TNPSC Thervupettagam

Kisan Sampada Yojana

July 20 , 2017 2714 days 1910 0
  • Government has approved a new Central Sector Scheme-KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) with an outlay of Rs. 6,000 crore for the period  2016-20 coterminous with the 14th  Finance Commission cycle to promote food processing in the country.
  • KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA is an umbrella scheme with the following components:
  1. Mega Food Parks
  2. Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure
  3. Creation / Expansion of Food Processing& Preservation Capacities
  4. Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters
  5. Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages
  6. Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure
  7. Human Resources and Institutions
  • The schemes being implemented under the KISAN SAMAPADA YOJANA are applicable throughout the country and these are not state specific.
  • The schemes are private sector driven and provide freedom to the entrepreneurs to choose the project location based on availability of raw material, techno-economic feasibility and viability of the project.
  • Scheme for Agro-Marine Produce Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters (SAMPADA) for food processing sector was launched by Union ministry of Food processing Industries.

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