Union Minister for Food Processing Industries has inaugurated the capacity building component of the Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro food processing Enterprises scheme (PM-FME Scheme).

The event also sought the launch of the GIS One District One Product (ODOP) Digital Map of India.

Practice question for mains:

Q.What is the PM FME Scheme? Discuss its potential to neutralize various challenges faced by India’s unorganized food industries

PM-FME Scheme

• Launched under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, the PM-FME Scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme.
• It aims to enhance the competitiveness of existing individual micro-enterprises in the unorganized segment of the food processing industry and promote formalization of the sector.
• It seeks to provide support to Farmer Producer Organizations, Self Help Groups, and Producers Cooperatives along their entire value chain.
• Under the PM-FME scheme, capacity building is an important component.
• The scheme envisages imparting training to food processing entrepreneurs, various groups, viz., SHGs / FPOs / Co-operatives, workers, and other stakeholders associated with the implementation of the scheme.

Features of the scheme

• The Scheme adopts One District One Product (ODODP) approach to reap the benefit of scale in terms of procurement of inputs, availing common services and marketing of products.
• The States would identify food product for a district keeping in view the existing clusters and availability of raw material.
• 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.
• An illustrative list of such products includes mango, potato, litchi, tomato, tapioca, kinnu, bhujia, petha, papad, pickle, millet-based products, fisheries, poultry, meat as well as animal feed among others.
• The Scheme also place focus on waste to wealth products, minor forest products and Aspirational Districts.

 About ODOP Digital Map

• The GIS ODOP digital map of India provides details of ODOP products of all the states to facilitate the stakeholders.
• The digital map also has indicators for tribal, SC, ST, and aspirational districts.
• It will enable stakeholders to make concerted efforts for its value chain development.

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