Lok Sabha Question No. 4345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Cold Storage Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4345 ANSWERED ON 28 TH  MARCH, 2017

## COLD STORAGE UNITS

## 4345. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  cold  storage  units  sanctioned  under  the  Integrated  Cold  Chain  Project  in  the country along with those proposed to be set up in the current year and the next two years in the country;
- (b) whether the existing cold chain units would meet the requirement of handling capacity of milk and dairy products, fruits, vegetables, fish marine products and cereals; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a): The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  is  presently  assisting  135  integrated  cold  chain projects under its central sector Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure. Of this, 97 have achieved completion and commenced commercial operation.

Further, Government has approved taking up 100 new Integrated Cold Chain Projects in 201617 for financial assistance.  Accordingly, revised operational  guidelines  for  scheme for  Integrated  Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure for taking up 100 new cold chain projects in 2016-17 have been issued on 29.08.2016. Based on the revised operational guidelines an Expression of Interest was issued on 31.08.2016  inviting  applications/proposals  from  prospective  entrepreneurs  for  taking  up  100  new integrated cold chain projects. Total 308 integrated cold chain proposals from all over the country have been received against the Expression of Interest.

(b) & (c): Operationalization  of  135  cold  chain  projects  envisages  creation  of  a  cold  chain  capacity  of 5.01 lakh MT of Cold Storage/Controlled Atmosphere/Deep Freezer, 116.40 MT/Hr of Individual Quick Freeze, 52.65 lakh Litre Per Day of Milk Processing/Storage and 766 nos. of Reefer Vehicles. Out of this, Ministry has so far created a capacity of 3.70 lakh metric tonnes of cold storage, 95.04 metric tonnes per hour of Individual Quick Freezing, 37.96 lakh litres per day of Milk processing/ storage and 552 reefer vans. A study was undertaken by National Centre for Cold Chain Development,Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in 2015 on All India Cold-Chain Infrastructure Capacity (Assessment of Status &

Gap)  to  assess  the  requirement  for  cold  chain  infrastructure  in  the  country.  The  study  has  made  the following gap analysis of cold chain infrastructure:

| Type of Infrastructure   | Infrastructure Requirement (A)   | Infrastructure created (B)   | All India Gap (A-B)   |
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Pack-house               | 70,080 nos.                      | 249 nos.                     | 69,831 nos.           |
| Cold Storage (Bulk)      | 34,164,411 MT                    | 31,823,700 MT                | 32,76,962 MT          |
| Cold Storage (Hub)       | 9,36,251 MT                      |                              |                       |
| Reefer Vehicles          | 61826 nos.                       | 9000 nos.                    | 52826 nos.            |
| Ripening Chamber         | 9131 nos.                        | 812 nos.                     | 8319 nos.             |

Thus, there is  a  gap of  3.28 Million Metric Ton of cold storage requirement.  The study was primarily based on requirement of fruits & vegetables and has excluded the requirement for milk, meat, marine and processed products.

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