Lok Sabha Question No. 598 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Cold Storage
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.598

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  25 TH  JUNE, 2019

## COLD STORAGE

598.   DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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 so far, State-wise including Jharkhand; and
- (b) the amount of financial assistance granted by the Government for construction of cold storages  along  with  the  amount  of  assistance  released  for  Jharkhand  during  the  last  three years, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): State-wise details of cold storage sanctioned by the Government including Jharkhand is at Annexure - I.
- (b): The  State-wise  details  of  financial  allocation  and  releases  including  Jharkhand  for construction of cold storages during last three years are at Annexure - II .

## Annexure - I

State - wise distribution of cold storages as on 31.03.2019

| Name of state                  |   Number |   Capacity (MT) |
|--------------------------------|----------|-----------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |        3 |             810 |
| Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |      458 |         1867238 |
| Arunachal Pradesh              |        2 |            6000 |
| Assam                          |       38 |          168096 |
| Bihar                          |      309 |         1437767 |
| Chandigarh (UT)                |        7 |           12462 |
| Chhattisgarh                   |       99 |          487262 |
| Delhi                          |       97 |          129857 |
| Goa                            |       29 |            7705 |
| Gujarat                        |      956 |         3790311 |
| Haryana                        |      356 |          819625 |
| Himachal Pradesh               |       71 |          135221 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                |       56 |          188115 |
| Jharkhand                      |       58 |          236680 |
| Karnataka                      |      212 |          615053 |
| Kerala                         |      199 |           81705 |
| Lakshadweep (UT)               |        1 |              15 |
| Madhya Pradesh                 |      302 |         1287079 |
| Maharashtra                    |      604 |          985142 |
| Manipur                        |        3 |            7100 |
| Meghalaya                      |        4 |            8200 |
| Mizoram                        |        3 |            3971 |
| Nagaland                       |        4 |            7350 |
| Odisha                         |      177 |          566321 |
| Pondicherry (UT)               |        3 |              85 |
| Punjab                         |      688 |         2282626 |
| Rajasthan                      |      176 |          596014 |
| Sikkim                         |        2 |            2100 |
| Tamil Nadu                     |      174 |          350518 |
| Tripura                        |       14 |           46354 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  |     2376 |        14545618 |
| Uttarakhand                    |       47 |          162821 |
| West Bengal                    |      510 |         5935416 |
| Total                          |     8038 |        36770637 |

(Source:  Directorate  of  Marketing  and  Inspection  (DMI)  up  to  2009,  National Horticulture Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM) and Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI))

Annexure - II

## State - wise details of financial assistance granted and released during last three years (2016 - 17 to 2018 - 19)

(Rs. in lakh)

| Name of state     |   Allocation |   Released |
|-------------------|--------------|------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |      5684.96 |    4450.84 |
| Bihar             |      1681.47 |     841.47 |
| Chhattisgarh      |      3413.82 |    1324    |
| Goa               |         3.5  |       0    |
| Gujarat           |     18936.6  |   20095.7  |
| Haryana           |      6116.18 |    3431.65 |
| Jharkhand         |      1590    |     340    |
| Karnataka         |      2939.63 |    2369.47 |
| Kerala            |      1200.5  |      45.5  |
| Madhya Pradesh    |      6391.58 |    4397.64 |
| Maharashtra       |      1523.1  |     618.08 |
| Odisha            |      2714.2  |    1872.71 |
| Punjab            |      7135.72 |    5450.62 |
| Rajasthan         |      4352.05 |    3630.1  |
| Tamil Nadu        |      1918.16 |     469.16 |
| Telangana         |      2475    |     958.41 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |     14921.3  |   13773.8  |
| West Bengal       |      2030    |     137.91 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |       400    |       0    |
| Assam             |      2227.21 |    1177.21 |
| Manipur           |       200    |      17    |
| Sikkim            |       100    |       0    |
| Tripura           |       740    |       0    |
| Himachal Pradesh  |      2160.95 |     997.95 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |      2612.43 |    4212.43 |
| Uttarakhand       |       338.73 |      30    |
| Total             |     93807.1  |   70641.7  |

(Source: National Horticulture Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH))

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