Mint Explainer | Inside the Centre’s plan to double food processing capacity
Under PMFME, launched in June 2020, expenditure is shared between the Centre and states in a 60:40 ratio, rising to 90% central funding for North-Eastern and Himalayan states. Since inception, more than 172,000 micro food processing units have been sanctioned with a total project cost of ₹16,000 crore, covering individual beneficiaries, FPOs, SHGs and producer cooperative societies as of 31 December 2025.
