Lok Sabha Question No. 238 (STARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 238

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2017

## COLD STORAGES

*238. SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the cold storages established in the country from the grants provided by the Union Government, Statewise; and
- (b) whether the Union Government proposes to launch a scheme for providing grants for establishing cold storages for agricultural crops and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè (SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH) (a) & (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  238   DUE FOR REPLY ON  1 ST  AUGUST, 2017.

(a) & (b): For  storage  and  post harvest  infrastructure  of  perishable  agriculture  crops like fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices, Government is implementing Mission for Integrated Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  which  includes  assistance  for  establishment  of various  cold  chain  components  i.  e.  packhouse,  pre-cooling,  staging  cold  room,  cold storage,  reefer  transport  and  ripening  chamber  etc.  The  component  is  implemented through sub schemes of National Horticulture Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM) and Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH).

The  component  is  demand/entrepreneur  driven  for  which  assistance  @  35%  in General  areas  and  @  50%  in  hilly  and  scheduled  areas  is  available  under  MIDH.  At present there are 7543 cold storages  with capacity of 34.67 million MT in the country, out of  which  4392  cold  storages  with  capacity  of  19.47  million  MT  have  been  created under MIDH. Statewise list of projects sanctioned under MIDH is at Annexure - I.

Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers  Welfare  is  also  implementing Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure  (AMI)  a  sub  scheme  of  Integrated  Scheme  for Agricultural  Marketing  (ISAM)  to  improve/create  scientific  storage  capacity  for  farm produce, processed farm produce and agricultural inputs etc., to reduce post harvest and storage  losses.  The  scheme  has  two  components  (i)  storage  infrastructure  and  (ii) marketing infrastructure other than storage.

Under  AMI  sub-scheme,  stand  alone  cold  storage  projects  are  not  admissible  for subsidy. However, cold storage as a part of a permissible integrated value chain project are eligible for subsidy provided the cold storage component is not more than 75% of Total Financial Outlay (TFO).

Further,  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  is  implementing  Kisan SAMPADA  Yojana,  which  includes  component  of  creation  of  integrated  cold  chain. Statewise list of cold chain projects sanctioned under this scheme is at Annexure - II.

Annexure - I State wise cold storage projects sanctioned  under National Horticulture Board (NHB) and National Horticulture Mission (NHM) (sub schemes of MIDH)

