Lok Sabha Question No. 1165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Wastage of Fruits and Vegetables
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1165 ANSWERED ON 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## WASTAGE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

## 1165. SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any national level data on the volume of fruits and vegetables which go waste in the absence of processing infrastructure and if so, the details thereof, for the last three years, State-wise; and
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  concrete  steps  to  address  the  aforesaid  issue  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a): As  per  study,  'Assessment  of  Quantitative  Harvest  and  Post-Harvest  Losses  of  Major  Crops  and Commodities  in  India'  carried  out  by  Central  Institute  of  Post-Harvest  Engineering  and  Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiana in 2010 and in 2015, the estimated cumulative percentages of annual harvest and postharvest losses of fruits and vegetables are as follows:

| Estimated Percentage of Losses of Fruits and vegetables in India    | Estimated Percentage of Losses of Fruits and vegetables in India   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Cumulative wastage (percent) As per report 2010 (Crop Year 2005-06) | 5.8 - 18.0                                                         |
| As per report 2015 (Crop Year 2012-13)                              | 4.58 - 15.88                                                       |

The statement showing the region-wise and crop-wise high level of wastage is given at Annnexure.

(b): The Ministry of Food Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  is  implementing  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  of PRDHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY) with an allocation of   Rs. 6,000 crore for period  2016-20  co-terminus  with  the  14 th   Finance  Commission  cycle.  PMKSY  has  seven  component schemes  viz;(i)  Mega  Food  Parks,(ii)  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure,(iii) Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters, (iv) Creation of  Backward  and  Forward Linkages, (v) Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities, (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructureand (vii) Human Resources and Institutions. The PMKSY is designed to create robust modern infrastructure along the entire value chain in food processing with a view to, inter alia, reduce wastage and improve  the  supply  position  of  quality  food  products  to  various  locations.  The  farmers,  Farmer  Producer Organizations, entrepreneurs, cooperatives, societies, Self Help Groups, Private Companies and State PSUs etc. are eligible to avail financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid under these schemes for setting up food processing projects in the country. Also, as announced in the budget speech of Union Budget 2018-19, MoFPI is implementing a new Central Sector Scheme for 'Operation Greens'for integrated development of Tomato,  Onion  and  Potato  (TOP)  crops  value  chain,  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.500  crore  to  promote  Farmers Producers  Organizations,  agri-logistics,  processing  facilities  and  professional  management  in  addition  to short term price stabilisation component to prevent crashing of prices of the TOP crops during the time of glut.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1165 FOR ANSWERED ON 18.12.2018 REGARDING 'WASTAGE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES'

## Estimate of Harvest and Post-harvest losses in India

| Sl No. (1)   | Crops/ Commodity (2)   | Over all Total Loss (%) (3)   | Agro Climatic Zones covered (4)   | Region of High Wastage (5)                                                                     | Loss in (5) (%) (6)   |
|--------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Fruits       | Fruits                 | Fruits                        | Fruits                            | Fruits                                                                                         | Fruits                |
| 1.           | Apple                  | 10.39                         | 1                                 | Western Himalayan regions comprising of Jammu &Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand      | 10.39                 |
| 2.           | Banana                 | 7.76                          | 5                                 | Western Plateau and hills region                                                               | 10.60                 |
| 3.           | Citrus                 | 9.69                          | 5                                 | Western Plateau and hills region (Maharashtra)                                                 | 12.97                 |
| 4.           | Grapes                 | 8.63                          | 2                                 | The pattern of losses was similar in both regions.                                             | 8.47                  |
| 5.           | Guava                  | 15.88                         | 5                                 | Eastern Plateau and hills region (Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha)                          | 19.48                 |
| 6.           | Mango                  | 9.16                          | 8                                 | Middle and upper gangetic plain region (Uttar Pradesh and Bihar)                               | 10                    |
| 7.           | Papaya                 | 6.70                          | 6                                 | Eastern Himalayan Region (North- eastern states)                                               | 12.25                 |
| 8.           | Sapota                 | 9.73                          | 3                                 | Western Plateau and hills region (Maharashtra)                                                 | 11.98                 |
| Vegetables   | Vegetables             | Vegetables                    | Vegetables                        | Vegetables                                                                                     | Vegetables            |
| 1.           | Cabbage                | 9.37                          | 8                                 | Eastern Plateau and hills region (Part of Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Western part of West Bengal) | 12.81                 |
| 2.           | Cauliflower            | 9.56                          | 7                                 | North Eastern states of India                                                                  | 11.23                 |
| 3.           | Green Pea              | 7.45                          | 5                                 | Middle Gangetic Plain Region                                                                   | 9.11                  |
| 4.           | Mushroom               | 9.51                          | 4                                 | Western Himalayan Region                                                                       | 10.20                 |
| 5.           | Onion                  | 8.20                          | 6                                 | Western Plateau and hills region (including the main onion production region of Maharashtra)   | 12.72                 |
| 6.           | Potato                 | 7.32                          | 9                                 | Uniform kind of pattern in losses of potato                                                    | 7.96                  |
| 7.           | Tomato                 | 12.44                         | 8                                 | Western plateau and hills region (Maharashtra)                                                 | 18.34                 |
| 8.           | Tapioca                | 4.58                          | 4                                 | Assam                                                                                          | 8.34                  |