Lok Sabha Question No. 1529 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-12
Subject: Creation of Scientific Storage Capacity Warehouses
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1529

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH   FEBRUARY, 2019

## CREATION  OF  SCIENTIFIC  STORAGE CAPACITY WAREHOUSES

1529.    SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI  DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR  GAVIT:

SHRI  MOHITE  PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

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

- (a) the  present  status  of  the  creation  of  scientific  storage  capacity  warehouses  with  allied facilities in rural areas under the Gramin Bhandaran Yojana;
- (b) the total number of rural godowns constructed till date and the total number of  farmers benefited  under  this  scheme, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (c) the  increase  of  storage  capacity derived under the scheme, State-wise;
- (d) the amount of subsidy released to various  States  including  Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year for the same;
- (e) the  number  of  storage  facilities which have been built exclusively for food processing purposes  in  Maharashtra; and
- (f) the extent of the creation of such storage facility in the agriculture and food processing industry?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a): To develop Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure including Storage infrastructure, Ministry of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  capital  investment  subsidy  sub-scheme 'Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure  (AMI)'  of  Integrated  Scheme  for  Agricultural  Marketing (ISAM) with two distinct marketing infrastructure components i.e.  (i) Storage Infrastructure in rural  area  (ii)  other  than  storage  infrastructure.  The  erstwhile  two  schemes  viz.  (i)  Grameen Bhandaran Yojana (GBY) implemented since 01.04.2001 and (ii) Scheme for Strengthening/Development of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading & Standardization

(AMIGS) implemented since 20.10.2004, have been subsumed into AMI sub scheme. The AMI scheme  is  presently  for  the  period  coterminous  with  the  14 th Finance  Commission  i.e.  upto 2019-20.

AMI scheme is a back ended credit linked and entrepreneur driven scheme, in which rate of subsidy varies from 25% to 33.33% based on the category of eligible beneficiary.  Assistance under the sub-scheme  is inter-alia available to Individuals, Group  of farmers/growers, Registered Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs) etc.

- (b): Since inception of scheme and till 31.12.2018, a total of 38,954 storage infrastructure projects  (Godowns)  under  storage  infrastructure  component  of  AMI  sub-scheme  (erstwhile GBY) of ISAM has been sanctioned.  An evaluation study carried out by Global Agri System in their  report  (2012)  titled  'Evaluation  and  impact  assessment  of  Central  Sector  Scheme  of Gramin Bhandaran Yojna'' state that a large number of farmers benefit directly and indirectly for the  scheme.  The  state-wise  details  of  rural  godowns  constructed  by  eligible  beneficiaries including that in Maharashtra is at Annexure-I .
- (c): Since inception of scheme and till 31.12.2018, storage capacity of 65.49 million MT have been  sanctioned  under  AMI  sub-scheme  (erstwhile  GBY)  of  ISAM.  The  state-wise  detail  of storage capacity derived under the scheme is at Annexure-II .
- (d): The scheme is for entrepreneurs and demand driven. Hence, no subsidy is released to various states. However, state wise subsidy released for the project is at Annexure-III.
- (e) & (f): One of the main objectives of the AMI sub-scheme (erstwhile GBY) of ISAM is to promote creation of scientific storage capacity for storing farm produce, processed farm produce and agricultural inputs etc. to reduce post-harvest & handling losses, promote pledge financing and market access.

The  AMI  sub-scheme  of  ISAM  is  a  demand  driven  scheme  and  no  such  demarcation based  on  the  agriculture  commodities  or  produce  has  been  made  under  the  scheme.  Since inception  of  scheme  and  till  31.12.2018,  a  total  of  3581  storage  infrastructure  projects,  with storage capacity of 6.67 million MT were sanctioned in the State of Maharashtra under AMI subscheme (erstwhile GBY) of ISAM.

Further, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, 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  which  has  one  of  the  objectives  of promoting  integrated cold chain projects for perishable horticulture and  non-horticulture produce.

