Mega Food Park is a scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing (part of the Government of India) with the aim of establishing a "direct linkage from farm to processing and then to consumer markets" through a network of collection centres and primary processing centres. Its purpose was to increase processing of perishables from 6% to 20% and to increase India's share in global food trade by at least 3% up to year 2015.
According to an estimate, the Indian food industry was to grow from $200 million USD to $310 million USD in 2015 by this plan.
Highlights of scheme Source: Government provides grants up to Rs 50 crores for each food park to a consortium of companies. 30-35 food processing units are expected to be established. Collective investment of companies is expected to be at least 250 crores. A turnover of 400-500 crore and employment generation of at least 30000 from each mega food park is expected. A total of 42 Mega Food Parks have been sanctioned so far by MoFPI in six phases. These MFPs are to ensure backward linkages to the farmers, SHGs, JLVs etc. & enhance farmer income. Each MFP is supposed to connect with 25000 farmers. Government has envisaged building quality labs at each of the food parks as well
Status A sanction of 42 food parks has been planned, out of which 25 in various states have already been sanctioned with 17 pending, expression of interest is available from companies with the government. According to the Government, as of October 2016, 8 mega food parks have become operational and all 42 would be operational in the next 2 years.Mega Food Park
ParkCityStateStatus Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) Muzaffarpur Bihar Partly Operational Srini Mega Food Park Chittoor Andhra Pradesh Operational Godavari Mega Aqua Park Bhimavaram Andhra Pradesh Operational Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Mega Food Park Mallavalli Andhra Pradesh Under Implementation Rongoge Mega Food Park Naharlagun Arunachal Pradesh Under Implementation North East Mega Food Park Nalbari Assam Operational Pristine Mega Food Park Mansi Bihar Under Implementation Indus Best Mega Food Park Raipur Chhattisgarh Operational Fanidhar Mega Food Park Mehsana Gujarat Under Implementation Gujarat Agro Mega Food Park Surat Gujarat Operational Hafed Mega Food Park Rohtak Haryana Under Implementation HSIIDC Mega Food Park Sonipat Haryana Under Implementation Cremica Mega Food Park Una Himachal Pradesh Operational RFK Greens Food Park Pulwama Jammu and Kashmir Under Implementation Integrated Mega Food Park Tumkur Karnataka Operational Favorich Infra Pvt Ltd Mega Food Park Mandya Karnataka Under Implementation KSIDC Mega Food Park Alappuzha Kerala Under Implementation KINFRA Mega Food Park Palakkad Kerala Operational Indus Mega Food Park Khargone Madhya Pradesh Operational Avantee Mega Food Park Dewas Madhya Pradesh Operational Paithan Mega Food Park Aurangabad Maharashtra Operational Satara Mega Food Park Satara Maharashtra Operational Wardha Mega Food Park Wardha Maharashtra Under Implementation Manipur Food Industries Corporation Limited Mega Food Park Kakching Manipur Under Implementation Zoram Mega Food Park Khamrang Mizoram Under Implementation Doys Agri Resources Private Limited' Mega Food Park Dimapur Nagaland Under Implementation MITS Mega Food Park Khurda Odisha Under ImplementationDeras Seafood ParkKhurdaOdishaUnder Implementation International Mega Food Park Fazilka Punjab Operational MITS Mega Food Park Rayagada Odisha Operational Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Limited Mega Food Park Ludhiana Punjab Under Implementation Sukhjit Mega Food Park Kapurthala Punjab Under Implementation Greentech Mega Food Park Ajmer Rajasthan Operational Smart Agro Mega Food Park Nizamabad Telangana Operational TSFPS Mega Food Park Khammam Telangana Operational Tripura Mega Food Park Uttar Champamura Tripura Operational Patanjali Food and Herbal Park Haridwar Uttarakhand Operational Himalayan Mega Food Park Udham Singh Nagar Uttarakhand Operational Jangipur Bengal Mega Food Park Murshidabad West Bengal Operational
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