IANS | 24 Mar, 2023
Out
of all 766 districts across 36 States/ UTs, One District One Product
(ODOP) has been approved for 713 districts of 35 States/ UTs under
Centrally Sponsored "Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food
Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme" implemented by Ministry of Food
Processing Industries (MoFPI).
The State of West Bengal has agreed to
participate in the scheme in January 2023.
The ODOPs are approved by the
Ministry on the recommendations of States/ UTs. The ODOP for the
districts of West Bengal along with newly formed districts across 7
States/ UTs has not been recommended by the respective States/ UTs.
GIS-ODOP
digital map has been developed by the MoFPI. ODOP of 710 districts from
35 States and UTs have been indicated.
Along with it, districts
covering 216 Integrated Tribal Development Areas, 112 Aspirational
districts and 35 districts with more than 40% SC population are
indicated in the map.The ODOP-GIS is available at https://odop.mofpi.gov.in/odop/
MoFPI
has approved 76 Incubation Centres across the country with an outlay of
205.95 crore under PMFME Scheme to provide support to existing /
prospective entrepreneurs for capacity building, new / innovative
product developments etc. across the value chain.
The generation of revenue has not been envisaged under PMFME Scheme.
The
PMFME Scheme provides financial, technical and business support for
setting up / upgradation of micro food processing enterprises in the
country which inter-alia creates the scope for employment at local level
including opportunities for youth.
This
information was given by Minister of State for Food Processing
Industries, Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in the Rajya
Sabha.