Food Processing Infrastructure and PM-FME Scheme

• PM-FME (Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises) is a centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) to formalise & upgrade 2 lakh unorganised micro food enterprises through credit-linked subsidy under the One District One Product (ODOP) approach.
• It is the flagship instrument of India's Atmanirbhar Bharat push into food processing, complementing infrastructure schemes like PMKSY (Mega Food Parks, cold chain) and the PLI for Food Processing.
• Relevance: tests aspirants on post-harvest loss data, MSME formalisation, ODOP, SHG financing, and centre-state cost-sharing.