Lok Sabha Question No. 619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

O.I.H

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.619

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH   DECEMBER, 2017

## COLD STORAGES

619. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a) whether adequate number of cold storages are being constructed by the Government to prevent the wastage of perishable crops such as fruits and vegetables including potato, onions etc. So that the losses being suffered by the farmers could be avoided every year;
- (b) if  so, the details of cold storages that have been constructed so far and the number of farmers benefited by the same, State-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  the  places  in  various  States  of  the  country  where  cold  storages  are established/    proposed  to  be  established  by  the  Government  and  the  amount  spent  by  the Government in this project, Statewise;
- (d) whether  the  prices  of  seasonal  vegetables/fruits  are  soaring  whereas  the  farmers  are unable to even recover their input cost;
- (e) if so, the effective measures taken by the Government to provide remunerative prices to the farmers; and
- (f) whether farmers have to suffer heavy losses every year due to lack of proper storage facilities for seasonal crops whereas their market rates vary a lot and if so, the details thereof along with the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) to (c): Government  is  implementing  the  following  schemes  under  which  financial  &  technical assistance is provided for setting up of cold storages to prevent the wastage of perishable crops such as fruits and vegetables including potato, onions etc.:

- i. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

ii      Integrated cold chain and value addition Scheme of Ministry of Food Processing Industry (MOFPI) subsumed under Prime Minister SAMPADA Yojana iii Scheme of Agricultural Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under Ministry of Commerce

iv Scheme  of  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC)  under  Department  of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC &FW)

As per available records, 7682 cold storages with capacity of 35.16 million MT with total financial assistance of Rs. 3746.66 crore have been established in the country. The State/UT wise details of cold storage sanctioned under various programmes are at Annexure - I and Annexure - IA.

The component of cold storage under these schemes is project based and entrepreneur driven. The storage facilities are used by farmers on rental and price arbitrage models. The number of farmers using these facilities varies from place to place, crop to crop and season to season.

(d) to (f): As per Central Statistical Office (CSO),  inflation rates  (%)  for  November,  2017 (provisional) on base (2012=100) for rural and urban areas for fruits and vegetables are as under:

|          | Fruits   | Fruits   | Fruits             | Vegetables   | Vegetables   | Vegetables         |
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------|
|          | Nov 16   | Nov 17   | Inflation rate (%) | Nov 16       | Nov 17       | Inflation rate (%) |
| Rural    | 136.9    | 147.7    | 7.89               | 141.8        | 168.0        | 18.48              |
| Urban    | 130.8    | 136.4    | 4.28               | 142.0        | 185.2        | 30.42              |
| Combined | 134.1    | 142.4    | 6.19               | 141.9        | 173.8        | 22.48              |

Further, the monthly average wholesale prices of fruits and vegetables are at (Annexure - II).

Study  commissioned  by  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  and  carried  out  by  Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering & Technology (CIPHET), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), published in 2015, estimated that quantum of quantitative harvest and post harvest losses were in the range of 6.70% to 15.88% (fruits) and 4.58% to 12.44% (vegetables).

Government of  India  is  implementing  various  programme  for  creation  of  efficient  supply  chain through creation of various types of post harvest infrastructure for linking farmers produce with markets. Further,  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  implements  Market  Intervention  Scheme  (MIS)  for procurement  of  agricultural  and  horticultural  commodities  which  are  perishable  in  nature  and  are  not covered under the Price Support Scheme (PSS). The objective of intervention is to protect the growers of these commodities from making distress sale in the event of a bumper crop during the peak arrival period when prices tend to fall below economic levels and cost of production.

