Lok Sabha Question No. 103 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Cold Storage Facilities
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK, RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 103

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## COLD STORAGE FACILITIES

- *103.    SHRI B.V. NAIK: SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  develop  affordable  cold  storage facilities for rural areas which consume less energy and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is taking or contemplating any steps for promotion of any food  processing  industries  to  curb  wastage  of  perishable  agricultural  and  horticultural produces and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has schemes to promote setting up of small and modern cold storage facilities for preserving food items and creating cold storage infrastructure in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the achievements made under such schemes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 103     DUE FOR REPLY ON 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018.

- (a) :    Yes Madam, Government is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture  (MIDH)    under  which  staging  cold  room,  evaporative/low  energy  cool chamber, pusa zero energy chambers and preservation units are promoted by providing subsidy  under  these  schemes.    These  cold  storage  facilities  are  affordable  and consume less energy.
- (b): Government is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture and Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana for promoting food processing industries for  value  addition  and  to  curb  wastage  of  perishable  agriculture  and  horticulture produces.
- (c) & (d): Government  is  implementing  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of Horticulture and Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana to promote setting up of small cold storage like staging cold room and modern cold chain facilities for preserving food items in the country.

State-wise  cold  storage  established  in  the  country  as  on  31.07.2018  is  at Annexure - I and State-wise details of staging cold room, evaporative/low energy cool chamber,  pusa  zero  energy  cool  chamber  and  preservation  unit  (low  cost)  is  at Annexure - II.

## Annexure - I

State wise distribution of Cold Storages as on 31.07.2018

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |      | Total         |
|----------|--------------------------------|------|---------------|
|          |                                | No.  | Capacity (MT) |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | 3    | 810           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     | 458  | 1867238       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              | 2    | 6000          |
| 4        | Assam                          | 38   | 168458        |
| 5        | Bihar                          | 307  | 1422689.5     |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                | 7    | 12462         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   | 99   | 487574.37     |
| 8        | Delhi                          | 97   | 129857        |
| 9        | Goa                            | 29   | 7705          |
| 10       | Gujarat                        | 947  | 3736497.67    |
| 11       | Haryana                        | 356  | 819624.77     |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               | 70   | 130045.18     |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                | 55   | 182527        |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      | 58   | 236680        |
| 15       | Karnataka                      | 211  | 608483.15     |
| 16       | Kerala                         | 199  | 81705         |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               | 1    | 15            |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 | 303  | 1288543       |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    | 603  | 979606.98     |
| 20       | Manipur                        | 3    | 7100          |
| 21       | Meghalaya                      | 4    | 8200          |
| 22       | Mizoram                        | 3    | 3971          |
| 23       | Nagaland                       | 4    | 7350          |
| 24       | Orissa                         | 177  | 566321        |
| 25       | Pondicherry (UT)               | 3    | 85            |
| 26       | Punjab                         | 678  | 2229054.27    |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      | 174  | 590088.06     |
| 28       | Sikkim                         | 2    | 2100          |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     | 173  | 347583        |
| 30       | Tripura                        | 14   | 45477         |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh                  | 2373 | 14528393.92   |
| 32       | Uttrakhand                     | 47   | 162821        |
| 33       | West Bengal                    | 511  | 5940511       |
| Total    |                                | 8009 | 36605576.87   |

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

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## Annexure - II

## Statement indicating State wise and Year wise physical and financial progress under Post Harvest Management - MIDH

## Physical in nos., Financial Rs. In lakh

| State             | Cold room (Staging)   | Cold room (Staging)   | Pusa Zero energy cool chamber (100 kg)   | Pusa Zero energy cool chamber (100 kg)   | Evaporative / low energy cool chamber ( 8 MT)   | Evaporative / low energy cool chamber ( 8 MT)   | Preservation Unit (Low Cost)   | Preservation Unit (Low Cost)   |
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                   | 2014-15-2017-18       | 2014-15-2017-18       | 2014-15-2017-18                          | 2014-15-2017-18                          | 2014-15-2017-18                                 | 2014-15-2017-18                                 | 2014-15-2017-18                | 2014-15-2017-18                |
|                   | PA                    | FA                    | PA                                       | FA                                       | PA                                              | FA                                              | PA                             | FA                             |
| Chhattisgarh      | 12                    | 90.00                 | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 1064                           | 1547.00                        |
| Gujarat           | 9                     | 45.73                 | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 0                              | 0.00                           |
| Haryana           | 5                     | 23.09                 | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 3                              | 2.72                           |
| Jharkhand         | 1                     | 7.50                  | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 351                                             | 876.25                                          | 728                            | 514.00                         |
| Karnataka         | 1                     | 3.50                  | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 5                              | 5.00                           |
| Kerala            | 0                     | 0.00                  | 18                                       | 1.21                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 0                              | 0.00                           |
| Maharashtra       | 1                     | 58.76                 | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 0                              | 0.00                           |
| Odisha            | 42                    | 182.93                | 2311                                     | 41.70                                    | 353                                             | 769.75                                          | 497                            | 489.10                         |
| Punjab            | 0                     | 0.00                  | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 3                              | 3.00                           |
| Rajasthan         | 1                     | 124.39                | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 5                              | 1.00                           |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 0                     | 0.00                  | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 1                                               | 1.76                                            | 37                             | 42.27                          |
| Sub Total         | 72                    | 535.90                | 2329                                     | 42.91                                    | 705                                             | 1647.76                                         | 2342                           | 2604.09                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0                     | 0.00                  | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 11                             | 0.01                           |
| Meghalaya         | 0                     | 0.00                  | 205                                      | 4.10                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 24                             | 24.00                          |
| Mizoram           | 12                    | 90.00                 | 620                                      | 12.40                                    | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 0                              | 0.00                           |
| Nagaland          | 0                     | 0.00                  | 100                                      | 2.00                                     | 239                                             | 585.50                                          | 171                            | 171.00                         |
| Sikkim            | 3                     | 7.43                  | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 3                                               | 7.50                                            | 12                             | 12.00                          |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 0                     | 0.00                  | 0                                        | 0.00                                     | 0                                               | 0.00                                            | 41                             | 40.35                          |
| Sub Total         | 15                    | 97.43                 | 925                                      | 18.50                                    | 242                                             | 593.00                                          | 259                            | 247.36                         |
| Total             | 87                    | 633.33                | 3254                                     | 61.41                                    | 947                                             | 2240.76                                         | 2601                           | 2851.45                        |

Source:- MIDH portal

PA - Physical achievement in number

FA - Financial achievement in lakh