GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1325
ANSWERED ON:04.03.2010
MNCS IN FPI
RAJIV RANJAN (LALAN) SINGH
(a) the number of food processing industries set up by the multinational companies in the country during the last three years;
(b) the investment made by these companies in the food processing sector; and
(c) the quantum of processed food exported by these companies during the above period?
Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIESbe pleased to state:-
ANSWER
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
(SHRI SUBODH KANT SAHAI)
(a) & (b): as per the information gathered from Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion(DIPP), number of multinational companies who sought to invest in food processing sector in India are as follows:
YEAR NO OF MNC’S
2007 45
2008 88
2009 99
The details of investment by the multinational companies in the food processing sector is as follows:
Sl No Year (Apr- Total FDI FDI in FOOD % of Mar) PROCESSING total INDUSTRIES FDI
in Rs. in US$ in Rs. in US$ (Amount (Amount (Amount in (Amount in in million) in million million million) ) )
2 2007-08 98,664 24,579 2,745.65 69.08 0.28 3
2008-09 122,919 27,309 4,553.04 102.64 0.37 4
2009-10 93,35.4 19,379 9,223.09 193.55 0.998
(Apr-Nov)
(Source DIPP,Ministry Of Commerce)
(c): The export data of processed food items is maintained category wise and not company wise. The details of total processed food exported is given in Annexure “A”