Lok Sabha Question No. 323 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Storage Facilities
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban, Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 323

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   16 TH  JULY, 2019

## STORAGE FACILITIES

- *323.     SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.: SHRI DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN:

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

- (a) whether there is a shortage of storage and cold storage facilities in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the total available capacity and shortage of such facilities  along  with  the  number  of  cold  storage  units  in  public,  private  and  cooperative sectors, sector and State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  provides  financial  assistance  to  States  to  set  up  these facilities  and  if  so,  the  details  of  the  amount  allocated,  sanctioned  and  disbursed  to  the States during the last two years and the current year, year and State-wise;
- (d) the  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Government  to  provide  incentives  to entrepreneurs for setting up cold storages across the country; and
- (e) whether the  Government has implemented any  yojana to create  storage facility  in rural  areas  to  prevent  distress  sale  of  their  produce  by  the  farmers  and  if  so,  the  details thereof indicating the number of godowns set up along with the total capacity created during the last two years under the scheme, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

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

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 323  DUE FOR REPLY ON 16 TH  JULY, 2019.

(a) & (b): As per a study on All India Cold-chain Infrastructure Capacity (AICIC-2015) conducted by NABCONS, it was reported that by 2014, there was cold storage capacity of 32 million tonnes in the country against an approximate requirement of 35 million tonnes.

As  per  the  latest  available  information  received  from  States,  there  are  8038  cold storages with capacity of 36.77 million tonnes in the country. The State - wise details are at Annexure - I .

Further,  Base  line  Survey  conducted  during  December,  2013  by  M/s  Hansa Research Group estimated that 92% of cold storage are owned and operated by private sector, 3% cooperative and remaining 5% are under Public Sector.

Further,  Ministry  of  Consumer  Affairs,  Food  &  Public  Distribution  deals  with  the storage  of  foodgrains  post  procurement  by  Food  Corporation  of  India  (FCI)  and  State Agencies.  Against  total  stocks  of  741.41  LMT  (as  on  01.06.2019),  the  total  storage capacity available with Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and the State Agencies (both owned and hired capacity), is 862.45 LMT (as on 31.05.2019) comprising 739.76 LMT in covered godowns and 122.69 LMT in Cover and Plinth (CAP) storage.

As  such,  there  is  sufficient  capacity  for  storage  of  central  pool  foodgrains  at  the national level.

(c) & (d): The Government  is implementing the following schemes  to  provide incentives for setting up  of cold storages in the country:

## i) Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH):

Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare is implementing MIDH under which  financial assistance is provided for various activities on horticulture development   from production to post harvest management   including establishment of

-2- cold  storage  infrastructure.  The  component  is  demand/entrepreneur  driven  through commercial ventures for which Government assistance in the form of credit linked back ended subsidy is available. The  assistance is available  at the  rate of  35%  (for  general areas)  and  50%    (for  hilly  and  scheduled  areas)  of  capital  cost  of  the  project  for  both public  and  private  sector  enterprises.  During  last  two  years  380  cold  storages  with capacity  of  1.75  million  tonnes  were  approved  with  Rs.  623.84  crore  assistance  under MIDH (upto  March  2019).  The  year  -  wise  and  State  -  wise  details  of  cold  storages approved under MIDH during the last two years are at Annexure - II .  The allocations for MIDH Scheme as a whole which include allocation for cold storage activity for the current year are at Annexure - III. The usage for cold storage activities under the scheme is as per demand of this activity in the respective States.

## ii) Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY):

Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing a Central Sector Scheme of Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (now subsumed under Pradhan Mantri  Kisan  SAMPADA  Yojana)  to  provide  integrated  cold  chain  and  preservation infrastructure  facilities.  Under  this  scheme,  Ministry  provides  financial  assistance  in  the form of grant-in-aid at the rate of 35% for general area and 50% for North-East States, Himalayan States, ITDP areas and Islands for storage and transport infrastructure subject to a maximum grant-in-aid of Rs. 10.00 crore for setting up integrated cold chain projects with cold storage as one of the component. During last two years 160 cold chain projects with capacity of  3.52 lakh  MT  were approved with  Rs. 1273.37 crore assistance under PMKSY.  The year - wise and State - wise details of cold chain projects approved under the scheme during the last two years is at Annexure - IV .  During current year (2019 20),  two cold chain projects with Rs. 12.24 crore as assistance under PMKSY have been approved in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

(e): The  Government  is  promoting  storage  facilities  in  rural  areas  of  the  country through  the  scheme  of  'Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure  (AMI)',  which  is  a  subscheme under the Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM). AMI scheme is a back ended capital 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. Assistance under the sub-scheme is available to individuals, groups of farmers/growers, registered  Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs) etc. So far, a total of 38,964 storage infrastructure  projects  (Godowns), with storage capacity  of 655.48 Lakh  MT have been sanctioned across the country in rural areas.

The scheme is demand driven and during last two years, a total of 1699 storage infrastructure projects (Godowns) have been assisted with storage capacity of 32.89 Lakh MT  under  storage  component  of  AMI  sub-scheme.  The  State-wise  details  are  at Annexure V .

