Lok Sabha Question No. 3884 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Districts having Cold Chain Projects
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3884

ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## DISTRICTS HAVING COLD CHAIN PROJECTS

## 3884.  Dr. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  districts  in  the  country  having  functioning  integrated  cold  chain projects and other facilities of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada  Yojana;
- (b) the total number of districts having no such cold chain projects, State-wise particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) whether any action is being taken or proposed to be taken by the Ministry to set up cold chain projects in those districts having no such cold chain projects  till now  particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a): Out of total 732 districts in the country, as on date, operational / functional Integrated Cold Chain projects exist in 122 districts, Mega Food Park projects in 18 districts, CEFPPC projects in 12 districts, BFL projects in 58 districts and Food Testing laboratory projects in 69 districts under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana of Ministry of Food Processing Industries. No operational/ functional projects are available under  Agro-processing Cluster  Scheme  and Operation  Greens.  A  State/  UT-wise  list  showing  number  of  Districts,  where  operational  / completed projects exist under various schemes of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana as on 29.02.2020 is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b): Out  of  total  732  districts  in  the  country,  566  districts  have  no  cold  chain  projects sanctioned  by  this  Ministry  under  the  Scheme  for  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition Infrastructure. In Tamil Nadu, out of total 37 districts, no cold chain project has been sanctioned in 21 districts. A State/ UT-wise list showing number of districts, where no cold chain project has been sanctioned by this Ministry under the Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure as on 29.02.2020 is placed at Annexure-II.
- (c)  to  (e): Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  invite  proposals  /  applications  from  time  to time under the Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure for setting up of  Integrated  Cold  Chain  projects  by  floating  Expression  of  Interest  (EoI).  The  prospective promoters from any district of any state including the State of Tamil Nadu can apply against the EoI as per the extant guidelines of the scheme for availing the benefit under the scheme. Presently, such EoI has been floated on 29.01.2020.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3884  FOR  ANSWER  ON  17 TH   MARCH,  2020 REGARDING  'DISTRICTS  HAVING  COLD  CHAIN PROJECTS'

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                             | State/UT                                                                                                          | Number of Districts                                                                                               | Number of districts where completed / operational anctioned by this Ministry under various schemes                | Number of districts where completed / operational anctioned by this Ministry under various schemes                | Number of districts where completed / operational anctioned by this Ministry under various schemes                | Number of districts where completed / operational anctioned by this Ministry under various schemes                | projects have been s of PMKSY                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | Cold Chai n Scheme                                                                                                | Mega F ood Par k Schem e                                                                                          | CEFPP C Scheme                                                                                                    | BFL Scheme FTL Scheme                                                                                             | Total districts where c ompleted / operational projects have been sa nctioned                                     |
| 1                                                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                    | 13                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                 | 8                                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                                                 | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                 | 25                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                                                 | Assam                                                                                                             | 33                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 1 2                                                                                                               | 6                                                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                                                             | 38                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 1 -                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                                 | Chandigarh                                                                                                        | 1                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                      | 28                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 1 -                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                                                 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                                                 | Daman &Diu                                                                                                        | 2                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |
| 10                                                                                                                | Delhi                                                                                                             | 11                                                                                                                | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 5                                                                                                                 | 5                                                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                                                | Goa                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                                | Gujarat                                                                                                           | 33                                                                                                                | 11                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 7 6                                                                                                               | 25                                                                                                                |
| 13                                                                                                                | Haryana                                                                                                           | 22                                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                 | 6                                                                                                                 | 13                                                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                  | 12                                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 2 -                                                                                                               | 6                                                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                                                | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                    | 20                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 3 1                                                                                                               | 9                                                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                                                         | 24                                                                                                                | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                                                         | 30                                                                                                                | 9                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 3 2                                                                                                               | 15                                                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                                                | Kerala                                                                                                            | 14                                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 1 2                                                                                                               | 7                                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                                | Ladakh                                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |
| 20                                                                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |
| 21                                                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                    | 52                                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 1 2                                                                                                               | 8                                                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                                                       | 36                                                                                                                | 18                                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 10 7                                                                                                              | 38                                                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                                                | Manipur                                                                                                           | 16                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 2 1                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                                                | Meghalaya                                                                                                         | 11                                                                                                                | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                                                           | 8                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                                                | Nagaland                                                                                                          | 12                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                                                | Odisha                                                                                                            | 30                                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 5                                                                                                                 |
| 28                                                                                                                | Puducherry                                                                                                        | 4                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                                                | Punjab                                                                                                            | 22                                                                                                                | 9                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 3 4                                                                                                               | 18                                                                                                                |
| 30                                                                                                                | Rajasthan                                                                                                         | 33                                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 | 6 1                                                                                                               | 15                                                                                                                |
| 31                                                                                                                | Sikkim                                                                                                            | 4                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                   | 4                                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                        | 37                                                                                                                | 9                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                                 | 7 1                                                                                                               | 20                                                                                                                |
| 33                                                                                                                | Telangana                                                                                                         | 33                                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 1 -                                                                                                               | 5                                                                                                                 |
| 34                                                                                                                | Tripura                                                                                                           | 8                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |
| 35                                                                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                     | 75                                                                                                                | 13                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                   | 2 6                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                                 | 25                                                                                                                |
| 36                                                                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                                                                       | 13                                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 2 2                                                                                                               | 10                                                                                                                |
| 37                                                                                                                | West Bengal                                                                                                       | 23                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                   | 1 4                                                                                                               | 11                                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                                   | Total                                                                                                             | 732                                                                                                               | 122                                                                                                               | 18                                                                                                                | 12                                                                                                                | 58 69                                                                                                             | 279                                                                                                               |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3884  FOR  ANSWER  ON  17 TH   MARCH,  2020 REGARDING  'DISTRICTS  HAVING  COLD  CHAIN PROJECTS'

