Lok Sabha Question No. 1538 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Construction of Cold Storage
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ajay Nishad

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1538

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## CONSTRUCTION OF COLD STORAGE

1538.   SHRI  AJAY NISHAD:

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

(a) the number of cold storages sanctioned by the Government in various States, State-wise including Bihar so far;

(b) whether the  Government proposes to construct cold  storages  particularly  in  Bihar  and Uttar Pradesh to reduce the storage cost of potato, onion and other vegetables of the farmers in view of the shortage of cold storages/godowns in the said States;

(c) if  so,  the  district-wise  and  State-wise  locations  of  the  proposed  cold  storages  and  the details of likely benefits to the farmers and if not, the reasons therefor;

- (d) the amount of financial assistance provided by the Government for construction of cold storages during the last three years including the amount of funds released for Bihar;
- (e) whether  there  is  any  provision  to  give  concessions  to  the  farmers  for  utilising  cold storages constructed with the assistance received from the Government; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor including  the manner in which assistance is being provided to the farmers in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) to (c): The  Government  does  not  construct cold storages by its  own.  However, Government  is  implementing  following  schemes  in  the  country  including  Bihar  and  Uttar Pradesh under which assistance is provided for establishing cold storages:

## (i):  Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH):

Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) is implementing Mission for Integrated Development  of  Horticulture (MIDH)  for holistic development  of horticulture  in  the  country  including  Bihar  and  Uttar  Pradesh.  Under  the  scheme,  financial assistance is available, inter-alia, for setting up of  Post  Harvest  Management  (PHM) infrastructure including cold storages.

The  component  is  demand/  entrepreneur-driven  from  among  entrepreneurs,  private companies,  cooperatives,  farmers  groups  etc  for  which  assistance  at  the  rate  of  35%  of admissible project cost in general areas and 50% in hilly and scheduled area is available as credit linked back ended subsidy through respective State Horticulture Missions.

The funds under the scheme are allocated to States on the basis of Annual Action Plan (AAP)  received  from  State  Level  Executive  Committee  (SLEC),  availability  of  resources  and requirement of States.

## (ii):  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY):

Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MOFPI)  is  implementing  a  Central  Sector Scheme  of  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure  (now  subsumed  under PMKSY) to provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure  facilities.  Under this scheme, MOFPI provides financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid at the rate of 35% for general  area  and  50%  for  North-East  States,  Himalayan  States,  ITDP  areas  and  Islands  for storage and transport  infrastructure subject to  a maximum grant-in-aid of Rs. 10.00 crore for setting up of integrated cold chain projects with cold storage as one of the component.

State-wise  number  of  cold  storages  sanctioned  upto  31 st December,  2019  is  at Annexure - I .

(d): The State -wise funds allocated and released to various States including Bihar under MIDH for setting up of cold storages during last three years are at Annexure - II . Funds are not allocated State-wise under the schemes of National Horticulture Board (NHB) and MOFPI.

(e) & (f): There is no such provision under the Scheme Guidelines. It is entirely upto the owner of cold storage whether to give any concessions to the farmers for utilising cold storages or not.

## State-wise Number of Cold Storages under MIDH (NHB, NHM & HMNEH) and MoFPI as on 31.12.2019

| SI. No.   | Name of the State              |   Number |
|-----------|--------------------------------|----------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |        3 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |      465 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh              |        2 |
| 4         | Assam                          |       38 |
| 5         | Bihar                          |      309 |
| 6         | Chandigarh (UT)                |        7 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                   |       99 |
| 8         | Delhi                          |       97 |
| 9         | Goa                            |       29 |
| 10        | Gujarat                        |      964 |
| 11        | Haryana                        |      356 |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh               |       71 |
| 13        | Jammu & Kashmir                |       56 |
| 14        | Jharkhand                      |       58 |
| 15        | Karnataka                      |      217 |
| 16        | Kerala                         |      199 |
| 17        | Lakshadweep (UT)               |        1 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh                 |      302 |
| 19        | Maharashtra                    |      604 |
| 20        | Manipur                        |        3 |
| 21        | Meghalaya                      |        4 |
| 22        | Mizoram                        |        3 |
| 23        | Nagaland                       |        4 |
| 24        | Orissa                         |      177 |
| 25        | Pondicherry (UT)               |        3 |
| 26        | Punjab                         |      688 |
| 27        | Rajasthan                      |      176 |
| 28        | Sikkim                         |        2 |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu                     |      176 |
| 30        | Tripura                        |       14 |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh                  |     2380 |
| 32        | Uttarakhand                    |       47 |
| 33        | West Bengal                    |      510 |
|           | Total                          |     8064 |

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

Annexure - II State-wise fund allocations and releases under MIDH (NHM & HMNEH) for the period 2016-17 to 2018-19

