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”