Lok Sabha Question No. 1481 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Construction of Warehouses
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1481

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## CONSTRUCTION OF WAREHOUSES

1481.  SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

be pleased to state;

- (a): whether the Ministry is giving assistance to construct warehouses in States and has allocated Rs. 1,000 crore for this purpose and if so, the details thereof;
- (b): whether 45 warehousing projects have been sanctioned for Andhra Pradesh;
- (c): if  so,  the  status  of  these  projects  and  districts  where  the  warehouses  have  been constructed;
- (d): whether there are any plans to construct additional warehouses; and
- (e): if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): Government of India is providing assistance for development of marketing infrastructure including warehouses and cold storage through various schemes.

The Government is implementing Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI), a subscheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) under which assistance is provided for construction/ renovation of godowns/ warehouses in the rural areas of various States to enhance the storage capacity for agriculture produce. AMI scheme is a demand driven, back ended credit linked subsidy scheme in which rate of subsidy provided is 25% and 33.33% based on the category of eligible beneficiary and provided on capital cost of the project. No State-wise allocation is made in this scheme.

Further,  Warehouse  Infrastructure  Fund  (WIF)  was  created  in  National  Bank  for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) during 2013-14 & 2014- 15 with corpus of Rs.  5000  crore  each  (from  priority  sector  shortfall)  to  finance  warehouses  and  cold storages .

In addition to above, the Government has approved a new central sector scheme for Financial Facility under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund of Rs. 1,00,000 Crore to provide a medium-long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest market infrastructure including warehousing facility and community farming assets through interest  subvention  and  financial  support.  The  scheme  has  been  launched  by  Hon'ble Prime Minister of India on 09.08.2020.

The Government is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)  under  which  financial  assistance  is  provided  for  various  horticulture  activities including  setting  up  of  cold  storages.  The  Scheme  component  is  demand/entrepreneur driven for which Government assistance in the form of credit linked back ended subsidy is available at the rate of 35% (for general areas) and 50% (for hilly and scheduled areas) of eligible capital cost of the project for both public and private sector enterprises.

(b) & (c): Yes  Sir.  45  warehouse  projects  had  been  sanctioned  for  Andhra  Pradesh under  Warehouse  Infrastructure  Fund  (WIF).  The  status  of  these  projects  and  districts where the warehouses have been constructed is at Annexure-I .

(d) & (e): In addition to schemes mentioned in reply (a) above, Department of Food and Public  Distribution,  Government  of  India,  deals  with  creation  of  storage  facilities  for foodgrains  procured  under  the  Public  Distribution  System.  Depending  on  requirement  in specific areas and for modernization of the storage facilities, the Government implements Private  Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) scheme, Central Sector Scheme (erstwhile Plan Scheme),  Construction  of  Steel  Silos  and  Cover  and  Plinth  (CAP)  hiring  scheme  for construction of facilities for storage of Central Pool Stocks in the country.

Central Railside Warehouse Company (CRWC) Ltd. plans construction of additional warehouses of total capacity of 37,700 MT.

## District-wise status of 45 warehousing projects sanctioned for Andhra Pradesh  under Warehouse Infrastructure Fund (WIF)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the project   | District      | Status    |
|-----------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------|
|         1 | Anantapur (Rural)     | Anantapur     | Completed |
|         2 | Thotampedu            | Chittoor      | On-going  |
|         3 | Srikalahasthi         | Chittoor      | Withdrawn |
|         4 | Kuppam                | Chittoor      | Withdrawn |
|         5 | Chandragiri           | Chittoor      | Withdrawn |
|         6 | Satyavedu             | Chittoor      | Withdrawn |
|         7 | Ramakuppam            | Chittoor      | Withdrawn |
|         8 | Palamaner             | Chittoor      | Withdrawn |
|         9 | Venkatagirikota       | Chittoor      | Withdrawn |
|        10 | Kakinada(Rural)       | East Godavari | Withdrawn |
|        11 | Piduguralla           | Guntur        | Completed |
|        12 | Guntur(Rural)         | Guntur        | Completed |
|        13 | Nadikudi              | Guntur        | On-going  |
|        14 | Chilakaluripet        | Guntur        | Withdrawn |
|        15 | Narasaraopet          | Guntur        | Withdrawn |
|        16 | Duggiralla            | Guntur        | Withdrawn |
|        17 | Badvel                | Kadapa        | Withdrawn |
|        18 | Kadapa (Rural)        | Kadapa        | Withdrawn |
|        19 | Rajampeta             | Kadapa        | Withdrawn |
|        20 | Kotha Majeru          | Krishna       | Completed |
|        21 | Kalidindi             | Krishna       | Completed |
|        22 | Avanigadda            | Krishna       | Withdrawn |
|        23 | Kanchkacherla         | Krishna       | Withdrawn |
|        24 | Nandigama             | Krishna       | Withdrawn |
|        25 | Vuyyuru               | Krishna       | Withdrawn |
|        26 | Kurnool               | Kurnool       | Withdrawn |
|        27 | Bogole                | Nellore       | Completed |
|        28 | Chandrasekharapuram   | Nellore       | Completed |
|        29 | Kavali                | Nellore       | Withdrawn |
|        30 | Purchur               | Prakasam      | Completed |
|        31 | Markapur              | Prakasam      | Withdrawn |
|        32 | Addanki               | Prakasam      | Withdrawn |
|        33 | Ponduru               | Srikakulam    | Completed |
|        34 | Kothuru (Vasapa)      | Srikakulam    | Completed |
|        35 | Kotabommali           | Srikakulam    | Completed |
|        36 | Kanchili              | Srikakulam    | Completed |
|        37 | Bhamini               | Srikakulam    | Completed |
|        38 | Parvada               | Visakhapatnam | Completed |
|        39 | Sabbavaram            | Visakhapatnam | Withdrawn |
|        40 | Visakhapatnam (Rural) | Visakhapatnam | Withdrawn |
|        41 | Kasimkota             | Visakhapatnam | Withdrawn |
|        42 | Bairipuram            | Vizianagaram  | Completed |
|        43 | Gajapathinagaram      | Vizianagaram  | Completed |
|        44 | Kamavarapikota        | West Godavari | On-going  |
|        45 | Penugonda             | West Godavari | Withdrawn |