Central government · Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)

Technology Development for Specific Value-added Marine Products TDSVMP

MPEDA's support for seafood processing and export units that set up or modernise value added processing, cold storage and handling infrastructure.

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Cost to apply
Free
Status
Status unclear
Run by
Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Official website (external site)

What you get

  • Financial help, paid as reimbursement, for value added processing machinery, cold storage, automated processing lines and facilities for live, chilled, ornamental and dried fish
  • MPEDA gave ₹118.10 crore to 89 seafood processing units under the scheme from 2021-22 to 2025-26, according to a ministry reply in July 2026

Who can apply

  • Open to businesses in food processing.
  • For seafood processing units and exporters registered with MPEDA
  • Applying does not guarantee assistance. Release depends on eligibility under the guidelines and available funds

How to apply

  1. Register on the e-MPEDA portal
  2. Apply online during the announced window

In person, MPEDA head office, Kochi

In Kerala, MPEDA head office, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi. Applications go through the e-MPEDA portal.

Worth knowing

The guidelines covered 2023-24 to 2025-26. The last window MPEDA announced ran from 18 June to 17 July 2025. No 2026-27 announcement was on the MPEDA website on 5 November 2026.

Where we found this

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