Mega Food Parks

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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. [1] 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.

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According to an estimate, [2] the Indian food industry was to grow from $200 million USD to $310 million USD in 2015 by this plan.

Highlights of scheme [1]

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 [1] [3] 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. [4] [5]

ParkCityStateStatus
Srini Mega Food Park Chittoor Andhra Pradesh Operational
Godavari Mega Aqua Park Bhimavaram Andhra PradeshOperational
Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Mega Food Park MallavalliAndhra PradeshUnder Implementation
Rongoge Mega Food Park Naharlagun Arunachal Pradesh Under Implementation
North East Mega Food Park Nalbari Assam Operational
Pristine Mega Food ParkMansi 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 GujaratOperational
Hafed Mega Food Park Rohtak Haryana Under Implementation
HSIIDC Mega Food Park Sonipat HaryanaUnder 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 KarnatakaUnder 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 PradeshOperational
Paithan Mega Food Park Aurangabad Maharashtra Operational
Satara Mega Food Park Satara MaharashtraOperational
Wardha Mega Food Park Wardha MaharashtraUnder Implementation
Manipur Food Industries Corporation Limited Mega Food Park Kakching Manipur Under Implementation
Zoram Mega Food ParkKhamrang Mizoram Under Implementation
Doys Agri Resources Private Limited' Mega Food Park Dimapur Nagaland Under Implementation
MITS Mega Food Park Khurda Odisha Under Implementation
Deras Seafood Park Khurda Odisha Under Implimentation [6]
International Mega Food Park Fazilka Punjab Operational
MITS Mega Food Park Rayagada OdishaOperational
Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Limited Mega Food Park Ludhiana PunjabUnder Implementation
Sukhjit Mega Food Park Kapurthala PunjabUnder Implementation
Greentech Mega Food Park Ajmer Rajasthan Operational
Smart Agro Mega Food Park Nizamabad Telangana Operational
TSFPS Mega Food Park Khammam TelanganaOperational
Tripura Mega Food ParkUttar Champamura Tripura Operational
Patanjali Food and Herbal Park Haridwar Uttarakhand Operational
Himalayan Mega Food Park Udham Singh Nagar UttarakhandOperational
Jangipur Bengal Mega Food Park Murshidabad West Bengal Operational

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