Total 67 cold chain projects are being implemented in the State of Maharashtra under the Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure.

Till  now,  381  Cold Chain Projects have been sanctioned by Ministry of Food Processing Industries,  Government  of  India.  Government  has  also  been  promoting  cold  storage  through other  schemes  such  as  MIDH,AMI  &  RKVY  in  addition  to  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada Yojana.  Till  31.03.2018,  cold  storage  with  total  capacity  36.22  millions  MT    are  there  in  the country.

Annexure-I State wise number of storage infrastructure projects (Godowns) sanctioned under AMI sub-scheme (erstwhile GBY) of ISAM

(Upto 31.12.2018)

| S. No.   | States            |   No. of projects |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |              1338 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                 1 |
| 3        | Assam             |               325 |
| 4        | Bihar             |              1000 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |               594 |
| 6        | Goa               |                 1 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |             11663 |
| 8        | Haryana           |              2012 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                87 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                14 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |                26 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |              4507 |
| 13       | Kerala            |               206 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |              3828 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |              3581 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                16 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                 1 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                 1 |
| 19       | Odisha            |               691 |
| 20       | Punjab            |              1745 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |              1467 |
| 22       | Tamilnadu         |              1127 |
| 23       | Telangana         |               760 |
| 24       | Tripura           |                 5 |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     |              1119 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       |               287 |
| 27       | West Bengal       |              2552 |
|          | Total             |             38954 |

Annexure-II

## State-wise details of storage capacity under AMI sub-scheme (erstwhile GBY) of ISAM

| S.No.   |                   | upto 31.03.2012 (upto XIth Plan)   | upto 31.03.2012 (upto XIth Plan)   | upto 31.03.2012 (upto XIth Plan)   | After 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2018 (since XIIth plan)   | After 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2018 (since XIIth plan)   | After 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2018 (since XIIth plan)   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State             | No. Of Projects                    | Capacity (MT)                      | Subsidy released (Rs Lakh)         | No. Of Projects                                     | Capacity (MT)                                       | Subsidy released (Rs Lakh)                          |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 1163                               | 4408683                            | 14380                              | 175                                                 | 1000118                                             | 11985                                               |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                  | 945                                | 6                                  | 0                                                   | 0                                                   | 0                                                   |
| 3       | Assam             | 198                                | 347577                             | 1611                               | 127                                                 | 639593                                              | 4077                                                |
| 4       | Bihar             | 827                                | 274761                             | 880                                | 173                                                 | 228981                                              | 1234                                                |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 389                                | 1148007                            | 3100                               | 205                                                 | 795538                                              | 4319                                                |
| 6       | Goa               | 1                                  | 299                                | 1                                  | 0                                                   | 0                                                   | 0                                                   |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 8087                               | 2473215                            | 8283                               | 3576                                                | 1999175                                             | 17105                                               |
| 8       | Haryana           | 1554                               | 3390502                            | 6965                               | 458                                                 | 3113370                                             | 29854                                               |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 53                                 | 7357                               | 42                                 | 34                                                  | 20129                                               | 117                                                 |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5                                  | 6751                               | 9                                  | 9                                                   | 76276                                               | 675                                                 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 6                                  | 8597                               | 19                                 | 20                                                  | 151990                                              | 882                                                 |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 3305                               | 2050283                            | 7798                               | 1202                                                | 1737318                                             | 10576                                               |
| 13      | Kerala            | 164                                | 63442                              | 239                                | 42                                                  | 27069                                               | 237                                                 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1935                               | 3800600                            | 12286                              | 1893                                                | 6825261                                             | 42630                                               |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 2672                               | 3822753                            | 11571                              | 909                                                 | 2847958                                             | 14994                                               |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 16                                 | 20582                              | 111                                | 0                                                   | 430                                                 | 76                                                  |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 1                                  | 302                                | 3                                  | 0                                                   | 0                                                   | 0                                                   |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 1                                  | 814                                | 1                                  | 0                                                   | 0                                                   | 6                                                   |
| 19      | Orissa            | 296                                | 559334                             | 1688                               | 395                                                 | 449846                                              | 2094                                                |
| 20      | Punjab            | 1504                               | 3547297                            | 4328                               | 241                                                 | 3194545                                             | 18797                                               |
| 21      | Rajasthan         | 1044                               | 694385                             | 2116                               | 423                                                 | 2016082                                             | 6426                                                |
| 22      | Tamil Nadu        | 1127                               | 1407054                            | 1859                               | 0                                                   | 0                                                   | 3118                                                |
| 23      | Uttar Pradesh     | 839                                | 2786977                            | 3800                               | 280                                                 | 2535592                                             | 13038                                               |
| 24      | Uttarakhand       | 200                                | 460715                             | 1236                               | 87                                                  | 311554                                              | 2119                                                |
| 25      | West Bengal       | 2340                               | 1018103                            | 2790                               | 212                                                 | 563420                                              | 2111                                                |
| 26      | Tripura           | 1                                  | 996                                | 4                                  | 4                                                   | 27768                                               | 292                                                 |
| 27      | Telangana         | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 760                                                 | 4625223                                             | 22995                                               |
|         | Total             | 28081                              | 31677580                           | 85128                              | 10873                                               | 33809988                                            | 209757                                              |

