Lok Sabha Question No. 413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-18
Subject: Post Harvest Infrastructure
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: DILIP PATEL, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.413

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  18 TH  JULY, 2017

## POST HARVEST INFRASTRUCTURE

413.   SHRI DILIP PATEL: SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN: SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that fruits and vegetables are getting wasted every year due to non-availability of sufficient post-harvest infrastructure;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  total  quantum  of  fruits  and  vegetables produced during the last three years in the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal or programmes to improve/strengthen post-harvest infrastructure like cold storages, transportation, etc. in various States of the country including Gujarat, if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d) the quantum of funds allocated/sanctioned by the Government to various States for this purpose during the current year, details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

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- (a) & (b): A study was 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. The study estimated that  quantum  of  quantitative  harvest  and  post  harvest losses  of  fruits  and  vegetables were in the range of 6.70% to 15.88% (fruits) and 4.58% to 12.44% (vegetables) due to various reasons such as harvesting, cleaning, sorting/grading, packaging, transportation, storage channels, weight loss in storage etc.

The State wise total quantum of fruits and vegetables produced during the last three year in the country is at Annexure - I.

(c) & (d): In order to create post harvest infrastructure including cold storages and reefer  transport  in  various  States  of  the  country  including  Gujarat,  Government  is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) comprising of programmes of National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH) and National Horticulture Board (NHB).

Under  MIDH  credit  linked  back  ended  subsidy  @  35%  of  the  project  cost  in general areas and 50% in case of hilly and schedule areas is available for creation post harvest  management  infrastructure  like  cold  storage/cold  chain  infrastructure.  The component  is  demand/  entrepreneur  driven  from  entrepreneurs,  private  companies, cooperatives, farmers groups etc through commercial ventures for which Government assistance  is  credit  linked  and  back  ended.  Further,  Ministry  of  Food  Processing Industries  and  Agricultural  Processed  Food  Products  Export  Development  Authority (APEDA) under Ministry of Commerce is also implementing programmes for creation of post harvest infrastructure.

The quantum of funds allocated during current year under NHM and HMNEH to various  States  for  development  of  horticulture  including  creation  of  post  harvest infrastructure is at Annexure - II.

States have been advised to allocate minimum 35% of their budget for creation of  post  harvest  infrastructure  under  their  AAP.  The  State  wise  allocations  under  the programmes of NHB are not made as these are demand driven and project based.

## State wise Production of fruits and Vegetables during last three year

| STATES/UTs        | 2013-14   | 2013-14    | 2014-15   | 2014-15    | 2015-16   | 2015-16    | 2016-17(Provisional)   | 2016-17(Provisional)   |
|-------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|                   | fruits    | vegetables | fruits    | vegetables | fruits    | vegetables | fruits                 | vegetables             |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 10510.56  | 8149.76    | 9121.62   | 4592.58    | 10088.82  | 5442.77    | 12098.6 0              | 5355.64                |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 321.26    | 35.00      | 331.40    | 41.00      | 306.27    | 33.01      | 311.53                 | 33.34                  |
| ASSAM             | 2007.80   | 3031.90    | 2030.14   | 4469.73    | 2077.77   | 3821.71    | 2391.19                | 3874.50                |
| BIHAR             | 4013.58   | 15097.77   | 3990.00   | 14467.15   | 4230.63   | 14400.12   | 4272.94                | 14225.04               |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 1930.18   | 5465.92    | 2071.14   | 5812.32    | 2294.73   | 6318.41    | 2393.51                | 6700.96                |
| GUJARAT           | 8001.96   | 11571.24   | 8300.60   | 11861.23   | 8477.17   | 13401.39   | 8482.80                | 13401.39               |
| HARYANA           | 554.90    | 5565.90    | 703.68    | 5305.59    | 737.82    | 6129.36    | 900.00                 | 6960.00                |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 866.34    | 1635.88    | 751.94    | 1585.37    | 928.83    | 1715.16    | 639.01                 | 1743.31                |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 2073.94   | 1395.47    | 1779.44   | 1395.47    | 2115.72   | 1386.37    | 2116.06                | 1386.37                |
| JHARKHAND         | 890.04    | 4238.13    | 898.08    | 4279.28    | 961.19    | 3373.82    | 1026.31                | 3714.25                |
| KARNATAKA         | 6652.42   | 7500.69    | 6799.89   | 8828.37    | 7023.69   | 7804.57    | 7425.11                | 8207.18                |
| KERALA            | 2889.50   | 3572.67    | 2554.12   | 1645.06    | 2532.94   | 2088.66    | 2467.92                | 1907.72                |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 5696.00   | 13019.31   | 6119.00   | 14199.00   | 5783.06   | 15568.26   | 5937.04                | 16664.66               |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 13457.92  | 10161.83   | 11089.53  | 8783.01    | 9749.80   | 9452.07    | 10378.4 3              | 10360.76               |
| MANIPUR           | 515.69    | 271.04     | 521.57    | 268.01     | 467.76    | 316.51     | 454.08                 | 331.97                 |
| MEGHALAYA         | 348.00    | 515.34     | 377.25    | 534.00     | 395.40    | 494.88     | 447.27                 | 541.89                 |
| MIZORAM           | 343.90    | 254.14     | 350.91    | 273.76     | 330.28    | 179.02     | 339.05                 | 168.18                 |
| NAGALAND          | 411.00    | 492.37     | 411.00    | 492.37     | 374.13    | 494.61     | 393.53                 | 534.24                 |
| ODISHA            | 2148.27   | 9433.66    | 2156.49   | 9413.54    | 2386.94   | 8755.51    | 2430.10                | 8760.09                |
| PUNJAB            | 1541.24   | 3936.19    | 1644.64   | 4167.65    | 1790.94   | 4301.63    | 1856.92                | 4640.52                |
| RAJASTHAN         | 581.78    | 1114.07    | 735.60    | 1433.23    | 681.57    | 1986.73    | 718.48                 | 1928.60                |
| SIKKIM            | 24.05     | 134.53     | 0.03      | 130.06     | 23.48     | 106.94     | 26.86                  | 128.32                 |
| TAMILNADU         | 7369.86   | 8678.82    | 5963.93   | 7521.02    | 6635.10   | 6976.15    | 6079.95                | 6304.84                |
| TELANGANA         | 4440.98   | 3647.28    | 5287.70   | 3005.33    | 4319.87   | 3195.44    | 3536.74                | 2992.40                |
| TRIPURA           | 786.35    | 780.52     | 819.12    | 811.09     | 854.05    | 793.24     | 845.51                 | 785.31                 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 6887.45   | 18544.96   | 7558.99   | 26120.18   | 10296.14  | 26251.00   | 10353.4 9              | 26407.34               |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 678.49    | 1016.83    | 785.97    | 1109.65    | 659.10    | 945.36     | 664.92                 | 945.60                 |
| WEST BENGAL       | 2909.71   | 23044.95   | 3313.70   | 26354.61   | 3516.71   | 22825.45   | 3708.45                | 25500.61               |
| OTHERS            | 123.98    | 590.75     | 134.23    | 578.57     | 143.16    | 505.81     | 150.21                 | 502.83                 |
| TOTAL             | 88977.15  |            | 86601.71  | 169478.23  | 90183.04  | 169063.93  | 92845.9                | 175007.87              |
|                   |           | 162896.92  |           |            |           |            | 8                      |                        |