## State wise & Agency wise distribution of Cold Storages as on 30.04.2017

|        |                               | upto 2009*   | upto 2009*     | 2009-10 to 2016-17   | 2009-10 to 2016-17   | 2009-10 to 2016-17   | 2009-10 to 2016-17   | 2009-10 to 2016-17   | 2009-10 to 2016-17   | 2009-10 to 2016-17   | 2009-10 to 2016-17   | 2009-10 to 2016-17   |       |               |         |
|--------|-------------------------------|--------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------|---------------|---------|
| S. No. | Name of the State             |              |                | NHB                  | NHB                  | NHB                  | NHM                  | NHM                  | NHM                  | MoFPI                | MoFPI                | MoFPI                | Total | Total         | Total   |
|        |                               | No.          | Capacity (MT)  | No.                  | Capacity (MT)        | Subsidy              | No.                  | Capacity (MT)        | Subsidy              | No.                  | Capacity (MT)        | Subsidy              | No.   | Capacity (MT) | Subsidy |
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands (UT) | 2            | 210            |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 1                    | 600                  | 245                  | 3     | 810           | 245     |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh& Telangana     | 290          | 36             | 220158               |                      | 2330                 | 111                  | 668302               | 12831                | 14                   | 42300                | 11825                | 451   | 1831366       | 26986   |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh             | 1            | 900606 5000    | 0 0                  | 0                    |                      |                      |                      |                      | 1                    | 1000                 | 849                  | 2     | 6000          | 849     |
| 4      | Assam                         | 24           | 88068          | 11                   | 67090                | 1652                 |                      |                      |                      | 2                    | 8100                 | 1770                 | 37    | 163258        | 3422    |
| 5      | Bihar                         | 246          | 1147041        | 28                   | 111821               | 809                  | 29                   | 153233               | 1556                 | 3                    | 3500                 | 2668                 | 306   | 1415595       | 5033    |
| 6      | Chandigarh (UT)               | 6            | 12216          | 1                    | 246                  | 25                   |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 7     | 12462         | 25      |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                  | 69           | 341885         | 14                   | 68597                | 1107                 | 13                   | 65349                | 1474                 | 2                    | 8500                 | 1336                 | 98    | 484331        | 3917    |
| 8      | Delhi                         | 95           | 126158         | 2                    | 3699                 | 136                  |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 97    | 129857        | 136     |
| 9      | Goa                           | 29           | 7705           |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 29    | 7705          | -       |
| 10     | Gujarat                       | 398          | 1267304        | 51                   | 175151               | 2840                 | 305                  | 1464131.87           | 42886                | 20                   | 45100                | 17018                | 774   | 2951687       | 62744   |
| 11     | Haryana                       | 244          | 393121         | 39                   | 147816               | 4772                 | 51                   | 171689.25            | 4486                 | 9                    | 47600                | 6831                 | 343   | 760226        | 16089   |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh              | 18           | 19858          | 7                    | 20504                | 2214                 | 29                   | 54805.18             | 6528                 | 11                   | 30800                | 9167                 | 65    | 125967        | 17909   |
| 13     | Jammu &Kashmir                | 19           | 42869          | 6                    | 24630                | 3078                 | 8                    | 41207                | 9379                 | 6                    | 7300                 | 4716                 | 39    | 116006        | 17173   |
| 14     | Jharkhand                     | 45           | 8              |                      | 36757                | 389                  | 5                    | 29775                | 783                  |                      |                      |                      | 58    | 236680        | 1172    |
| 15     | Karnataka                     | 170          | 170148 407165  | 10                   | 92653                | 922                  | 14                   | 54762.26             | 1262                 | 9                    | 26000                | 5820                 | 203   | 580580        | 8004    |
| 16     | Kerala                        | 193          | 58105          | 1                    | 5000                 | 49                   |                      |                      |                      | 4                    | 17300                | 2620                 | 198   | 80405         | 2669    |
| 17     | Lakshadweep (UT)              | 1            | 15             |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 1     | 15            | -       |
| 18     | Madhya Pradesh                | 197          | 808052         | 22                   | 110174               | 1533                 | 71                   | 320083               | 6924                 | 9                    | 21000                | 6998                 | 299   | 1259309       | 15455   |
| 19     | Maharashtra                   | 466          | 546748         | 30                   | 109737 2275          | 58                   |                      | 151121.5             | 4454                 | 49                   | 172000               | 35830                | 603   | 979607        | 42559   |
| 20     | Manipur                       | 0            | 0              |                      |                      | 0                    |                      | 0                    | 0                    | 2                    | 5500                 | 1783                 | 2     | 5500          | 1783    |
| 21     | Meghalaya                     | 3            | 3200 1         | 5000                 |                      | 28                   |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 4     | 8200          | 28      |
| 22     | Mizoram                       | 0            | 0              | 1                    | 3471                 | 46                   |                      |                      |                      | 2                    | 500                  | 1277                 | 3     | 3971          | 1323    |
| 23     | Nagaland                      | 2            | 6150           | 0 0                  |                      | 0                    |                      |                      |                      | 2                    | 1200                 | 1719                 | 4     | 7350          | 1719    |
| 24     | Orissa                        | 101          | 291039         | 1                    | 9982                 | 214                  | 71                   | 262100               | 8604                 | 2                    | 2000                 | 1208                 | 175   | 565121        | 10026   |
| 25     | Pondicherry (UT)              | 3            | 85             |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 3     | 85            | -       |
| 26     | Punjab                        | 422          | 1345193        | 56                   | 184923               | 3915                 | 166                  | 584901.98            | 16083                | 16                   | 49000                | 12616                | 660   | 2164018       | 32614   |
| 27     | Rajasthan                     | 110          | 324226         | 26                   | 98907                | 1953                 | 21                   | 88760                | 1393                 | 9                    | 43400                | 5752                 | 166   | 555293        | 9097    |
| 28     | Sikkim                        | 1            | 2000           |                      |                      | 1                    |                      | 100                  | 300                  |                      |                      |                      | 2     | 2100          | 300     |
| 29     | Tamil Nadu                    | 148          | 238536         | 16                   | 65047                | 640                  | 1                    | 6000                 | 109                  | 8                    |                      | 6346                 | 173   | 337583        | 7095    |
| 30     | Tripura                       |              |                | 3                    | 332                  |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      | 28000                |                      | 14    | 45477         | 332     |
|        |                               | 11           |                |                      | 16027                | 28725                | 184                  |                      | 11659                | 23                   |                      | 19123                | 2306  | 14222706      | 59507   |
| 31     |                               |              | 29450          | 5                    |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |                      |       |               |         |
| 32     | Uttar Pradesh                 | 1589         | 10118000 68499 | 510 9272             | 3021875 378          |                      | 10                   | 1016530.37 21650     | 3753                 | 16                   | 66300 61000          | 14901                | 46    | 160421        | 19032   |
| 33     | Uttrakhand West Bengal        | 15 463       | 5682000        | 14                   | 47812                | 608                  | 26                   | 153699               | 1879                 | 8                    | 57000                | 4937                 | 511   | 5940511       | 7423    |
|        |                               | 5381         | 24450652       | 899                  | 4656351              | 60970                | 1174                 | 5308200              | 136341               | 228                  | 745000               | 177355               | 7682  | 35160203      | 374666  |

