Lok Sabha Question No. 288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-18
Subject: Cold Storage Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.288

ANSWERED ON-18 TH  JULY, 2017

## COLD STORAGE UNITS

## 288. SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

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 including Maharashtra; and
- (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 if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  is  presently  assisting  236  integrated  cold  chain projects including 50 projects in Maharashtra under the central sector Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure in the country. Of this, 103 integrated cold chain projects including 22 projects in Maharashtra have recently been sanctioned in March/April, 2017 against the Expression of Interest (EOI) issued on 31.08.2016.

(b): Operationalization of 236 cold chain projects envisages creation of a cold chain capacity of 7.68  lakh  MT  of  Cold  Storage/Controlled  Atmosphere/Deep  Freezer  Storage,  215  MT/Hr  of Individual Quick Freeze, 110.49 lakh Litre Per Day of Milk Processing/Storage and 1400 nos. of Reefer Vehicles. Out of this, Ministry has so far created a capacity of 3.98 lakh metric tonnes of cold storage, 104.39 metric tonnes per hour of Individual Quick Freezing (IQF), 39.83 lakh litres per  day  of  Milk  processing/  storage  and  591  reefer  vans.  A  study  was  undertaken  by  National Centre  for  Cold  Chain  Development  (NCCD), 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)      | 34,164,411MT                     | 31,823,700MT                 | 32,76,962MT           |
| Cold Storage (Hub)       | 9,36,251MT                       |                              |                       |
| 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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