MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

•  20.1. PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY)
• To supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease agri-waste.
• • Earlier named as SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters), this central sector scheme has been approved for the period of 2016-20 coterminous with the 14th Finance Commission cycle.
• • It is an umbrella scheme incorporating ongoing schemes of the Ministry of Food Processing which will result in creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet.
• • Schemes under PMKSY -
• o Mega Food Parks
• o Integrated Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure
• o Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure
• o Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities
• o Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters
• o Scheme for Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages
• o Human Resources and Institutions.
• • Last three schemes are new initiatives launched under the scheme while first 4 were the ongoing schemes. 
• 20.2. MEGA FOOD PARK
• • To provide modern infrastructure for food processing units in the country and ensure value addition of agricultural produce including dairy, fisheries etc. on hub and spokes model.
• • Establish sustainable raw material supply chain in a cluster.
• • Address needs of small and micro food processing enterprising by providing plug and play facilities.
• • It is based on ‘Cluster’ approach and envisages creation of state of art support infrastructure in a well-defined agri/horticulture zone for setting modern food processing units along with well-established supply chain.
• • The supply chain consists of collection centres, primary centres, central processing centres, cold chain and around 30- 35 fully developed plots for entrepreneurs to set up food processing units.
• • The minimum land required for a Central Processing Centre in Mega Food Park is 50 acre and implementation period is 30 months.
• • Funding – Grant in aid of 50% of eligible cost in general and 75% in north-east and difficult areas subject to a maximum of 50 crore per project.
• • Implementing Agency: A Special Purpose Vehicle which is a Body Corporate under the Indian Companies Act. 
• 20.3. OPERATION GREENS
• • Enhancing value realisation of TOP farmers by targeted interventions to strengthen Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) production clusters and their Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs), and linking/connecting them with the market.
• • Price stabilisation for producers and consumers by proper production planning in the TOP clusters and introduction of dual use varieties.
• • Reduction in post-harvest losses by creation of farm gate infrastructure, development of suitable agro-logistics, creation of appropriate storage capacity linking consumption centres to increase shell life.
• • Increase in food processing capacities and value addition in TOP value chain with firm linkages with production clusters.
• • Setting up of a market intelligence network to collect and collate real time data on demand and supply and price of TOP crops
• • Operation Greens was announced in the Budget speech of 2018-19 with an outlay of Rs 500 crores to stabilize the supply of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops and to ensure availability of TOP crops throughout the country round the year without price volatility.
• • The Centre has identified 17 top producing clusters across 8 states (Maharashtra, Bihar, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha and West Bengal) for the first phases of this initiative.
• • The government also intends to utilize the 28 centres of excellence under Indo-Israel Cooperation for the demonstration of new technologies in production and the supply of quality planting material and capacity building to farmers under the scheme.
• • Government has laid down special strategy and grants-in-aid under the scheme to ensure enhanced production of TOP crops and to augment value chain.
• • Strategy for Operation Greens
• o Short term Price Stabilisation Measures: National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) will be the Nodal Agency to implement price stabilisation measures. MoFPI will provide 50% of the subsidy on the following two components:
• ✓ Transportation of Tomato Onion Potato(TOP) Crops from production to storage;
• ✓ Hiring of appropriate storage facilities for TOP Crops;
• o Long Term Integrated value chain development projects such as Capacity Building of FPOs & their consortium, Quality production, Post-harvest processing facilities, Agri-Logistics, Marketing / Consumption Points, and Creation and Management of e-platform for demand and supply management of TOP Crops.
• • Grants-in-Aid
• o The pattern of assistance will comprise of grants-in-aid at the rate of 50% of the eligible project cost in all areas, subject to maximum Rs. 50 crores per project (For FPOs the grant-in-aid will be at rate of 70%).
• o Eligible Organisation would include State Agriculture and other Marketing Federations, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO), cooperatives, companies, Self-help groups, food processors, logistic operators, service providers, supply chain operators, retail and wholesale chains and central and state governments and their entities/ organizations which will be eligible to participate in the programme and to avail financial assistance.
• • Market Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS) portal: it was launched recently by MoFPI. It will provide ‘real time monitoring’ of prices of tomato, onion and potato (TOP) and for simultaneously generating alerts for intervention under the terms of the Operation Greens (OG) scheme. It will enable the government to monitor the supply situation for timely market interventions and price stabilisation in case of a price crash during a glut. Portal will disseminate information related to TOP crops such as prices and arrivals, area, yield and production, crop calendars and crop agronomy, in an easy-to-use visual format. 
• 20.4. OTHER SCHEMES
• Nivesh Bandhu
• It is an investor facilitation portal which would provide information on Central and State Governments’ investor friendly policies, agro-producing clusters, infrastructure, and potential areas of investment in the food processing sector.
• Scheme of Cold Chain, Value Addition & Preservation Infrastructure
• • It aims to provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities, without any break, from the farm gate to the consumer in order to reduce post-harvest losses of horticulture and non-horticulture agri-produce.
• • Components - Processing centers at farm level, distribution hubs with multi products and multi Atmosphere, mobile pre-cooling vans and refrigerated trucks and irradiation facility.
• • Integrated Cold Chain project is set up by Partnership/ Proprietorship Firms, companies, Corporations, Cooperatives, SHGs, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), NGOs, etc.