Rs. In crore

| S.I No.   | Name of State        | 2016-17          | 2016-17        | 2017-18          | 2017-18        | 2018-19          | 2018-19        |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
| S.I No.   | Name of State        | Allocation (GOI) | Releases (GoI) | Allocation (GOI) | Releases (GoI) | Allocation (GOI) | Releases (GoI) |
| 1         | 2                    | 7                | 8              | 9                | 10             | 11               | 12             |
| 1         | A & N Islands        | 2.00             | 0.00           | 2.00             | 0.00           | 2.00             | 0.00           |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh       | 64.03            | 64.02          | 84.03            | 76.70          | 114.00           | 102.93         |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 32.30            | 0.00           | 32.30            | 0.00           | 26.00            | 20.00          |
| 4         | Assam                | 28.00            | 22.00          | 28.00            | 22.90          | 84.00            | 56.00          |
| 5         | Bihar                | 26.31            | 17.96          | 26.31            | 18.00          | 22.50            | 19.00          |
| 6         | Chandigarh           | 0.00             | 0.00           | 0.00             | 0.00           | 0.00             | 0.00           |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh         | 69.23            | 61.47          | 89.23            | 89.23          | 123.00           | 102.25         |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.50             | 0.00           | 0.50             | 0.00           | 0.50             | 0.00           |
| 9         | Daman & Diu          | 0.00             | 0.00           | 1.50             | 0.50           | 1.50             | 0.00           |
| 10        | Delhi                | 0.50             | 0.00           | 0.50             | 0.00           | 0.50             | 0.00           |
| 11        | Goa                  | 2.52             | 1.65           | 2.52             | 2.51           | 4.50             | 2.87           |
| 12        | Gujarat              | 71.39            | 65.45          | 91.39            | 88.74          | 127.00           | 95.25          |
| 13        | Haryana              | 61.84            | 59.55          | 79.84            | 73.50          | 110.00           | 71.60          |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh     | 32.00            | 24.25          | 32.00            | 38.14          | 27.50            | 23.75          |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 46.00            | 48.20          | 46.00            | 41.50          | 47.50            | 35.00          |
| 16        | Jharkhand            | 40.18            | 30.13          | 40.18            | 25.00          | 34.00            | 9.50           |
| 17        | Karnataka            | 72.97            | 69.50          | 72.97            | 68.50          | 130.00           | 115.58         |
| 18        | Kerala               | 46.42            | 15.00          | 46.42            | 29.00          | 39.50            | 12.50          |
| 19        | Lakshadweep          | 0.80             | 0.00           | 0.80             | 0.00           | 0.80             | 0.00           |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh       | 45.35            | 35.62          | 45.35            | 30.00          | 38.50            | 31.76          |
| 21        | Maharashtra          | 88.97            | 50.44          | 108.97           | 86.73          | 158.00           | 107.00         |
| 22        | Manipur              | 32.00            | 10.00          | 32.00            | 24.00          | 37.00            | 25.50          |
| 23        | Meghalaya            | 25.50            | 18.75          | 25.50            | 15.36          | 42.00            | 21.00          |
| 24        | Mizoram              | 31.50            | 31.50          | 41.50            | 41.50          | 30.00            | 25.00          |
| 25        | Nagaland             | 31.50            | 15.00          | 41.50            | 36.34          | 32.00            | 27.00          |
| 26        | Orissa               | 49.91            | 43.68          | 49.91            | 46.87          | 89.00            | 21.00          |
| 27        | Puducherry           | 1.00             | 1.00           | 1.00             | 0.99           | 3.00             | 1.50           |
| 28        | Punjab               | 39.86            | 30.00          | 39.86            | 15.00          | 71.00            | 35.50          |
| 29        | Rajasthan            | 50.89            | 43.13          | 70.89            | 58.00          | 90.50            | 52.00          |
| 30        | Sikkim               | 30.50            | 25.25          | 30.50            | 30.50          | 25.00            | 22.00          |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu           | 55.03            | 47.14          | 75.03            | 61.27          | 98.00            | 79.00          |
| 32        | Telangana            | 32.90            | 20.96          | 32.90            | 32.18          | 28.00            | 5.00           |
| 33        | Tripura              | 33.00            | 23.50          | 33.00            | 10.00          | 44.00            | 12.00          |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh        | 37.27            | 31.96          |                  |                | 44.00            | 40.00          |
|           |                      |                  |                | 37.27            | 35.87          | 67.00            | 62.57          |
| 35        | Uttarakhand          | 31.31            | 47.50          | 31.00            | 30.37          | 55.00            |                |
| 36        | West Bengal          | 24.91            | 8.00           | 24.91            | 10.00          |                  | 15.00          |

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