SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has been allotted three projects under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana since 2022-23 as part of efforts to strengthen post-harvest infrastructure and reduce food losses, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries told the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
In a written reply to questions from MPs Balwant Baswant Wankhade, Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy and Joyanta Basumatary, Minister of State Ravneet Singh said the Union territory had one PMKSY project approved in 2022-23, one in 2023-24 and one in the current year 2025-26. The ministry said these demand-driven interventions provide grants-in-aid for cold chains, value-addition clusters and other infrastructure intended to preserve farm produce and reduce wastage.
The ministry’s annexure on state-level post-harvest losses lists crop-specific estimated losses for Jammu and Kashmir. The figures include apple losses of 9.51 per cent, eggs 6.08 per cent, and maize 3.92 per cent. The ministry drew these estimates from the NABCONS study (reference year 2020–22) commissioned to assess post-harvest losses nationally.
At the national level, the ministry gave headline estimates of quantity losses across commodity groups (NABCONS, 2022 reference): cereals 12.49 million tonnes, pulses 1.37 million tonnes, oilseeds 2.11 million tonnes, fruits 7.36 million tonnes, vegetables 11.97 million tonnes, plantation crops (including sugarcane and spices) 30.59 million tonnes, and livestock produce (milk, meat and fish) 3.01 million tonnes. Egg production loss was reported as 7,363 million eggs (production basis used in the study).
Since its inception, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana has sanctioned 1,619 projects across India, of which 1,181 had been completed as of 31 October, 2025, the ministry said. Jammu and Kashmir’s three sanctioned projects form a small but targeted part of this national portfolio of cold-chain, processing and storage investments aimed at reducing waste and improving farmers’ returns.
The ministry also highlighted complementary central schemes. Under the Prime Minister’s Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, 3,86,686 applications had been routed to banks and 1,62,744 loans sanctioned, with term loans totalling Rs 13,230 crore; seed capital of Rs 1,244.95 crore had been sanctioned to 3,65,935 women self-help group members. The Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industries (PLISFPI) has approved 170 applications, with reported investments of Rs 9,032 crore and incentives disbursed of about Rs 2,162.55 crore.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries said the PMKSY and allied schemes are demand-driven and intended to create modern post-harvest infrastructure — integrated cold chains, storage, processing clusters and market linkages — that will reduce wastage, raise processing levels and increase farmer incomes.
