PM FME Scheme Guidelines
The PM FME (Prime Minister’s Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises) Scheme is a government initiative in India aimed at promoting formalization, entrepreneurship, and technology upgradation in the micro food processing sector. You can download the PM FME Scheme Guidelines PDF from given link at the bottom of this page.
The scheme provides financial assistance and support to micro food processing enterprises to enhance their competitiveness and productivity. Under the scheme, 2,00,000 micro food processing units will be directly assisted with credit linked subsidy. Adequate supportive common infrastructure and institutional architecture will be supported to accelerate the growth of the sector.
(PMFME) PM Formlisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme
The objectives of the scheme are to build the capability of microenterprises to enable:
- Increased access to credit by existing micro food processing entrepreneurs, FPOs, Self Help Groups, and Co-operatives;
- Integration with an organized supply chain by strengthening branding & marketing;
- Support for the transition of existing 2,00,000 enterprises into the formal framework;
- Increased access to common services like common processing facility, laboratories, storage, packaging, marketing and incubation services;
- Strengthening of institutions, research and training in the food processing sector; and
- Increased access for the enterprises, to professional and technical support
The scheme envisages an outlay of Rs. 10,000 crore over a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The expenditure under the scheme would be shared in a 60:40 ratio between Central and State Governments, in 90:10 ratio with North Eastern and the Himalayan States, 60:40 ratio with UTs with the legislature, and 100% by the Center for other UTs.
The Scheme adopts One District One Product (ODOP) approach to reap the benefit of scale in terms of procurement of inputs, availing common services, and marketing of products. ODOP for the scheme will provide the framework for value chain development and alignment of support infrastructure. There may be more than one cluster of ODOP products in one district. There may be a cluster of ODOP products consisting of more than one adjacent district in a State.
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