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 |

## Annexure - II

## State - wise and Year - wise details of cold storages approved under MIDH during last two years (March, 2019)

| State            | 2017 -18        | 2017 -18                  | 2017 -18            | 2018 -19        | 2018 -19                  | 2018 -19            | Total           | Total                     | Total               |
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| State            | No. of Projects | Amount Sanction (in lakh) | Capacity in lakh MT | No. of Projects | Amount Sanction (in lakh) | Capacity in lakh MT | No. of Projects | Amount Sanction (in lakh) | Capacity in lakh MT |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 2               | 284.00                    | 0.15                | 2               | 192.00                    | 0.17                | 4               | 476.00                    | 0.32                |
| Bihar            | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   | 2               | 536.00                    | 0.15                | 2               | 536.00                    | 0.15                |
| Chattisgarh      | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   | 4               | 796.00                    | 0.25                | 4               | 796.00                    | 0.25                |
| Gujarat          | 116             | 17842.00                  | 5.64                | 66              | 6840.00                   | 2.77                | 182             | 24682.00                  | 8.41                |
| Haryana          | 9               | 1093.00                   | 0.32                | 4               | 404.00                    | 0.18                | 13              | 1497.00                   | 0.5                 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0               | 48.00                     | 0                   | 5               | 236.00                    | 0.04                | 5               | 284.00                    | 0.04                |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | 14              | 12491.00                  | 0.54                | 2               | 898.00                    | 0.11                | 16              | 13389.00                  | 0.65                |
| Jharkhand        | 3               | 761.00                    | 0.18                | 1               | 186.00                    | 0.05                | 4               | 947.00                    | 0.23                |
| Karnataka        | 5               | 514.00                    | 0.19                | 2               | 237.00                    | 0.06                | 7               | 751.00                    | 0.25                |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 1               | 245.00                    | 0.03                | 2               | 280.00                    | 0.11                | 3               | 525.00                    | 0.14                |
| Maharashtra      | 1               | 46.00                     | 0.01                | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   | 1               | 46.00                     | 0.01                |
| Manipur          | 4               | 699.00                    | 0.24                | 3               | 555.00                    | 0.22                | 7               | 1254.00                   | 0.46                |
| Odisha           | 2               | 20.00                     | 0.01                | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   | 2               | 20.00                     | 0.01                |
| Punjab           | 12              | 1197.00                   | 0.37                | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   | 12              | 1197.00                   | 0.37                |
| Rajasthan        | 2               | 605.00                    | 0.1                 | 22              | 2924.00                   | 1.13                | 24              | 3529.00                   | 1.23                |
| Sikkim           | 1               | 120.00                    | 0.06                | 7               | 684.00                    | 0.29                | 8               | 804.00                    | 0.35                |
| Tamil Nadu       | 0               | 0.00                      | 0.1                 | 3               | 329.00                    | 0.15                | 3               | 329.00                    | 0.25                |
| Telangana        | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   | 4               | 560.00                    | 0.2                 | 4               | 560.00                    | 0.2                 |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 61              | 7762.00                   | 2.73                | 17              | 2580.00                   | 0.97                | 78              | 10342.00                  | 3.7                 |
| Uttarakhand      | 1               | 420.00                    | 0.02                | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   | 1               | 420.00                    | 0.02                |
| West Bengal      | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   | 0               | 0.00                      | 0                   |
| Total            | 234             | 44145.00                  | 10.69               | 146             | 18239.00                  | 6.87                | 380             | 62384.00                  | 17.56               |

## Annexure - III Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture - State wise allocation of funds during 2019-20 (Rs. in lakh )

| S. No.   | State                |   Total allocation |   (GOI Share) |   State Share |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |           19000    |      11400    |       7600    |
| 2        | Bihar                |            3750    |       2250    |       1500    |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         |           20500    |      12300    |       8200    |
| 4        | Goa                  |             500    |        300    |        200    |
| 5        | Gujarat              |           21166.7  |      12700    |       8466.67 |
| 6        | Haryana              |           18333.3  |      11000    |       7333.33 |
| 7        | Jharkhand            |            5666.67 |       3400    |       2266.67 |
| 8        | Karnataka            |           21666.7  |      13000    |       8666.67 |
| 9        | Kerala               |            6583.32 |       3949.99 |       2633.33 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh       |            6416.67 |       3850    |       2566.67 |
| 11       | Maharashtra          |           26333.3  |      15800    |      10533.3  |
| 12       | Orissa               |           14833.3  |       8900    |       5933.33 |
| 13       | Punjab               |           11833.3  |       7100    |       4733.33 |
| 14       | Rajasthan            |           15083.3  |       9050    |       6033.33 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu           |           16333.3  |       9800    |       6533.33 |
| 16       | Telangana            |            4666.67 |       2800    |       1866.67 |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh        |           11166.7  |       6700    |       4466.67 |
| 18       | West Bengal          |            7333.33 |       4400    |       2933.33 |
| 19       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |              50    |         50    |          0    |
| 20       | Delhi                |              50    |         50    |          0    |
| 21       | Lakshadweep          |              50    |         50    |          0    |
| 22       | A & Nicober Islands  |             200    |        200    |          0    |
| 23       | Puducherry           |             300    |        300    |          0    |
| 24       | Daman & Diu          |             150    |        150    |          0    |
| 25       | Arunachal Pradesh    |            2888.89 |       2600    |        288.89 |
| 26       | Assam                |            9333.33 |       8400    |        933.33 |
| 27       | Sikkim               |            2777.78 |       2500    |        277.78 |
| 28       | Manipur              |            4111.11 |       3700    |        411.11 |
| 29       | Meghalaya            |            4666.67 |       4200    |        466.67 |
| 30       | Mizoram              |            3333.33 |       3000    |        333.33 |
| 31       | Nagaland             |            3555.56 |       3200    |        355.56 |
| 32       | Tripura              |            4888.89 |       4400    |        488.89 |
| 33       | Jammu & Kashmir      |            6111.11 |       5500    |        611.11 |
| 34       | Himachal Pradesh     |            6111.11 |       5500    |        611.11 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand          |            6111.11 |       5500    |        611.11 |
|          | Total                |          285856    |     188000    |      97855.6  |

