The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) on June 23, 2022 has issued Operational Guidelines of the Production Linked Incentives Scheme for Food Processing Industry for Millet based products (PLISMBP).
The following has been stated namely: -
• The objectives are to increase the usage of millets in food products and promote its value addition. These objectives are sought to be achieved through incentivising manufacture of selected millet-based products and their sale in domestic and export markets.
• Eligibility –
1. An applicant shall have total sale of all food products above minimum sales as given in Appendix - B in the Base Year.
2. Udyam Registration Certifcate is mandatory for MSME Applicants.
3. Incentive under the scheme shall be provided to the Applicants engaged in manufacturing or intending to manufacture eligible products in India & sales of such products.
4. Applicant shall be required to achieve minimum CAGR of 10% on sales of the eligible products from the base year for grant of incentive. If the applicant is not able to achieve the prescribed minimum growth in sales for a particular year, no incentive will be payable for that year.
5. The entire chain of manufacturing process, including primary processing, of eligible food products starting from raw materials to finished product covered in the Application for incentive under the Scheme is required to take place in India. However, use of additives, flavours, and edible oil in millet products, this condition would not apply.
• Annexures 1-8 has been attached to the guidelines
[Notification No. 11-18/1/2022-PLIS]