(Source: Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) upto 2009, National Horticulture Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM) & Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI))

(* Data maintained by DMI till 2009 and details of financial assistance is not available) Cold storage assisted under NCDC are part of NHB

Annexure - IA

| STATE WISE LIST OF COLD STORAGES FUNDED BY APEDA   | STATE WISE LIST OF COLD STORAGES FUNDED BY APEDA   | STATE WISE LIST OF COLD STORAGES FUNDED BY APEDA   | STATE WISE LIST OF COLD STORAGES FUNDED BY APEDA   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|                                                    |                                                    |                                                    | Amount Rs. in Lakhs                                |
| S. No.                                             | State                                              | Nos.                                               | APEDA sanctioned amount                            |
| 1                                                  | MAHARASHTRA                                        | 23                                                 | 8911.90                                            |
| 2                                                  | MADHYA PRADESH                                     | 4                                                  | 1909.76                                            |
| 3                                                  | GUJARAT                                            | 10                                                 | 6515.76                                            |
| 4                                                  | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                   | 10                                                 | 2880.99                                            |
| 5                                                  | PUNJAB                                             | 3                                                  | 847.29                                             |
| 6                                                  | UTTARAKHAND                                        | 2                                                  | 1487.46                                            |
| 7                                                  | UTTAR PRADESH                                      | 4                                                  | 2911.00                                            |
| 8                                                  | TAMIL NADU                                         | 4                                                  | 258.23                                             |
| 9                                                  | KERALA                                             | 8                                                  | 3424.50                                            |
| 10                                                 | KARNATAKA                                          | 5                                                  | 2067.57                                            |
| 11                                                 | ANDHRA PRADESH                                     | 7                                                  | 2618.77                                            |
| 12                                                 | WEST BENGAL                                        | 6                                                  | 1988.27                                            |
| 13                                                 | ODISHA                                             | 2                                                  | 534.80                                             |
| 14                                                 | ASSAM                                              | 2                                                  | 1394.16                                            |
| 15                                                 | MIZROAM                                            | 3                                                  | 1132.66                                            |
| 16                                                 | MANIPUR                                            | 1                                                  | 409.23                                             |
| 17                                                 | RAJASTHAN                                          | 5                                                  | 1589.03                                            |
| 18                                                 | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                    | 1                                                  | 388.00                                             |
| 19                                                 | SIKKIM                                             | 2                                                  | 308.97                                             |
| 20                                                 | GOA                                                | 1                                                  | 236.88                                             |
| 21                                                 | DELHI                                              | 1                                                  | 564.82                                             |
|                                                    | Total                                              | 104                                                | 42380.05                                           |

