Lok Sabha Question No. 1618 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Rural Godown Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1618

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH   MARCH, 2018

## RURAL GODOWN SCHEME

1618.  SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing Rural Godown Scheme in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  achievements  made  by  the  Government  and  the  number  of godowns constructed under the scheme in Uttar Pradesh including Basti region;
- (c) the details of the amount allocated and utilised under the scheme during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to sanction more godowns and increase the capacity of the existing godowns; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) & (b): Yes Madam, The Government has been implementing capital investment subsidy sub-scheme 'Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)' of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)  for creation of Agricultural Marketing infrastructure including storage infrastructure. The  erstwhile two schemes  viz.  (i)  Grameen  Bhandaran  Yojana  (GBY) implemented since 01.04.2001, and (ii) Scheme for Strengthening/Development of Agricultural Marketing  Infrastructure,  Grading  &  Standardization  (AMIGS)  implemented  since  20.10.2004 have  been  subsumed  into  one  sub-scheme  known  as  Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure (AMI) w.e.f. 01.04.2014.  The scheme for sanction of new godowns has been unavailable since 5.8.2014.

A total of 38,895 storage infrastructure projects with 65.18 Million MTs storage capacity have been sanctioned since inception of the scheme throughout the country. So far, a total of 1,119  Storage  infrastructure  projects  with  5.32  Million  MTs  storage  capacity  have  been sanctioned in Uttar Pradesh. Further, 5 storage infrastructure projects with 16,902 MT storage capacity have been sanctioned in Basti region of Uttar Pradesh.

(c): The AMI sub-scheme of ISAM is a demand driven scheme and no state-wise allocation has been made under the scheme. The details of amount allocated and expenditure incurred under AMI scheme during last three years and the current year is as under:-

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial Year      |   Allocation |   Expenditure Incurred |
|---------------------|--------------|------------------------|
| 2014-15             |       926.71 |                 878.18 |
| 2015-16             |       675.86 |                 518.81 |
| 2016-17             |       838.06 |                 672.97 |
| 2017-18 (Till date) |       486.9  |                 378.32 |

(d) & (e): The  proposal  is  under  consideration  of  the  Government  to  re-open  the  AMI scheme for sanction of new projects for increasing the storage capacity.

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