EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 2127 CUTTACK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018/KARTIKA 25, 1940

MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 13th November, 2018

Subject: Amendment to Odisha Food Processing Policy (OFPP), 2016.

No.7253–FP-MSME-(OFPP-2016)-39/2018/MSME.–— After careful consideration,

Government have been pleased to amend the following provisions of OFPP-2016:

1. Under the Para. 7.1 (ii) of OFPP-2016, the existing provision shall be replaced

with the following:—

Para. 7.1 (ii)

“Enterprise set up by SC / ST / Women/ differently

abled

/ Technical

Degree / Diploma holding

Entrepreneurs and also those set up by anyone in

Industrially Backward Districts including KBK. For

the enterprises set up by SC/ ST / differently abled/

Women / Technical (Degree or Diploma holders),

their stake in equity participation shall be 51% or

more individually or jointly.”

2. Para.10.10 of OFPP-2016, stands deleted.

3. Under the Annexure-II- “List of Ineligible Enterprises/Industries” at Sl. No. 05,

the existing provision shall be replaced with the following:—

Sl. O5 Edible / Non-Edible vegetable Oil Mills having;

(i)

Expeller with investment in plant & machinery

less than Rs.10 lakh.

(ii)

Solvent Extraction with investment in plant &

machinery less than Rs.50 lakh.

(iii)

Hydrogenation of Oil.

2

(iv)

Repacking of oil with Filtering, Coloring and

Deodorizing.

(v)

Refining of Oil with investment in plant &

machinery less than Rs.5 crore.

4. Under the Annexure-II- “List of Ineligible Enterprises/Industries” at Sl. No. 14, the

existing provision shall be replaced with the following:—

Sl. 14

“Pre-processing

of

oil

seeds:

decorticating,

parching and frying.”

5. Under the Annexure-II- “List of Ineligible Enterprises/Industries” at Sl. No. 15, the

existing provision shall be replaced with the following:—

Sl. 15

“Standalone Packaged drinking/ Mineral water units,

Aerated

water,

soft

drink

(except

the

units

manufacturing fruit pulp and/or juice out of it).”

6. The aforesaid amendments in the OFPP-2016 shall come into force with

immediate effect.

ORDER

Ordered that the Notification be published in an Extraordinary issue of

Odisha Gazette and copies of the Notification be forwarded to all Departments/ all Heads

of Department.

By Order of the Governor

L. N. GUPTA

Additional Chief Secretary to Government

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

Ex. Gaz. 1604-173+xxxx