The Industries and Commerce Department, Haryana on May 12, 2023, issued a notification regarding the scheme for grant-in-aid for the setting up of Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) / Collection Centres(CCs) in the state
The objective of the scheme is to create effective backward linkages and empowerment of farmers. by value addition of produce, providing processing and preservation facilities at the village level to help farmers to enhance the shelf life of perishable produce resulting in better remunerative prices for their agricultural produce.
The following has been stated namely: -
• This Scheme is applicable to both horticulture and non-horticulture produce such as fruits, vegetables, grains & pulses, dairy products, meat, poultry, and fish, etc. for setting up of Primary Processing Centers (PPCs)/Collection Centers (CCs) namely: -
(a) Processing Facilities at the farm level which may include facilities for weighing cleaning, sorting, grading, packing, pre-cooling, Controlled Atmosphere (CA)/ Modified Atmosphere (MA), Cold Storage, Dry Warehouses, and IQF.
(b) Mobile Pre-cooling trucks/ vans and reefer vans which may be suitable for transportation of the perishable agricultural produce/horticulture/ dairy/meat/poultry/fish produce as per requirement.
(c) Value addition and or processing of fruits and vegetables, using local produce as raw material
• It states that a Capital subsidy @ 50% of FCI on plant & machinery and technical works, a maximum of INR 1.75 crore for eligible entrepreneurs engaged in washing, grading, waxing, drying, packaging, cold chain, and processing of fruits & vegetables using local produce as raw material for the bank-financed project in ‘B’, ‘C’ or ‘D’ category blocks. The cost of land will not be considered in the calculation of FCI for grant aid.
• It states that The applicant shall be an entrepreneur/ farmer, group of entrepreneurs/farmers, associations/organizations, co-operative societies, self-help groups, or non-government organizations developing the eligible facilities with the following conditions namely: -
i. The Land area covered by the PPC / CC shall be minimum 1acres.
ii. The Proposals for the project should be duly appraised by the Nationalized/ Scheduled Bank/ Financial Institutions/Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDB)
iii. The appraisal report should contain the project components for which the grant is sought under the scheme.
iv. Date of commercial operations should not be prior to the date of submission of the application.
v. No second proposal from the same applicant/ organization shall be accepted.
• The following documents shall be required to be submitted by the applicant namely: -
i. Application in the prescribed format (Annexure-A)
ii. Detailed Project Report
iii. Sanction letter of term loan from bank/financial institutions
iv. Appraisal report from Bank/Financial Institution
v. Certificate of incorporation/ registration of the organization, memorandum, and Articles of Association and Bye-laws of the society (if applicable)/partnership deed, etc.
vi. Annual reports and Audited Statement of Accounts of the last three years, in case of an existing establishment
vii. Blueprint of the building plan.
viii. Conveyance Deed
ix. Land title documents i.e. sale deed or lease deed
x. Item-wise and cost-wise details of civil work envisaged duly certified by a Chartered Engineer (Civil)
xi. Item-wise and cost-wise details of plant and machinery envisaged duly certified by Chartered Engineer (Mechanical)
xii. Copy of SSI/EM/IEM xiii. A declaration to the effect: (duly notarized on non-judicial stamp paper)
[Notification No. 25/05/2020-4IB-I]
