The ODOP product could be a perishable produce based product or cereal based products or a food product widely produced in a district and their allied sectors. The States would identify food product for a district keeping in view the existing clusters and availability of raw material. The Scheme adopts One District One Product (ODODP) approach to reap benefit of scale in terms of procurement of inputs, availing common services and marketing of products.

The expenditure under the scheme would to be shared in 60:40 ratio between Central and State Governments, in 90:10 ratio with North Eastern and Himalayan States, 60:40 ratio with UTs with legislature and 100% by Centre for other UTs. With a view to providing financial, technical and business support for upgradation of existing micro food processing enterprises, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has launched an all India вЂњCentrally Sponsored PM Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PM FME) schemeвЂќ to be implemented over a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs 10,000 crore. These units largely fall within the category of micro enterprises. Nearly 66% of these units are located in rural areas and about 80% of them are family-based enterprises supporting livelihood rural household and minimizing their migration to urban areas.

Union FPI Minister said that the unorganized food processing sector comprising nearly 25 lakh units contribute to 74% of employment in food processing sector. She shared that owing to these challenges, the unorganised food processing sector contributes much less in terms of value addition and output despite its huge potential. She added that these challenges include lack of access to modern technology & equipment, training, access institutional credit, lack of basic awareness on quality control of products and lack of branding & marketing skills etc. Badal said that the unorganised food processing sector faces a number of challenges which limit their performance and their growth. Speaking about the challenges faced by food processing sector, Smt. I am confident that our country can do this.вЂќ Therefore, from today every Indian has to become vocal for their local, not only to buy local products, but also to promote them proudly. But when people started using them, started promoting them, branding them, proud of them, they became Global from Local Products. The Global Brands you feel today were sometimes also very local like this. Time has taught us that we must make the Local as a mantra of our life. Local is not just the need, it is our responsibility also.

вЂњIn times of crisis, this Local has fulfilled our demand, this Local has saved us. The importance of these local units and their role has been amply emphasised by the HonвЂ™ble Prime Minister in his Address to the Nation on. Highlighting the role of local food processing units, Union Minister said that food products manufactured by the rural entrepreneurs in the villages have a long tradition of supplying Indian food products to the local population. The guidelines of the Scheme were released on the occasion. Union Minister said that the Scheme would generate total investment of Rs 35,000 crore and generate 9 lakh skilled and semi-skilled employment and benefit 8 lakh units through access to information, training, better exposure and formalization. Harsimrat Kaur Badal launched the PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme on 29 th June 2020 as a part of вЂњAtmanirbhar Bharat AbhiyanвЂќ, in the presence of MoS, FPI Sh. Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt.

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