Lok Sabha Question No. 5189 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Setting up of Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5189

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  MARCH, 2018

## SETTING UP OF COLD STORAGES

5189.     SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

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

- (a) whether  any  scheme has  been formulated by the Ministry  of  Agriculture and  Farmers Welfare  and  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  to  protect  various  kinds  of  agriculture produce by constructing cold storages, State/district-wise, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government provides any loan in this regard and if so, the criteria thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take/ has taken any concrete steps in this regard; and
- (d) if  so,  the  number  of  cold  storages  constructed  by  the  Government  as  well  as  by  the private parties through personal loans in the country, State-wise, the details thereof?

## 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): Government of India is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and Pradhan Mantri Kissan SAMPADA Yojana under which assistance is available for establishment of cold storage/cold chain. State/UT wise details of cold storages established in the country are at   Annexure - I.

(b) to (d): Government  does  not  provide  loan  for  setting  up  of  cold  storages.  Loan  is provided by Banks/Financial Institutions for setting up of Cold Storages.

Under MIDH, the component of cold storage is demand/entrepreneur-driven from among entrepreneurs,  private  companies,  cooperatives,  farmers  groups  etc.  through  commercial ventures for which assistance @35% of admissible project cost in general areas and @50% in hilly and schedule area is available as credit linked and back ended subsidy.

Further,  under  SAMPADA  scheme  of  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI) financial assistance is available in the form of grant-in-aid @ 35% for general areas and @ 50% for North East States, Himalayan States, Integrated Tribal Development Projects (ITDP) areas and Islands for storage and transport infrastructure and @ 50% and 75% respectively for value addition  and  processing  infrastructure  subject  to  a  maximum  grant-in-aid  of  Rs.  10  crore  for setting  up  integrated  cold  chain  projects  including  irradiation  facility.  Under  this  scheme integrated  cold  chain  and  preservation  infrastructure  can  be  set  up  by  individuals,  groups  of entrepreneurs, cooperative societies, Self Help Groups (SHGs), Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs),  NGOs,  Central/State  PSUs,  etc.  The  scheme  is  primarily  private  sector  driven  and proposals under this scheme are invited through Expression of Interest (EOI) by MoFPI. The scheme is available in rural & urban areas in all States/UTs.

## Annexure-I

State/UT wise distribution of Cold Storages as on 31.12.2017

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |      | Total         |
|----------|--------------------------------|------|---------------|
|          |                                | No.  | Capacity (MT) |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | 3    | 810           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     | 452  | 1836366       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              | 2    | 6000          |
| 4        | Assam                          | 37   | 163258        |
| 5        | Bihar                          | 306  | 1415595       |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                | 7    | 12462         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   | 98   | 484331        |
| 8        | Delhi                          | 97   | 129857        |
| 9        | Goa                            | 29   | 7705          |
| 10       | Gujarat                        | 841  | 3270629       |
| 11       | Haryana                        | 350  | 788743        |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               | 65   | 125967        |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                | 43   | 134243        |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      | 58   | 236680        |
| 15       | Karnataka                      | 204  | 583534        |
| 16       | Kerala                         | 199  | 81705         |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               | 1    | 15            |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 | 302  | 1281411       |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    | 603  | 979607        |
| 20       | Manipur                        | 3    | 7100          |
| 21       | Meghalaya                      | 4    | 8200          |
| 22       | Mizoram                        | 3    | 3971          |
| 23       | Nagaland                       | 4    | 7350          |
| 24       | Orissa                         | 177  | 566321        |
| 25       | Pondicherry (UT)               | 3    | 85            |
| 26       | Punjab                         | 672  | 2201386       |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      | 167  | 561293        |
| 28       | Sikkim                         | 2    | 2100          |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     | 173  | 337583        |
| 30       | Tripura                        | 14   | 45477         |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh                  | 2368 | 14500773      |
| 32       | Uttrakhand                     | 47   | 162821        |
| 33       | West Bengal                    | 511  | 5940511       |
| Total    | Total                          | 7845 | 35883889      |

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

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