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PMFME for mushroom processing

Assess possible fit for eligible micro food processing without treating fresh cultivation as processing or assuming intake is open.

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PMFME for mushroom processing

Define the processed product, eligible plant and machinery, technical civil work, entity and current state intake first.

Policy record: under-reviewApplications: unknownLatest attached source check: 2026-08-23

Versioned policy record

Modification office memorandum dated 18 May 2022

Policy record: under-reviewApplications: unknownLatest attached source check: 2026-08-23
Authority
Ministry of Food Processing Industries with State and UT agencies
Publication
2022-05-18
Effective from
2022-05-18
Application evidence
The source defines the component, but a current all-India application window was not established during verification.

Mushroom fit

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Potential fit for eligible micro food processing activities such as value-added mushroom products. Ordinary fresh mushroom cultivation alone is not treated as processing.

Components

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credit linked capital subsidyParagraph 1

Individual micro food processing enterprise

Eligible plant, machinery and technical civil work for a micro food processing project

Norm
Not applicable
General rate
35%
Special rate
Not applicable
Unit cap
1
  • Food processing activity is required
  • Land and rental or lease workshed are excluded from eligible project cost
  • Technical civil work cannot exceed the stated share of eligible project cost
  • Minimum beneficiary contribution and bank loan conditions apply
  • Current state intake must be confirmed

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current2026-08-23

PMFME modification for individual and group components

This component concerns micro food processing, not ordinary cultivation. The portal does not by itself establish a currently open state application window.

Authority
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Reference
Office Memorandum, paragraph 1
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Editorial update: 2026-08-23. Independent technical review is not recorded for this entry.

  1. PMFME modification for individual and group components

    Ministry of Food Processing Industries · 2022

Reading a source is not the same as applying its instructions to every farm. Confirm species, strain, crop stage, system, region and publication date. Old chemical recommendations are not current-use instructions.

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