| State/ UT-wise list showing number of districts where no cold chain project has been sanctioned   | State/ UT-wise list showing number of districts where no cold chain project has been sanctioned   | State/ UT-wise list showing number of districts where no cold chain project has been sanctioned   | State/ UT-wise list showing number of districts where no cold chain project has been sanctioned             | State/ UT-wise list showing number of districts where no cold chain project has been sanctioned   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                             | State                                                                                             | No. of Districts in the State                                                                     | No. of Districts, where Cold Chain Projects (both completed and under implementation projects) are existing | No. of Districts where no cold chain project is sanctioned under Cold Chain Scheme                |
| 1                                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                    | 13                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                           | 7                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                                 | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                 | 25                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                           | 24                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                 | Assam                                                                                             | 33                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                           | 32                                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                                             | 38                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                           | 33                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                 | Chandigarh                                                                                        | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                                      | 28                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                           | 27                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                               | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                                 | Daman &Diu                                                                                        | 2                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                 |
| 10                                                                                                | Delhi                                                                                             | 11                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                           | 11                                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                                | Goa                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                                | Gujarat                                                                                           | 33                                                                                                | 12                                                                                                          | 21                                                                                                |
| 13                                                                                                | Haryana                                                                                           | 22                                                                                                | 8                                                                                                           | 14                                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                  | 12                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                           | 9                                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                                | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                    | 20                                                                                                | 7                                                                                                           | 13                                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                                         | 24                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                           | 24                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                                         | 30                                                                                                | 12                                                                                                          | 18                                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                                | Kerala                                                                                            | 14                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                           | 9                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                | Ladakh                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                    | 52                                                                                                | 7                                                                                                           | 45                                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                                       | 36                                                                                                | 20                                                                                                          | 16                                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                                | Manipur                                                                                           | 16                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                           | 15                                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                                | Meghalaya                                                                                         | 11                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                           | 11                                                                                                |
| 25                                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                                           | 8                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                           | 7                                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                                | Nagaland                                                                                          | 12                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                           | 11                                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                                | Odisha                                                                                            | 30                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                           | 26                                                                                                |

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| 28   | Puducherry    |   4 |   0 |   4 |
|------|---------------|-----|-----|-----|
| 29   | Punjab        |  22 |  12 |  10 |
| 30   | Rajasthan     |  33 |   7 |  26 |
| 31   | Sikkim        |   4 |   0 |   4 |
| 32   | Tamil Nadu    |  37 |  16 |  21 |
| 33   | Telangana     |  33 |   8 |  25 |
| 34   | Tripura       |   8 |   0 |   8 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh |  75 |  16 |  59 |
| 36   | Uttarakhand   |  13 |   4 |   9 |
| 37   | West Bengal   |  23 |   7 |  16 |
|      | Total         | 732 | 166 | 566 |