PM Kisan Sampada Yojana Extended

PM Kisan Sampada Yojana: Relevance

• GS 3: Food processing and related industries in India- scope’ and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.

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PM Kisan Sampada Yojana: Context

• Recently, Ministry of Food Processing Industries has extended the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)’ till March 2026.

PM Kisan Sampada Yojana: Key points

• The Ministry said that PMKSY has been extended for a period of 2021-22 to 2025-26 with an allocation of Rs 4,600 crore.
• PMKSY is a comprehensive package which will lead to creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet.

About PMKSY

• A Central sector scheme named SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) was approved by the Union cabinet in May 2017 for the period of 2016-20 coterminous with the 14th Finance Commission.
• The financial allocation of PMKSY was Rs. 6,000 crores.
• The scheme was renamed as PMKSY in August 2017.
• PMKSY objective: The objective of PMKSY is to supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease Agri-Waste.

PMKSY sub schemes

Mega Food Parks

• The Scheme of Mega Food Park aims at providing a mechanism to link agricultural production to the market by bringing together farmers, processors, and retailers.
• The objective of mega food parks is to ensure maximizing value addition, minimizing wastage, increasing farmers income, and creating employment opportunities particularly in rural sector.
• As of now, there are 22 Mega Food Parks operational in India.

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Integrated Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure

• The objective of the Scheme of Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure is to provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities, without any break, from the farm gate to the consumer.
• The scheme is under implementation since 2008.

Creation/Expansion of Food Processing/Preservation Capacities

• The main objective of the Scheme is creation of processing and preservation capacities and modernisation/ expansion of existing food processing units with a view to increasing the level of processing, value addition leading to reduction of wastage.

One District One Product (ODOP) Scheme

Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters

• The scheme aims at development of modern infrastructure and common facilities to encourage group of entrepreneurs to set up food processing units based on cluster approach by linking groups of producers/ farmers to the processors and markets through well-equipped supply chain with modern infrastructure.

Scheme for Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages

• The objective of the scheme is to provide effective and seamless backward and forward integration for processed food industry by plugging the gaps in supply chain in terms of availability of raw material and linkages with the market.
• Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided for setting up of primary processing centers/ collection centers at farm gate and modern retail outlets at the front end along with connectivity through insulated/ refrigerated transport.
• The scheme is under implementation since 2018.

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Food Safety & Quality Assurance Infrastructure

• For the all-round development of the food processing sector in the country, government has been extending financial assistance to undertake various aspect of Total Quality Management (TQM) such as quality control, quality system and quality assurance should operate in a horizontal fashion.

Human Resources and Institutions

• No specific point important for UPSC

Agro Processing Cluster

• The scheme aims at development of modern infrastructure and common facilities to encourage group of entrepreneurs to set up food processing units based on cluster approach by linking groups of producers/ farmers to the processors and markets through well-equipped supply chain with modern infrastructure.

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Operation Greens

• In the budget speech of 2018-19, a new Scheme “Operation Greens” was announced on the line of “Operation Flood”, with an outlay of Rs. 500 crores to promote Farmer Producers Organizations, agri-logistics, processing facilities and professional management.
• The scheme was extended during June 2020 to cover all fruits & vegetables (TOTAL) for a period of six months on pilot basis as part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

Horticulture Cluster Development Programme

PMKSY benefits

• The implementation of PMKSY will result in creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet.
• It will provide a big boost to the growth of food processing sector in the country.
• It will help in providing better prices to farmers and is a big step towards doubling of farmers’ income.
• It will create huge employment opportunities especially in the rural areas.
• It will also help in reducing wastage of agricultural produce, increasing the processing level, availability of safe and convenient processed foods at affordable price to consumers and enhancing the export of the processed foods.

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