Lok Sabha Question No. 1420 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Storage for Agricultural Products
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1420

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## STORAGE FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

1420.    SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that farmers in the country are facing difficulties caused by lack of proper storage facilities for agricultural products;
- (b) if so, the measures taken by the Government to solve this issue;
- (c) the  details  of  Government  established  storage  facilities  for  agricultural  products across the country, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government has any plan to build new storage facilities in this financial year and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including the fund allocation for this?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (d): Government is promoting scientific storage facilities for storage of agricultural  products  by  farmers  in  rural  areas  of  the  country.  Government  is  promoting Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) scheme, which is a sub-scheme of Integrated Scheme  for  Agricultural  Marketing  (ISAM),  under  which  assistance  is  provided  for construction/ renovation of godowns/ warehouses in the rural areas of various States to enhance  the  storage  capacity  for  agriculture  produce. AMI  is  a  demand  driven  scheme and no state-wise allocation is made. However, the State-wise number of godowns/warehouses assisted under AMI sub-scheme is at Annexure-I.

In  addition  to  above,  Warehouse  Infrastructure  Fund  (WIF)  of  National  Bank  for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) envisages extension of low cost loans to Public  and  Private  sectors  for  construction/modernization  of  warehouses,  silos,  cold storages, cold chain infrastructure. State-wise details of projects sanctioned under WIF is at Annexure-II .

The Government has approved a new central sector scheme for Financial Facility under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund of Rs. 1,00,000 Crore to provide a medium-long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest market infrastructure   including    warehousing    facility and   community farming assets through

interest  subvention    and  financial  support.  So  far,  under  the  scheme  NABARD  has received a total of 3055 proposals including that of proposal for warehouses from Primary Agricultural Credit Societies ( PACs) through state cooperative banks in 22 states for which in-principle sanction of Rs. 1568 crore has been accorded. The details are at AnnexureIII .

The Government is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture  (MIDH)  under  which  financial  assistance  is  provided  for  various  horticulture activities  including  setting  up  of  cold  storages.  MIDH  is  demand/entrepreneur  driven scheme. Details of State-wise cold storages sanctioned under MIDH since 2017 to till now are at Annexure-IV .

Central  Warehousing  Corporation  (CWC)  plans  to  create  storage  capacity  of 142471 MT with its own funds. The State/Union Territory wise details of construction plan of CWC for financial year 2020-21 is at Annexure-V .

Annexure-I State-wise storage Infrastructure Projects assisted under Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) sub-scheme of Integrated Scheme

Agricultural for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) upto 30.06.2020.

| S. No.   | State             |   No. of projects |   Storage Capacity (in MT) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |              1382 |                    5628388 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                 1 |                        945 |
| 3        | Assam             |               325 |                     987169 |
| 4        | Bihar             |              1044 |                     603829 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |               595 |                    1943795 |
| 6        | Goa               |                 1 |                        299 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |             11764 |                    4565643 |
| 8        | Haryana           |              2026 |                    6600346 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                87 |                      27486 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                14 |                      83027 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |                29 |                     172316 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |              4615 |                    3883740 |
| 13       | Kerala            |               206 |                      90511 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |              3910 |                   10845113 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |              3609 |                    6768441 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                16 |                      21012 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                 1 |                        302 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                 1 |                        814 |
| 19       | Odisha            |               691 |                    1009180 |
| 20       | Punjab            |              1745 |                    6741842 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |              1483 |                    2764745 |
| 22       | Tamilnadu         |              1129 |                    1409491 |
| 23       | Telangana         |               769 |                    4652384 |
| 24       | Tripura           |                 5 |                      28764 |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     |              1123 |                    5337669 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       |               287 |                     772269 |
| 27       | West Bengal       |              2558 |                    1597067 |
| Total    | Total             |             39416 |                   66536587 |

