Applications would be invited at the district level on an ongoing basis for Units, from those interested in availing the benefits under the Scheme. District Level Committee should study the report submitted by Resource Persons for each Unit and interview the interested persons. For the cases recommended by the District Level Committee, the DPR along with necessary documents should be submitted to the Banks for sanction of loan.

 Group category: FPOs / SHGs / Co-operatives

 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)/Producer Cooperatives:

FPOs and Producer Cooperatives would be provided the following support:

• Grant @35% with credit linkage;
• Training support;
• It should preferably be engaged in processing of ODOP produce
• It should have minimum turnover of Rs.1 crore
• The cost of the project proposed should not be larger than the present turnover

 Self Help Groups (SHGs):

 Seed Capital

• Seed capital @ Rs40,000/- per member of SHG for working capital and purchase of small tools would be provided under the scheme.
• Priority would be given for SHGs involved in ODOP produce in giving seed capital
• Seed capital would be provided at the federation level of SHGs.
• This would be given as grant to the SHG federation by SNA/ SRLM.
• SHG federation would provide this amount as a loan to the members of SHGs to be repaid to the SHG.
  
  

Support to individual SHG member

as a single unit of food processing industry with credit linked grant @35% with maximum amount being Rs 10 lakh.

The SHGs should have sufficient own funds for meeting 10% of the project cost and 20% margin money for working capital or sanction of the same as grant from the State Government.

The SHG members should have for a minimum period of 3 years’ experience in processing of the ODOP product.

 Support for capital investment

Support for capital investment at federation of SHG level, with credit linked grant @35%.

 Training & Handholding Support to SHGs

Training & Handholding Support to SHGs: Assistance for training with the help of local resource persons in SRLM.

Support for common infrastructure

Support for common infrastructure would be provided to FPOs, SHGs, cooperatives, any Government agency or private enterprises. Credit linked grant would be available @ 35%.Support for ODOP product only.

Common infrastructure created under the scheme should also be available for other units and public to utilize on hiring basis for substantial part of the capacity.

The following common infrastructure would be funded under the Scheme:

• Premises for assaying of agriculture produce, sorting, grading, warehouse and cold storage at the farm-gate.
• Common processing facility for processing of ODOP produce.
• Incubation Centre.

Marketing and branding support

Marketing and branding support would be provided to groups of FPOs/SHGs/ Cooperatives or an SPV of micro food processing enterprises under the Scheme.

Eligible items for support

• Training relating to marketing to be fully funded under the scheme.
• Developing a common brand and packaging including standardization to participate in common packaging.
• Marketing tie up with national and regional retail chains and state level institutions.
• Quality control to ensure product quality meets required standards.
• Branding and marketing - should be at the district, regional or state level.
• Support for branding and marketing would be limited to 50% of the total expenditure.
• The proposal should relate to ODOP
• Minimum turnover of product to be eligible for assistance should be Rs 5 crore.

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Contact Details of District Level Officers for the Scheme PM FME
Sl No	District	General Manager	Mobile Number	Name of Officer Incharge	Designation	Mobile Number	Landline Number
1	Thiruvananthapuram	Rajeev.G	9188127001	Vinod Kumar. S	Manager (Cr)	9048290020	0471-2326756
2	Kollam	Biju Kurian	9188127002	Dinesh R	Manager	9446108519	0474--2302774
3	Pathanamthitta	Anil Kumar P.N	9446545440	Mini mol	Manager	9495110555	0468-2214639
4	Alappuzha	Renjith C.O	8281936494	Deepa M	Asst. District Industries Officer	9495476958	O4772241272
5	Kottayam	M.V. Lauly	9188127005	Sri. V R Rakesh	Manager (RET)	9497391255	481-2573259
6	Idukki	P.S.Sureshkumar	9188127006	Sahil Muhammed	Manager	7012946527	048-62235507
7	Ernakulam	Biju.P.Abraham	9446384433	Sangeetha R	Manager(EI)	9495210216	0484-2421360
8	Thrissur	K.S.Kripakumar	9188127008	Jisha.K.A	Manager(DP)	9447806550	0487-2361945
9	Palakad	Gireesh.M	9495135649	Gireesh.M.	Manager.	9495135649	0491 – 25055408
10	Malapuram	Renjith Babu	9188127010	Manoj.V.P	Manager(RET)	9400897551	0483-2737405
11	Kozhikode	Rajeev.K	9188127011	Nithin.K	ADIO	7736842373	0495-2765770
12	Wayanad	Anish Nair.M	8848109505	Abdul Latheef.A	Assistant Director	9495891601	04936 202485
13	Kannur	T.O Gangadharan	9497857014	Shammy S K	Manager	9446675700	0497-2700928
14	Kasargode	Sajith kumar.K	9847747025	Sajeer K P	Assistant Director	70125835663	0499-4255749