Lok Sabha Question No. 1442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Warehouse Infrastructure Fund
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1442

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## WAREHOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

## 1442.  SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

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

- (a) the details of the total allocation made  by the Government  for  Warehouse Infrastructure Fund for the last three years;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  sanctioned  financial  assistance  from  Warehouse Infrastructure  Fund  for  the  States  to  construct  new  warehouses  mainly  to  prevent  post harvest losses; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the total number of scientific warehousing storage houses developed  under  this  fund  in  the  last  three  years,  State-wise  including  the  State  of  Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): Warehouse Infrastructure Fund (WIF) was constituted in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) with a corpus of Rs. 5,000 crore for the year 2013-14. No allocation was made towards WIF during the last three years. The last allocation was made during the Financial Year 2014-15 to the tune of Rs. 5000 crore.
- (b) & (c): Under  WIF, NABARD  has  sanctioned  financial assistance to 20 State Governments for constructions of warehouses. The details of projects sanctioned and fund sanctioned under WIF to State Governments is at Annexure-I .  The  State-wise  number  of scientific  warehousing  storage  houses  developed  under  this  fund  in  the  last  three  years including State of Tamil Nadu is enclosed at Annexure-II.

Details of projects sanctioned and fund sanctioned under Warehouse Infrastructure Fund to State Governments

| Sr. No.   | State            |   Project Sanctioned (No.) |   WIF loan sanctioned (Rs. crore) |
|-----------|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |                         45 |                            228    |
| 2         | Assam            |                          4 |                             94.35 |
| 3         | Bihar            |                        144 |                            601.9  |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |                         68 |                            111.78 |
| 5         | Gujarat          |                       1976 |                            534.42 |
| 6         | Haryana          |                         29 |                            176.29 |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh |                          4 |                             12.73 |
| 8         | Karnataka        |                        494 |                           1509.6  |
| 9         | Kerala           |                         11 |                             23.52 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh   |                        599 |                            200.07 |
| 11        | Maharashtra      |                          5 |                              5.65 |
| 12        | Mizoram          |                         67 |                             56.32 |
| 13        | Odisha           |                        398 |                            156.86 |
| 14        | Punjab           |                        137 |                            276.72 |
| 15        | Rajasthan        |                         11 |                            341.61 |
| 16        | Tamil Nadu       |                       2917 |                           2520.94 |
| 17        | Telangana        |                        364 |                            972.79 |
| 18        | Tripura          |                         51 |                             19.23 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand      |                          4 |                             10.39 |
| 20        | West Bengal      |                        289 |                           1633.88 |
|           | Total            |                       7617 |                           9487.06 |

## No. of projects Completed (developed) in last three financial years under Warehouse Infrastructure Fund

| Sr. No.   | State            |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |         0 |         0 |         6 |
| 2         | Assam            |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 3         | Bihar            |         0 |         0 |       110 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |         7 |         1 |         0 |
| 5         | Gujarat          |       982 |        47 |        38 |
| 6         | Haryana          |        16 |         0 |         1 |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh |         3 |         0 |         0 |
| 8         | Karnataka        |        72 |       114 |        21 |
| 9         | Kerala           |         0 |         0 |         1 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh   |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 11        | Maharashtra      |         0 |         5 |         0 |
| 12        | Mizoram          |        27 |         0 |         0 |
| 13        | Odisha           |       100 |       161 |        86 |
| 14        | Punjab           |         0 |         3 |         0 |
| 15        | Rajasthan        |         0 |         1 |         0 |
| 16        | Tamil Nadu       |       118 |       566 |       106 |
| 17        | Telangana        |       218 |        74 |         8 |
| 18        | Tripura          |        27 |         0 |         7 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand      |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 20        | West Bengal      |        31 |        24 |        44 |
|           | Total            |      1601 |       996 |       428 |

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