## State-wise details of projects sanctioned under Warehouse Infrastructure Fund (WIF)

| Sr. No.   | Name of the State    |   Project Sanctioned (No.) |   Capacity Sanctioned (MT) |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |                         19 |                     173700 |
| 2         | Assam                |                          4 |                      20000 |
| 3         | Bihar                |                        124 |                     483500 |
| 4         | Chattisgarh          |                         68 |                     372400 |
| 5         | Gujarat              |                       1876 |                     810190 |
| 6         | Haryana              |                         46 |                     659372 |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh     |                          4 |                       3980 |
| 8         | Karnataka            |                        528 |                    1333808 |
| 9         | Kerala               |                         11 |                      24480 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh       |                        599 |                     195700 |
| 11        | Maharashtra          |                          5 |                      15800 |
| 12        | Mizoram              |                        111 |                      42174 |
| 13        | Odisha               |                        398 |                     193900 |
| 14        | Punjab               |                        137 |                    2902306 |
| 15        | Rajasthan            |                         11 |                     478650 |
| 16        | Tamil Nadu           |                       2917 |                    1804780 |
| 17        | Telangana            |                        350 |                    1775000 |
| 18        | Tripura              |                         51 |                      18600 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand          |                          4 |                       1018 |
| 20        | Uttar Pradesh        |                         40 |                     200000 |
| 21        | West Bengal          |                        289 |                     839698 |
| 22        | NCMSL (Multi- state) |                         22 |                     364600 |
|           | Grand Total          |                       7614 |                   12713656 |

## Proposals of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACs) received by NABARD under Scheme of Financing Facility under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

| S.No.       | States            |   No. of Projects |   Estimated Project Cost |
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1           | Andaman & Nicobar |                 3 |                       45 |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh    |               347 |                    34457 |
| 3           | Assam             |                 7 |                      296 |
| 4           | Bihar             |                31 |                     7875 |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      |               123 |                     2214 |
| 6           | Gujarat           |               151 |                     6202 |
| 7           | Haryana           |                95 |                     3262 |
| 8           | Himachal Pradesh  |                20 |                      676 |
| 10          | Karnataka         |               163 |                     8394 |
| 11          | Kerala            |                70 |                    16076 |
| 12          | Madhya Pradesh    |               351 |                    12600 |
| 13          | Maharashtra       |               309 |                     7959 |
| 14          | Nagaland          |                10 |                      147 |
| 15          | Odisha            |               103 |                     2813 |
| 16          | Punjab            |                60 |                      823 |
| 17          | Rajasthan         |               258 |                     5398 |
| 18          | Tamil Nadu        |               201 |                    33500 |
| 19          | Telangana         |               207 |                    22287 |
| 20          | Uttarakhand       |               102 |                     1850 |
| 21          | Uttar Pradesh     |               244 |                     4610 |
| 22          | West Bengal       |               200 |                     4598 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       |              3055 |                   176082 |

## Annexure-IV

State-wise total number of cold storages sanctioned under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

## (Since 2017-18)

| S. No.   | State/Union Territory   |   Number of projects |   Capacity in MT |
|----------|-------------------------|----------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh          |                    7 |            69005 |
| 2        | Assam                   |                    3 |            25200 |
| 3        | Bihar                   |                    3 |            22172 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh            |                    1 |             3243 |
| 5        | Gujarat                 |                  197 |           891272 |
| 6        | Haryana                 |                   13 |            42444 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh        |                    9 |            16657 |
| 8        | Jammu & Kashmir         |                   30 |           127112 |
| 9        | Karnataka               |                   17 |            92747 |
| 10       | Kerala                  |                    1 |             1300 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh          |                    7 |            50094 |
| 12       | Manipur                 |                    1 |             1600 |
| 13       | Odisha                  |                    2 |             1200 |
| 14       | Punjab                  |                   37 |           169120 |
| 15       | Rajasthan               |                   12 |            53629 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu              |                    6 |            47836 |
| 17       | Telangana               |                    8 |            57046 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh           |                  108 |           522218 |
| 19       | Uttrakhand              |                    1 |             2400 |
|          | Total                   |                  463 |          2196294 |

State/Union Territory wise plan for construction of godowns  by Central Warehousing Corporation ( CWC) for financial year 2020-21.

| S. No.   | State/Union Territory   |   Capacity (MT) |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------|
| 1.       | Gujarat                 |           19274 |
| 2.       | Karnataka               |           10400 |
| 3.       | Madhya Pradesh          |           10600 |
| 4.       | Haryana                 |           14800 |
| 5.       | Andhra Pradesh          |           10750 |
| 6.       | Rajasthan               |           35000 |
| 7.       | Kerala                  |            4300 |
| 8.       | Uttar Pradesh           |           13250 |
| 9.       | Maharashtra             |           15772 |
| 10.      | Odisha                  |            8325 |
|          | Total                   |          142471 |

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