Lok Sabha Question No. 4945 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Grant for Small Food Processing Units
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey, Anurag Sharma, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Rebati Tripura, Santosh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4945

ANSWERED ON 23 RD  JULY, 2019

## GRANT FOR SMALL FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

## 4945.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI REBATI TRIPURA:

SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to provide grants for establishing small food processing cold chain units in near future;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, especially in Uttar Pradesh including Jhansi and nearby areas, Delhi/ NCR and North Eastern States;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether there is any other Scheme also to benefit small and medium farmers through low investment processing units?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (c):  Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing the Central Sector Scheme of Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure as one of the component of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana with the objective of arresting post-harvest losses of perishables by encouraging the creation of primary processing, preservation and value addition infrastructure and transportation facilities (reefer/ insulated vans) across the country. To meet these objectives, the Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain & Infrastructure was launched in 2008. 292 projects have been approved as on 30.06.2019 and out of these, 154 projects have started commercial  operations.  Ministry  does  not  support  setting  up  of  stand-alone  cold  storage projects.

The details of cold chain projects approved by this Ministry till 30.06.2019 in various States / UTs including Uttar Pradesh and North Eastern States under the Scheme is placed at Annexure. No proposal has been approved in Delhi / NCR.

- (d): There is no other Scheme in this Ministry to benefit small & medium farmers for setting up of small cold chain units.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4945  FOR  ANSWERED  ON  23 RD   JULY,  2019 REGARDING GRANT FOR SMALL FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

State-wise number of approved cold chain projects under the Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain & Value Addition Infrastructure (as on 30.06.2019)

| S.No.   | State             | No. of cold chain projects   | No. of cold chain projects   | No. of cold chain projects   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State             | Completed                    | Under Implementation         | Total                        |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 4                            | 16                           | 20                           |
| 2       | Andman &Nicobar   | 0                            | 1                            | 1                            |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                            | 1                            | 1                            |
| 4       | Assam             | 2                            | 0                            | 2                            |
| 5       | Bihar             | 1                            | 2                            | 3                            |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 2                            | 0                            | 2                            |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 12                           | 8                            | 20                           |
| 8       | Haryana           | 8                            | 3                            | 11                           |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 9                            | 6                            | 15                           |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 4                            | 2                            | 6                            |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 7                            | 7                            | 14                           |
| 12      | Kerala            | 2                            | 6                            | 8                            |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 4                            | 2                            | 6                            |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 33                           | 34                           | 67                           |
| 15      | Manipur           | 1                            | 0                            | 1                            |
| 16      | Mizoram           | 2                            | 0                            | 2                            |
| 17      | Nagaland          | 1                            | 1                            | 2                            |
| 18      | Odisha            | 2                            | 0                            | 2                            |
| 19      | Punjab            | 13                           | 5                            | 18                           |
| 20      | Rajasthan         | 5                            | 5                            | 10                           |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu        | 3                            | 8                            | 11                           |
| 22      | Telangana         | 4                            | 5                            | 9                            |
| 23      | Uttar Pradesh     | 12                           | 14                           | 26                           |
| 24      | Uttarakhand       | 15                           | 10                           | 25                           |
| 25      | West Bengal       | 8                            | 2                            | 10                           |
|         | Total             | 154                          | 138                          | 292                          |