## Annexure-III

## State-wise details of subsidy released during the last three years and current year under AMI sub-scheme (erstwhile GBY) of ISAM

(Figures in Lakh.)

| S. No.   | State            |   Subsidy Released for Year 2015-16 |   Subsidy Released for Year 2016-17 |   Subsidy Released for Year 2017-18 |   Subsidy Released for Year 2018-19 |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                                5258 |                                   0 |                                1263 |                                1873 |
| 2        | Assam            |                                 455 |                                  97 |                                1939 |                                 768 |
| 3        | Bihar            |                                   0 |                                   0 |                                  34 |                                 108 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     |                                   0 |                                 411 |                                 904 |                                1112 |
| 5        | Gujarat          |                                4704 |                                3684 |                                3812 |                                   0 |
| 6        | Haryana          |                                6550 |                                2428 |                                5530 |                                 599 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh |                                   0 |                                   0 |                                  27 |                                   0 |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                 145 |                                 304 |                                 126 |                                   0 |
| 9        | Jharkhand        |                                 118 |                                 111 |                                 176 |                                 289 |
| 10       | Karnataka        |                                2134 |                                1877 |                                1975 |                                   0 |
| 11       | Kerala           |                                  41 |                                  26 |                                 130 |                                   0 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh   |                                8497 |                               10069 |                               11231 |                                 128 |
| 13       | Maharashtra      |                                2735 |                                 332 |                                5345 |                                1816 |
| 14       | Meghalaya        |                                   0 |                                   0 |                                   3 |                                   0 |
| 15       | Nagaland         |                                   0 |                                   0 |                                   1 |                                   0 |
| 16       | Orissa           |                                 306 |                                 141 |                                 856 |                                   0 |
| 17       | Punjab           |                                1819 |                                2211 |                                1059 |                                   1 |
| 18       | Rajasthan        |                                2392 |                                1289 |                                 111 |                                 508 |
| 19       | Tamilnadu        |                                 683 |                                 229 |                                 487 |                                   7 |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh    |                                2235 |                                 690 |                                 969 |                                  14 |
| 21       | Uttaranchal      |                                 394 |                                   0 |                                 230 |                                   0 |
| 22       | West Bengal      |                                 202 |                                 291 |                                 451 |                                   0 |
| 23       | Tripura          |                                 117 |                                   0 |                                  20 |                                   0 |
| 24       | Telangana        |                                3622 |                                2611 |                                2572 |                                 688 |
|          | Total            |                               42404 |                               26801 |                               39250 |                                7912 |

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