Lok Sabha Question No. 501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Cold Storage for Bananas
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.501

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH   JUNE, 2019

## COLD STORAGE FOR BANANAS

501.    DR.   T.R. PAARIVENDHAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has received  any  request  from  the   State Government  of Tamil  Nadu  or  farmers union  to  set  up  a  Banana  cold  storage warehouse and Banana Research  Centre  in  Thotiyam,  Musiri,  Kulithalai  and  Lalkudi  in  Tamil  Nadu  where  banana  is cultivated in large quantity;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time  by  which  the  Banana  cold  storage warehouse and Banana Research Centre in Thotiyam, Musiri, Kulithalai and Lalkudi would be set up;
- (c) if  not,  whether  the  Government would  consider  such  proposal  for implementation in future;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  total  number  of  Banana  cold  storage  warehouses  and  Banana  Research  Centres functioning  in the country  as on date, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) to (e): No such request has been received by Union Government.

National Research Centre for Banana is already functioning under ICAR at Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu which is very near to Banana clusters like Thotiyam, Musiri, Kulithalai and Lalkudi and the centre provides support to the banana growers.

Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) for development of Horticulture in the country, which  includes  assistance  for  development  of  Post  Harvest  Management  (PHM)  including establishment  of  cold  storages,  pack  house,  pre-cooling  units,  controlled  atmosphere  (CA) storage, reefer vans and setting up of ripening chambers etc.

The  component  is  demand/  entrepreneur-driven  from  among  entrepreneurs,  private companies, cooperatives, farmers groups etc through commercial ventures for which government assistance is available in the form of credit linked back ended subsidy.

No  cold  storage  specifically  for  storing  Banana  has  been  sanctioned  under  MIDH. However,  State  -  wise  details  of  cold  storage  sanctioned  under  MIDH  in  the  country  is  at Annexure - I.

State  -  wise  details  of  Banana  Research  Centres  functioning  in  the  country  is  at Annexure - II.

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), Horticulture Mission for NE & Himalayan States (HMNEH) and Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)

## Annexure - I

State - wise details of Banana Research Centres in the country

|   S. No. | State          | Name of the Centre                                                                                                      |
|----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Tamil Nadu     | ICAR - National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirapalli - 620 102                    |
|        2 | Tamil Nadu     | Dept. of Pomology, Horticultural College &Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003. |
|        3 | Kerala         | Banana Research Station, Kerala Agricultural University, Kannara, Thrissur - 680 652                                    |
|        4 | Andhra Pradesh | Agricultural Research Station, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Kovvur - 534 350. West Godavary Dist.          |
|        5 | Bihar          | Faculty of Agriculture, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur - 848 125.                                   |
|        6 | Maharashtra    | Banana Research Station, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Nimkhedi Road, Jalgaon - 425 001                              |
|        7 | Assam          | Faculty of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat - 785 013.                                                |
|        8 | West Bengal    | Faculty of Horticulture Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwa Vidyalana, Mohanpur, Nadia - 741 252.                              |
|        9 | Karnataka      | KRC College of Horticulture University of Horticultural Sciences, Arabhavi - 591310. Belgaum Distt.                     |
|       10 | Gujarat        | Faculty of Horticulture, Navsari Agricultural University, Gandevi - 396 360                                             |
|       11 | Orissa         | Dept. of Fruit Science, College of Agriculture, Orissa Agricultural University Bhubaneswar - 751003                     |

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