tamil Nadu and Kerala has been completed.
Till June 30, 2003
the Ministry had released assistance to the tune of Rs. 84.71
crores under the scheme for setting up of food parks.
This information
was given in Lok Sabha today by Shri N.T. Shanmugam, Minister
of State for Food Processing Industries in a written reply.