## Annexure - I

Production in '000 Tonnes

## State wise allocation and release of funds during 2017 - 18

## National Horticulture Mission (NHM)

| Sl. No.   | State/Implementing Agency   |   Allocation (GOI Share) | Releases as on 13.07.2017   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh              |                     6403 | 3000.00                     |
| 2         | Bihar                       |                     2631 |                             |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh                |                     6923 | 3400.00                     |
| 4         | Goa                         |                      252 | 105.46                      |
| 5         | Gujarat                     |                     7139 | 3000.00                     |
| 6         | Haryana                     |                     6184 | 3000.00                     |
| 7         | Jharkhand                   |                     4018 | 1000.00                     |
| 8         | Karnataka                   |                     7297 | 3400.00                     |
| 9         | Kerala                      |                     4642 | 1400.00                     |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh              |                     4535 | 1000.00                     |
| 11        | Maharashtra                 |                     8897 | 2500.00                     |
| 12        | Orissa                      |                     4991 | 2000.00                     |
| 13        | Punjab                      |                     3986 | 1500.00                     |
| 14        | Rajasthan                   |                     5089 | 1000.00                     |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu                  |                     5503 | 2000.00                     |
| 16        | Telangana                   |                     3290 |                             |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh               |                     3727 | 1200.00                     |
| 18        | West Bengal                 |                     2491 | 1000.00                     |
| 19        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |                       50 |                             |
| 20        | Delhi                       |                       50 |                             |
| 21        | Lakshadweep                 |                       80 |                             |
| 22        | A & Nicober Islands         |                      200 |                             |
| 23        | Puducherry                  |                      100 |                             |
|           | Sub Total                   |                    88478 | 30505.46                    |

## Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States  (HMNEH)

| 1   | Arunachal Pradesh   |   3230.00 |          |
|-----|---------------------|-----------|----------|
| 2   | Sikkim              |      3050 | 1200.00  |
| 3   | Manipur             |      3200 | 600.00   |
| 4   | Uttarakhand         |      3100 | 1400.00  |
| 5   | Tripura             |      3300 |          |
| 6   | Jammu & Kashmir     |      4600 | 9650.00  |
| 7   | Nagaland            |      3150 | 1500.00  |
| 8   | Mizoram             |      3150 | 1575.00  |
| 9   | Assam               |      2800 | 500.00   |
| 10  | Meghalaya           |      2550 | 1000.00  |
| 11  | Himachal Pradesh    |      3200 | 1000.00  |
|     |                     |     35330 | 18425.00 |

## Annexure - II

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