FOOD PARK FAILURE Faulty framework and bad management led to the failure of an ambitious government programme LIST OF 17 MEGA FOOD PARKS WHICH WERE RE-ALLOCATED LAST MONTH Project cost S.no. Project name District State (in ~ cr) ELIGIBLE PROPOSALS FROM STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 1 State Industrial Development Alappuzha Kerala 125.00 Corporation Limited 2 Industrial Infrastructure Khammam 141.03 Corporation (Telangana Division) 3 State Industrial & Infrastructure Sonepat Haryana 164.33 Development Corporation Limited 4 Industrial Infrastructure Khurda Odisha 116.26 Development Corporation 5 Agro Industries Corporation Ltd Ludhiana Punjab 136.00 6 Andhra Pradesh Industrial Krishna Andhra Pradesh 152.16 Infrastructure Corporation ELIGIBLE PROPOSALS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR AGENCIES 7 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd Kutch 168.60 8 Jain Agro Trading Company Private Ltd Wardha 88.73 9 Ruchi Acroni Industries Dewas 150.37 10 3F Industries Krishnagiri Tamil Nadu 127.78 11 Raaga Mayuri Agrovet Pvt Ltd Mahboobnagar Telangana 112.05 12 Continental Warehousing Corporation Panipat Haryana 157.46 (NhavaSheva) Ltd 13 Mums Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd Buxar 136.98 14 NDR Infrastructure Pvt Ltd Thiruvallur Tamil Nadu 187.33 15 Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Palakkad Kerala 121.92 Development Corporation 16 The Sukjhit Starch and Chemical Ltd Kapurthala Punjab 128.28 17 Vinay Tiwari Agro Estates & Farms Pvt Ltd Ahmednagar Maharashtra 119.09

Source: Ministry of industries

TIMELINE OF THE SCHEME | 2008-09: The Mega | Nov 17, 2011: The guidelines were Food Park Scheme was guidelines were modified for the fourth conceptualised on a modified for the first time cluster-based time | Jan 14, 2015: The approach, driven by | Oct 12, 2012: The ministry of food private companies. guidelines processing released an | Dec 19, 2009: First were modified for the office memorandum, guidelines issued by second which further altered the ministry of food time the guidelines processing industries | Feb 10, 2014: The

Note: After every change in guideline, expressions of interest (EoI) were invited afresh. According to the proposed plan, 42 food parks were to be set up, of which allotments made to 17 were cancelled and re-bid Source: Officials and industry sources