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SAMPADA Suite
Enabling the Food Processing Sector in India
Edited by MOHAN DAS VISWAM
NIC has developed a web-
based application suite named
“Sampada Portal” (https://
sampada-mofpi.gov.in) for
various schemes under which
the Ministry provides grants
to various promoters desirous
of setting up Food Processing
Facilities.
Deepak Khare
Sr. Technical Director
dkhare@nic.in
Jimutbahan De
Sr. Technical Director Figure 1: Sampada Home Page
jimut@nic.in
Shiv Shanker
Sharma
Technical Director
sshanker@nic.in
Tarun Kumar
Scientific/ Technical
Assistant A
tarun.kumar92@nic.in
inistry of Food Processing Industries (www. application, evaluation of the same by the Ministry
mofpi.nic.in) was set up in 1988, to develop and its authorized Project Management Agencies,
Ma strong food processing sector in India, approval/ rejection of applications, monitoring
enabling our farmers to get a better return on their of grant release instalments, and final closure of
produce, helping the rural economy grow faster and a project. The detailed workflow of the Ministry
increase export of processed food products. for these activities has been automated in the
Sampada suite. It has helped the Ministry to simplify
Mission of Ministry of Food the process of grant allocation and manage the
Processing Industries (MOFPI) schemes more efficiently helping timely completion
• Mission of MOFPI is to develop the food processing of projects.
sector in such a way that will help reduce wastage
and decay of agricultural and other farm produce, The Modules
adding value to farmers’ produce, thus helping Nine different modules have been developed so
people engaged in the agricultural and other farm far in the suite.
sector earn more from their farm produce
• Provide financial and technical help for setting APC: Agro Processing Cluster
In this scheme, Food Processing Units are set up
up food processing industries and associated
infrastructures and provide seamless backward using a cluster approach, where at least 5 units are
and forward linkages with farmland and markets set up with a minimum investment of ₹ 25/- crore
for the farm produce on a land area of at least 10 acres for a group of
• Provide research and development support to the promoters. Basic facilities, warehouses, packaging,
agricultural sector and create facilities for food etc. are provided as common facilities.
testing laboratories CBFL: Creation of Backward Forward Linkage
• Increase export of processed food items in Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided
international markets for setting up primary processing/ collection centers
at the farm gate and modern retail outlets at the front
The Sampada suite end along with connectivity through refrigerated
The government of India (GOI) has approved transport with an aim to creating a seamless
a new Central Sector Scheme– Pradhan Mantri backward and forward integration of the processed
Kisan SAMPADA Yojana with an allocation of ₹ 6,000 food industry in terms of availability of raw material
Crore for the period 2016-20. The scheme is to be and linkages with the market with a special thrust on
implemented by the Ministry.
NIC has developed a web-based application the preservation of perishable items.
suite named “Sampada Portal” (https://sampada- CEFPPC: Creation/ Expansion of Food Preservation/
mofpi.gov.in) for various schemes under which the Processing Capacity
Ministry provides grants to the promoters to set up In this Scheme creation of processing and
Food Processing Facilities. The different modules preservation capacities, modernization/ expansion
of the suite, based on different schemes of the and value addition of existing processing units and
Ministry provide an online system for submitting an reduction of wastage are ensured.
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