The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) on July 14, 2026, issued a corrigendum regarding Operational Scheme Guidelines for the component scheme- Integrated Cold Chain & Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain Scheme) - Support to Setting up of Multi Product Food Irradiation Units of PMKSY.
The following has been stated: -
•The Ministry has issued a corrigendum to the Operational Scheme Guidelines dated August 06, 2024, for the PMKSY component scheme on support for setting up Multi-Product Food Irradiation Units.
•The minimum land requirement has been reduced to 1 acre for both standalone and integrated irradiation units.
•Applicants may now submit either an MoU with the Department of Atomic Energy or a recommendation letter, with the final MoU to be submitted within 60 days of approval.
•All other provisions of the Scheme Guidelines dated August 06, 2024, remain unchanged.
The detailed notification is given in the document below.
[Notification No.: C-13015/3/2026-Cold Chain]