Monthly Average wholesale prices of Fruits & Vegetables

| Rs/qnt        | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt    | Rs/qnt   | Rs/qnt    |
|---------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
| Commodities   | UNIT     | JAN      | FEB      | MAR      | APR      | MAY      | JUN      | JUL      | AUG      | SEP      | OCT       | NOV      | 2017 DEC* |
| Aonla         |          | 2322     | 2409     | 2450     | 2850     | 3869     | 4513     | 5090     | 7250     | 4440     | 3093      | 2614     | 3221      |
| Apples        |          | 8138     | 8588     | 9288     | 9525     | 9938     | 10256    | 8731     | 7981     | 7469     | 7019      | 6456     | 6306      |
| Banana        | 100 No.  | 329      | 333      | 365      | 375      | 395      | 393      | 405      | 422      | 423      | 414       | 420      | 417       |
| Beans         |          | 3498     | 4025     | 4370     | 4590     | 4513     | 4350     | 3508     | 3488     | 4002     | 4113      | 3648     | 3006      |
| Bitter Gourd  |          | 3325     | 3470     | 3450     | 3460     | 3098     | 3023     | 2990     | 2370     | 2085     | 2310      | 2535     | 2655      |
| Bottle Gourd  |          | 1000     | 1231     | 1219     | 1100     | 944      | 1144     | 1469     | 1363     | 1581     | 1481      | 1563     | 1438      |
| Carrot        |          | 1055     | 885      | 2037     | 2606     | 2681     | 2444     | 2050     | 1981     | 1631     | 2706      | 3063     | 2675      |
| Cauliflower   | 100 No.  | 780      | 811      | 1119     | 1246     | 1458     | 1729     | 2000     | 1875     | 2308     | 2325      | 1575     | 1357      |
| Coconut       | 1000 No. | 11203    | 12310    | 12713    | 12848    | 13045    | 12855    | 13125    | 14147    | 15275    | 15692     | 15900    | 16908     |
| Cucumber      |          | 1400     | 1655     | 1450     | 1580     | 1270     | 2010     | 2060     | 1450     | 1230     | 1490      | 1480     | 1510      |
| Drumstick     |          | 4175     | 2100     | 1850     | 1825     | 2775     | 2935     | 3817     | 3425     | 5125     | 5956      | 5896     | 8575      |
| Grapes        |          |          | 5000     | 4050     | 4400     | 4550     | 5100     | 5150     | 4000     | 4000     | 4700      | 7050     | 7250      |
| Guava         |          | 2800     | 3450     | 2750     | 2550     | 3200     | 3000     | 3200     | 3150     | 3150     | 2900      | 2600     | 3100      |
| Jackfruit     |          | 3293     | 2630     | 1938     | 1875     | 1838     | 1525     | 1650     | 1825     | 1950     | 2075      | 2917     | 3025      |
| Ladyfinger    |          | 3350     | 3467     | 2633     | 2267     | 1653     | 1445     | 2000     | 1707     | 1542     | 1667      | 1775     | 2125      |
| Mangoes       |          | 4625     | 4800     | 5486     | 4588     | 4015     | 3802     | 4017     | 6200     | 6750     | 7500      | 7500     | 8000      |
| Mosambi       |          | 3594     | 3506     | 3311     | 3217     | 2997     | 3089     | 2917     | 2953     | 2948     | 3033      | 2900     | 2950      |
| Onion         |          | 1191     | 1284     | 1320     | 1482     | 1675     | 2089     | 1846     | 2818     | 2480     | 3605      | 4775     | 4668      |
| Oranges       | 100 No   | 1628     | 1442     | 1197     | 957      | 1047     | 1556     | 2584     | 5050     | 2775     | 2267      | 1927     | 2027      |
| Pear          |          | 4967     | 4467     | 4633     | 4700     | 4350     | 4175     | 3500     | 3175     | 3125     | 3425      | 4000     | 3850      |
| Peas Green    |          | 1389     | 1586     | 2172     | 3344     | 3638     | 4088     | 4638     | 3888     | 5788     | 5288      | 3650     | 3044      |
| Pineapple     |          | 3450     | 3200     | 3144     | 3281     | 3320     | 3571     | 3143     | 3550     | 3038     | 3614      | 2929     | 3225      |
| Pointed Gourd |          | 5375     | 5200     | 3438     | 2638     | 2113     | 1606     | 1500     | 2019     | 1975     | 2388      | 2744     | 3169      |
| Pomegranate   |          | 5930     | 6420     | 6350     | 5674     | 5395     | 5270     | 4769     | 5240     | 5114     | 5410      | 5300     | 5055      |
| Potato        |          | 732      | 692      | 674      | 790      | 860      | 872      | 957      | 918      | 869      | 975       | 905      | 917       |
| Pumpkin       |          | 887      | 867      | 923      | 994      | 800      | 850      | 1081     | 1206     | 863      | 955       | 1120     | 990       |
| Radish        |          | 557      | 483      | 557      | 963      | 800      | 625      | 1625     | 975      | 850      | 1013      | 700      | 688       |
| Tamarind      |          | 6850     | 6640     | 7030     | 7750     | 7800     | 7530     | 8090     | 8080     | 8805     | 8575      | 10075    | 11000     |
| Tapioca       |          | 2025     | 2088     | 2100     | 2143     | 2118     | 2005     | 2070     | 1945     | 1944     |           | 1881     | 1881      |
| Tomato        |          | 1032     | 1137     | 1254     | 895      | 970      | 2943     | 5576     | 3866     | 1822     | 1944 3244 | 3686     | 3196      |

*-  Up to 8th December 2017

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## Annexure - II