Lok Sabha Question No. 4327 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Integrated Cold Chain Projects
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4327 ANSWERED ON 28 TH  MARCH, 2017

## INTEGRATED COLD CHAIN PROJECTS

## 4327. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI  DHANJIBHAI  VASAVA:

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

- (a) the objectives of integrated cold chain project/programme;
- (b) the works carried out under the said project/programme during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (c) the extent to which the said objectives have been achieved as a result of the said work?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The objective of the scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure of Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  is  to  provide  integrated  cold  chain,  preservation  and  value addition infrastructure facilities without any break, from the farm gate to the consumer in order to reduce post-harvest losses of horticulture and non-horticulture agri-produce. This will enable linking groups of producers  to  processors  and  market  through  a  well-equipped  supply  chain  and  cold  chain,  thereby ensuring remunerative prices to farmers and year-round availability of food products to consumers.

(b)  &  (c): Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  is  implementing  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  for Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure,  wherein  financial  assistance  in  the  form  of grant-in-aid  upto  maximum  of  Rs.  10  crore  per  project  is  provided  for  setting  up  the  cold  chain infrastructure in the country.

The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  is  presently  assisting  135  integrated  cold  chain projects.  Of  this,  97  have  already  been  achieved  completion  and  commenced  commercial  operation. 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  (IQF),  37.96  lakh  litres  per  day  of  Milk  processing/  storage  and  552  reefer vans.

State-wise details of Cold Chain Projects sanctioned by Ministry of Food Processing Industries during the last three years and current year are at Annexure-I .

Government has further approved taking up 100 new integrated cold chain projects in 2016-17 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 (EOI) 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 all over the country have been received against the Expression of Interest (EOI).

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## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  &  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4327 FOR 28 th   MARCH,  2017  REGARDING  INTEGRATED COLD CHAIN PROJECTS

## State-wise  details  of  Cold  Chain  Projects  sanctioned  by  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries during the last three years and current year .

| State                          | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (As on 24.03.2017)   | Total No. of Projects sanctioned   |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| State                          | Nos.      | Nos.      | Nos.      | Nos.                         | Nos.                               |
| Andhra Pradesh                 | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0                            | 1                                  |
| Assam                          | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0                            | 1                                  |
| Bihar                          | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0                            | 1                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                   | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                            | 0                                  |
| Gujarat                        | 4         | 0         | 1         | 0                            | 5                                  |
| Haryana                        | 1         | 0         | 4         | 0                            | 5                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh               | 5         | 0         | 0         | 1                            | 6                                  |
| Jammu &Kashmir                 | 3         | 0         | 1         | 0                            | 4                                  |
| Karnataka                      | 2         | 0         | 0         | 0                            | 2                                  |
| Kerala                         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                            | 0                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh                 | 2         | 0         | 1         | 0                            | 3                                  |
| Maharashtra                    | 15        | 0         | 2         | 2                            | 19                                 |
| Manipur                        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                            | 0                                  |
| Mizoram                        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                            | 0                                  |
| Odisha                         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0                            | 1                                  |
| Punjab                         | 4         | 0         | 3         | 0                            | 7                                  |
| Rajasthan                      | 2         | 0         | 1         | 0                            | 3                                  |
| Tamil Nadu                     | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0                            | 1                                  |
| Telangana                      | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0                            | 1                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | 3         | 0         | 3         | 0                            | 6                                  |
| Uttarakhand                    | 7         | 0         | 5         | 1                            | 13                                 |
| West Bengal                    | 0         | 0         | 2         | 0                            | 2                                  |
| Total No. of Projects Approved | 51        | 0         | 26        | 4                            | 81                                 |