PMFME – Common Infrastructure & FPO/SHG Support (for Agri/Food Startups)

PMFME finances common infrastructure like primary processing centres, cold chains, and incubation facilities for FPOs, SHGs, cooperatives, and public/private entities, up to around 35% of project cost with caps such as ₹3 crore per project. This is relevant for agri‑food startups. This track is distinct from PMFME's individual-unit subsidy in that funding flows to collective entities — FPOs, SHG federations, cooperatives, or SPVs — building shared assets like primary processing centres, cold chains, or incubation facilities aligned to a district's designated ODOP product. Beyond the capped grant for infrastructure itself, PMFME separately supports these same entities with marketing and branding costs, including market studies, packaging, quality/food-safety compliance, and warehousing rental, which is where a startup partnering with an FPO or SHG federation can often draw additional non-capital-expenditure support.