## upto 31.03.2017

| S.No.   | Name of the State   | NHB           | NHB           | NHB     | NHM   | NHM           | NHM     | Total MIDH (NHB and NHM)   | Total MIDH (NHB and NHM)   | Total MIDH (NHB and NHM)   |
|---------|---------------------|---------------|---------------|---------|-------|---------------|---------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the State   | 1999-2000 No. | Capacity (MT) | Subsidy | No.   | Capacity (MT) | Subsidy | No.                        | Capacity (MT)              | Subsidy                    |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      | 128           | 628487.42     | 5716.71 | 66    | 396304        | 6938    | 194                        | 1024791                    | 12655                      |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1             | 3983          | 53      |       |               |         | 1                          | 3983                       | 53                         |
| 3       | Assam               | 31            | 160250        | 2681    |       |               |         | 31                         | 160250                     | 2681                       |
| 4       | Bihar               | 138           | 551643.49     | 3995.98 | 29    | 153233        | 1556.35 | 167                        | 704876                     | 5552                       |
| 5       | Chandigarh          | 1             | 246           | 25      |       |               |         | 1                          | 246                        | 25                         |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh        | 47            | 246638.37     | 2253.07 | 13    | 65349         | 1474    | 60                         | 311987                     | 3727                       |
| 7       | Delhi               | 10            | 21655         | 475     |       |               |         | 10                         | 21655                      | 475                        |
| 8       | Goa                 | 1             | 3633          | 36      |       |               |         | 1                          | 3633                       | 36                         |
| 9       | Gujarat             | 296           | 625810.30     | 5737.27 | 312   | 1493582       | 43229   | 608                        | 2119392                    | 48966                      |
| 10      | Haryana             | 89            | 298565.48     | 6260.98 | 53    | 172709        | 4496    | 142                        | 471275                     | 10757                      |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh    | 14            | 43249         | 3846    | 29    | 54805         | 6528    | 43                         | 98054                      | 10374                      |
| 12      | Jammu & Kashmir     | 7             | 24744.00      | 3079.52 | 8     | 41207         | 9379    | 15                         | 65951                      | 12458                      |
| 13      | Jharkhand           | 37            | 162985.31     | 1403.52 | 5     | 29775         | 783     | 42                         | 192760                     | 2187                       |
| 14      | Karnataka           | 84            | 444776        | 3539    | 16    | 61942         | 1320    | 100                        | 506718                     | 4859                       |
| 15      | Kerala              | 6             | 19994         | 176     |       |               |         | 6                          | 19994                      | 176                        |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh      | 96            | 339672.00     | 2975.9  | 71    | 320083        | 6924    | 167                        | 659755                     | 9900                       |
| 17      | Maharashtra         | 220           | 424705.51     | 4735.58 | 67    | 167597        | 4618    | 287                        | 592302                     | 9354                       |
| 18      | Meghalaya           | 1             | 5000          | 28      |       |               |         | 1                          | 5000                       | 28                         |
| 19      | Mizoram             | 1             | 3471          | 46      |       |               |         | 1                          | 3471                       | 46                         |
| 20      | Nagaland            | 1             | 5000          | 60      |       |               |         | 1                          | 5000                       | 60                         |
| 21      | Orissa              | 22            | 106019        | 1052    | 71    | 262100        | 8604    | 93                         | 368119                     | 9655                       |
| 22      | Punjab              | 187           | 602575.45     | 6921.31 | 168   | 587339        | 16177   | 355                        | 1189914                    | 23098                      |
| 23      | Rajasthan           | 79            | 296031.44     | 3377.87 | 27    | 115390        | 1628    | 106                        | 411421                     | 5006                       |
| 24      | Sikkim              |               |               |         | 1     | 100           | 300     | 1                          | 100                        | 300                        |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu          | 66            | 220965.33     | 2193.9  | 1     | 6000          | 109     | 67                         | 226965                     | 2303                       |
| 26      | Telangana           |               |               |         | 56    | 332598        | 6461    | 56                         | 332598                     | 6461                       |
| 27      | Tripura             | 5             | 24027         | 432     |       |               |         | 5                          | 24027                      | 432                        |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh       | 1428          | 7973742.96    | 57032.1 | 235   | 1310788       | 13857   | 1663                       | 9284531                    | 70889                      |
| 29      | Uttrakhand          | 8             | 19091         | 430     | 10    | 21650         | 3753    | 18                         | 40741                      | 4183                       |
| 30      | West Bengal         | 95            | 335797.05     | 2787.29 | 55    | 278649        | 3010    | 150                        | 614446                     | 5798                       |
|         | TOTAL               | 3099          | 13592757.85   | 121350  | 1293  | 5871200       | 141143  | 4392                       | 19463958                   | 262493                     |

(Rs. in lakh)

Annexure - II State-wise distribution of approved cold chain projects of Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) as on 27.07.2017

| S.No.   | State             |   No. of Cold storage projects |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                             10 |
| 2       | Andman & Nicobar  |                              1 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |                              1 |
| 4       | Assam             |                              2 |
| 5       | Bihar             |                              3 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      |                              2 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                             21 |
| 8       | Haryana           |                             10 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |                             12 |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   |                              6 |
| 11      | Karnataka         |                              8 |
| 12      | Kerala            |                              4 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    |                             10 |
| 14      | Maharashtra       |                             50 |
| 15      | Manipur           |                              2 |
| 16      | Mizoram           |                              2 |
| 17      | Nagaland          |                              2 |
| 18      | Odisha            |                              2 |
| 19      | Punjab            |                             17 |
| 20      | Rajasthan         |                              9 |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu        |                              9 |
| 22      | Telangana         |                              5 |
| 23      | Uttar Pradesh     |                             23 |
| 24      | Uttarakhand       |                             16 |
| 25      | West Bengal       |                              9 |
|         | Total             |                            236 |

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