Applications invited for several sub-schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana

Applications invited for several sub-schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana

Government of India has started inviting applications under the several components of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) scheme. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in a statement released a few days ago (June 21). PMKSY, a Central Sector Scheme, which was earlier known as Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters (SAMPADA), was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in 2017. The scheme aims to create modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet. The scheme provides a major boost to the growth of the food processing sector across the nation and it also helps in providing better returns to farmers.

PMKSY plays an important role in ensuring the quality of food products manufactured and sold in the market by assisting in the development of a Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure. 

As part of the programme, the stakeholders also get credit-linked financial assistance (capital subsidy) in the form of grants-in-aid by the government for setting up food processing industries/ units/ projects.

According to the statement of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, the government has invited applications under the following sub-schemes of PMKSY: –

• Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters (APC) 
• Scheme for Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (Unit Scheme) (CEFPPC) 
• Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain)
• Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure (FTL)
• Operation Greens- long Term Interventions (OG) 

Opening date of the window 

The prospective promoters, investors, and entrepreneurs who are eligible and willing to set up food processing-related facilities or units can submit their application online at https://sampada-mofpi.gov.in effective from 10.00 hours of June 27, 2022. 

The application should be filed as per the revised operational guidelines available on www.mofpi.gov.in.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled to be held on July 4, 2022, at 11.00 hours at Panchsheel Bhawan, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi. 

Applications submitted in response to Expressions of Interest (EoI) under the sub-schemes will be evaluated separately. It will be sanctioned based on merit, provided that they meet the eligibility requirements and the minimum qualifying assessment criteria specified in the applicable sub-scheme guidelines. 

The demand drafts, in original, should reach the Ministry within a week after the last date of submission of the application. 

Last date to submit the application 

The applicants can submit their online applications by 5 pm on August 10, 2022.