Lok Sabha Question No. 1359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Value Addition in Cold Chain Projects
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, A.T. (NANA) PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1359

ANSWERED ON 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## VALUE ADDITION IN COLD CHAIN PROJECTS

## 1359.  SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

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

- (a) the  details  of  facilities  being  provided  regarding  the  cold  storages  facilities  for  training  and creating awareness among the farmers with regard to value addition of their produce along with the details  of  the  value  addition  facilities  available  in  the  functional  cold  chain  projects,  State/UTwise;
- (b) whether any mechanism exists to fix the rates for storage and value addition of agri-products to enable the farmers to avoid cold storage facilities; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing the Central Sector Scheme of Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) with  the  objective  of  arresting  post-harvest  losses  of  horticulture  &  non-horticulture  produce  and providing remunerative price to farmers for their produce. Under the scheme, Ministry provides financial assistance  in  the  form  of  grant-in-aid  @  35%  for  general  areas  and  @  50%  for  North  East  States, Himalayan States, ITDP areas and Islands for storage and transport infrastructure and @ 50% and 75% respectively for value addition and processing infrastructure subject to a maximum grant-in-aid of Rs. 10 crore for setting up integrated cold chain projects including irradiation facility without any break from the farm  gate  to  the  consumer.  The  integrated  cold  chain  and  preservation  infrastructure  can  be  set  up  by individuals,  groups  of  entrepreneurs,  cooperative  societies,  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs),  Farmer  Producer Organizations (FPOs), NGOs, Central/State PSUs, etc. The scheme is primarily private sector driven and proposals under this scheme are invited through Expression of Interest (EOI). The scheme is available in rural & urban areas in all States/UTs. State wise funds are not allocated under the scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure. The facilities being created under this Scheme are being utilized  for  captive  use  as  well  for  commercial  use  by  the  farmers.  The  Ministry  is  creating  awareness among  the  farmers  regarding  all  the  schemes  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  SampadaYojana(PMKSY) including  Scheme  of  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure  Facilities  by  organizing events, seminars, conferences, workshops so as to invite more proposals for setting up of integrated cold chain facilities for the benefit of farmers. The State / UT- wise details of value addition facilities available in functional cold chain projects is at Annexure .

(b)  &  (c): The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  does  not  have  the  mandate  to  fix  the  rates  for storage and value addition of agri-products.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1359 FOR ANSWERED ON 18.12.2018 REGARDING ' VALUE ADDITION IN COLD CHAIN PROJECTS'

## Details  of  the  Value  Addition  facilities  available  in  the  functional  cold  chain  projects, State-UT-wise

| Sl.No   | State                         |   Milk Storage/ Processing (Lakh Litre per day) |   Total Capacity of Cold Storage/ CA/MA Storage/ Deep Freezer (Lakh MT) |   Blast Freezer (MT/ Batch) |   IQF (MT /Hr) |   Reefer carriers& Tanker (Nos) |
|---------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands (UT) |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                |                                            0    |                                                                 0.16    |                        2.25 |           3.4  |                              25 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh             |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 4       | Assam                         |                                            0    |                                                                 0.08    |                        0    |           0.75 |                              19 |
| 5       | Bihar                         |                                            1.3  |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 6       | Chandigarh (UT)               |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                  |                                            0    |                                                                 0.09    |                        0    |           0    |                               6 |
| 8       | Delhi                         |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 9       | Goa                           |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 10      | Gujarat                       |                                            8    |                                                                 0.2     |                        0    |           8.2  |                              25 |
| 11      | Haryana                       |                                            0    |                                                                 0.4     |                        0    |           2    |                              46 |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh              |                                            0    |                                                                 0.2282  |                        0    |           2    |                              38 |
| 13      | Jammu &Kashmir                |                                            0    |                                                                 0.052   |                        0    |           0    |                              15 |
| 14      | Jharkhand                     |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 15      | Karnataka                     |                                            0.5  |                                                                 0.19    |                       24    |           1.5  |                              20 |
| 16      | Kerala                        |                                            0    |                                                                 0.15    |                        0    |           0    |                               5 |
| 17      | Lakshadweep (UT)              |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh                |                                            1    |                                                                 0.11    |                       14.5  |           6    |                              17 |
| 19      | Maharashtra                   |                                           19.95 |                                                                 1.01    |                       63.6  |          32.2  |                             151 |
| 20      | Manipur                       |                                            0    |                                                                 0.03    |                        0    |           0    |                               3 |
| 21      | Meghalaya                     |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 22      | Mizoram                       |                                            0    |                                                                 0.01    |                        6    |           0    |                              40 |
| 23      | Odisha                        |                                            0    |                                                                 0.02    |                        0.85 |           1.75 |                               6 |
| 24      | Pondicherry (UT)              |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 25      | Punjab                        |                                            5.5  |                                                                 0.31    |                        5.5  |          12    |                              78 |
| 26      | Rajasthan                     |                                            2.1  |                                                                 0.16368 |                        0    |           0    |                              20 |
| 27      | Sikkim                        |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu                    |                                            0    |                                                                 0.0705  |                        0    |           0    |                              18 |
| 29      | Telangana                     |                                            2.5  |                                                                 0.05516 |                        0    |           1    |                               0 |
| 30      | Tripura                       |                                            0    |                                                                 0       |                        0    |           0    |                               0 |
| 31      | Uttar Pradesh                 |                                            5    |                                                                 0.33    |                        3.5  |          15    |                              96 |
| 32      | Uttarakhand                   |                                            2    |                                                                 0.57    |                        0    |          26    |                              69 |
| 33      | West Bengal                   |                                            0    |                                                                 0.57    |                       11    |           7    |                              32 |
|         | Total                         |                                           47.85 |                                                                 4.79    |                      131.2  |         118.8  |                             729 |