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Government Support and Schemes:

Tamil Nadu Millet Mission:

The state government is actively promoting millet cultivation through the Millet Mission, which includes support for cultivation, processing, and marketing.

This scheme aims to increase agricultural production and improve farmers’ livelihoods, potentially incorporating mobile processing units.

The government encourages the formation of FPOs, which can leverage mobile processing units for collective processing and marketing of produce

The Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project supports rural and agricultural entrepreneurship, including the establishment of small and micro-enterprises, which could include mobile processing units.

These centres play a crucial role in disseminating information and technologies to farmers, including the benefits of mobile processing units.

The government provides various subsidies and financial assistance schemes for agricultural activities, which can be leveraged for setting up mobile processing units

Schemes and Useful links

Curated list of key Central and Tamil Nadu State Government schemes that directly support FPOs, SHGs, Agri-entrepreneurs, Startups, PACS, and Cooperatives in the areas of Agricultural Infrastructure and Food Processing

Central Shemes - 🇮🇳 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
(AIF)
PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME)
Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY)
Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)

State Shemes - 🇮🇳 STATE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

Vazhndhu Kattuvom Project (formerly Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project - TNRTP)
Tamil Nadu Food Processing and Agri Export Promotion Corporation (TNAPEx)
THADCO Schemes for SC/ST Entrepreneurs
Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
New Entrepreneur cum Enterprise Development Scheme (NEEDS)
Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme (UYEGP)
Annal Ambedkar Business Champions Scheme (AABCS)
StartupTN