Lok Sabha Question No. 4119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Cold Chain Infrastructure
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, GAURAV GOGOI, DILIP PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4119

ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## COLD CHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE

## 4119.   SHRI  SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

SHRI DILIP PATEL:

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

- (a) the number of capacity of cold chain infrastructures/cold storages units in each State/UT;
- (b) whether there is a huge gap between requirement and availability of cold chain infrastructure/cold  storages  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  along with the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the cold chain infrastructures/cold storage facilities in the country are either ill-equipped or inadequate to protect perishable produce from wastage and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) the  details  of  funds-allocated,  sanctioned  and  released  for  setting  up  and  upgradation  of  cold chain infrastructure/cold storages under the National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  developed  cold  chain  infrastructure  under  the  Public  Private Partnership mode in the country during the said period and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the capacity of cold chain infrastructure for processing and storage of agricultural and horticultural  produce  has  been  enhanced  in  the  country  during  the  said  period  and  if  so,  the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to  (c): Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  is  implementing  a  central  sector  Scheme  for Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure  in  order  to  arrest  post-harvest  losses  of horticulture & non-horticulture produce and to provide remunerative prices to farmers. State-wise details of Integrated Cold Chain Projects sanctioned by Ministry of Food Processing Industries in the country with  the  capacity  of  cold  chain/Cold  storage  infrastructure  are  at Annexure-I .    National  Horticulture Board  has  conducted  a  study  on  'all  India  Cold  Storage  Capacity  &  Technology-Baseline  Survey' through M/s Hansa Research Group Pvt Ltd., Mumbai. The report contains data for cold storages which were constructed up to  March,2013 (i.e.  up  to  2012-13).  As  per  this  report,  5367  cold  storages  were operational  in  the  country.  As  per  the  information  available  as  on  31.12.2017,  there  were  7845  cold storages with a capacity of 35.88 million MT in the country.

Besides,  National Center for Cold Chain Development (NCCD) under Department of Agriculture, Cooperation  and  Farmers  Welfare,  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  had  commissioned  a study on 'All India Cold Chain Infrastructure Capacity (Assessment of Status & Gap)' conducted by NABARD  Consultancy  Services  Pvt.  Ltd.(NABCONS).  As  per  the  gap  study,  the  cold  chain requirement in the country stands at 35 million tonnes of cold storage vis-a vis available capacity of 32 million tonnes. 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)      | 34,164,411 MT                    | 31,823,700 MT                | 32,76,962 MT          |
| Cold Storage (Hub)       | 9,36,251 MT                      | 31,823,700 MT                | 32,76,962 MT          |
| Reefer Vehicles          | 61826 nos.                       | 9000 nos.                    | 52826 nos.            |
| Ripening Chamber         | 9131 nos.                        | 812 nos.                     | 8319 .                |

The  study  was  primarily  based  on  requirement  of  fruits  &  vegetables  and  has  excluded  the requirement for milk, meat, marine and processed products.

Ministry does not have any information that cold chain infrastructure/cold storage facility in the country are ill-equipped.

- (d): Details of year wise funds allocated and released by Ministry under the scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure during last three years and the current year are at Annexure-II. State/UT wise funds are not allotted under the scheme of Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure.
- (e): Cold  Chain  infrastructure  under  Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  mode  is  supported  under  the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) Scheme of the Ministry of Finance. However, till date no proposal to set up cold chain project/cold storage under the PPP mode has been received in this Ministry.
- (f): Ministry of Food Processing Industries is presently assisting 238 cold chain projects in the country under the Scheme of Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure. Out of this, 133 cold chain projects have  been  sanctioned during the last three years i.e., from  2014-15  till date. Operationalization of these 238 cold chain projects envisages creation of a cold chain capacity of about 7.63  lakh  MT  of  Cold  Storage/Controlled  Atmosphere/Deep  Freezer  Storage,  227.75  MT/Hr  of Individual Quick Freeze, 107.99 lakh Litre Per Day of Milk Processing/Storage and 1393 nos. of Reefer Vehicles. Out of this, Ministry has so far created a capacity of 4.68 lakh metric tonnes of cold storage, 125.71 metric tonnes per hour of Individual Quick Freezing (IQF), 50.14 lakh litres per day of Milk processing/ storage and 696 reefer vans.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4119 ANSWERED ON 20.03.2018 REGARDING COLD CHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE

## State-wise details of Integrated Cold Chain Projects sanctioned by Ministry of Food Processing Industries in the country with the capacity of cold chain/Cold storage infrastructure.

| State             |   No. of project |   Total Capacity of Cold Storage/ CA/MA Storage/ Deep Freezer (Lakh MT) |
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                8 |                                                                   0.23  |
| Andman &Nicobar   |                1 |                                                                   0.006 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                1 |                                                                   0.01  |
| Assam             |                2 |                                                                   0.081 |
| Bihar             |                3 |                                                                   0.035 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                2 |                                                                   0.085 |
| Gujarat           |               19 |                                                                   0.351 |
| Haryana           |                9 |                                                                   0.476 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |               12 |                                                                   0.326 |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |                6 |                                                                   0.073 |
| Karnataka         |                9 |                                                                   0.26  |
| Kerala            |                4 |                                                                   0.173 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                8 |                                                                   0.182 |
| Maharashtra       |               54 |                                                                   1.82  |
| Manipur           |                2 |                                                                   0.055 |
| Mizoram           |                2 |                                                                   0.005 |
| Nagaland          |                2 |                                                                   0.012 |
| Odisha            |                2 |                                                                   0.02  |
| Punjab            |               16 |                                                                   0.49  |
| Rajasthan         |               10 |                                                                   0.434 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                8 |                                                                   0.28  |
| Telangana         |                7 |                                                                   0.17  |
| Uttar Pradesh     |               23 |                                                                   0.663 |
| Uttarakhand       |               20 |                                                                   0.805 |
| West Bengal       |                8 |                                                                   0.57  |
| Total             |              238 |                                                                   7.612 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4119 ANSWERED ON 20.03.2018 REGARDING COLD CHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE

Details  of  year  wise  funds  allocated  and  released  by  Ministry  under  the  scheme  of  Cold  Chain,  Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure during last three years and the current year.

| Year    | BE (Rs. Crore)   | RE (Rs. Crore)   | Expenditure (Rs. Crore)   |
|---------|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 160.00           | 153.36           | 153.36                    |
| 2015-16 | 181.00           | 180.50           | 160.35                    |
| 2016-17 | 158.23           | 185.21           | 184.88                    |
| 2017-18 | 180.00           | 198.39           | 186.34 (As on 15.03.2018) |
| Total   |                  |                  | 684.93                    |