## Year - wise and State - wise details of cold chain projects sanctioned by MoFPI during last two years

|       |                           | 2017-18         | 2017-18                      | 2017-18               | 2018-19         | 2018-19                       | 2018-19               | Total           | Total                         | Total                 |
|-------|---------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
| S. No | State                     | No. of Projects | Amount Sanctioned (in Lakhs) | Capacity (in Lakh MT) | No. of Projects | Amount Sanctione d (in Lakhs) | Capacity (in Lakh MT) | No. of Projects | Amount Sanctione d (in Lakhs) | Capacity (in Lakh MT) |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh            | 4               | 3145                         | 0.05                  | 13              | 12504                         | 0.22                  | 17              | 15649                         | 0.27                  |
| 2     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1               | 245                          | 0.01                  |                 |                               |                       | 1               | 245                           | 0.01                  |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh         | 1               | 811                          | 0.01                  |                 |                               |                       | 1               | 811                           | 0.01                  |
| 4     | Bihar                     | 1               | 758                          | 0                     |                 |                               |                       | 1               | 758                           | 0                     |
| 5     | Gujarat                   | 8               | 7571                         | 0.12                  | 3               | 2802                          | 0.03                  | 11              | 10373                         | 0.15                  |
| 6     | Haryana                   | 4               | 3024                         | 0.08                  | 1               | 738                           | 0                     | 5               | 3762                          | 0.08                  |
| 7     | Himachal Pradesh          | 1               | 1000                         | 0.06                  | 4               | 3861                          | 0.03                  | 5               | 4861                          | 0.09                  |
| 8     | Jammu & Kashmir           | 2               | 939                          | 0                     |                 |                               |                       | 2               | 939                           | 0                     |
| 9     | Karnataka                 | 4               | 2214                         | 0.06                  | 6               | 5561                          | 0.07                  | 10              | 7775                          | 0.13                  |
| 10    | Kerala                    | 2               | 1301                         | 0.02                  | 4               | 3947                          | 0.23                  | 6               | 5248                          | 0.25                  |
| 11    | Madhya Pradesh            |                 |                              |                       | 2               | 1760                          | 0.04                  | 2               | 1760                          | 0.04                  |
| 12    | Maharashtra               | 21              | 14942                        | 0.76                  | 18              | 12831                         | 0.18                  | 39              | 27773                         | 0.94                  |
| 13    | Nagaland                  | 1               | 810                          | 0.01                  | 1               | 967                           | 0.01                  | 2               | 1777                          | 0.02                  |
| 14    | Odisha                    | 1               | 1000                         | 0.02                  |                 |                               |                       | 1               | 1000                          | 0.02                  |
| 15    | Punjab                    | 6               | 3273                         | 0.11                  | 2               | 788                           | 0.04                  | 8               | 4061                          | 0.15                  |
| 16    | Rajasthan                 | 6               | 4419                         | 0.27                  |                 |                               |                       | 6               | 4419                          | 0.27                  |
| 17    | Tamil Nadu                | 5               | 4112                         | 0.21                  | 3               | 1274                          | 0                     | 8               | 5386                          | 0.21                  |
| 18    | Telangana                 | 3               | 2233                         | 0.12                  | 3               | 2788                          | 0                     | 6               | 5021                          | 0.12                  |
| 19    | Uttar Pradesh             | 10              | 8643                         | 0.33                  | 7               | 5968                          | 0.09                  | 17              | 14611                         | 0.42                  |
| 20    | Uttarakhand               | 5               | 4598.15                      | 0.23                  | 4               | 3802                          | 0.05                  | 9               | 8400.15                       | 0.28                  |
| 21    | West Bengal               | 1               | 827                          | 0.01                  | 2               | 1881                          | 0.05                  | 3               | 2708                          | 0.06                  |
| Total | Total                     | 87              | 65865.15                     | 2.48                  | 73              | 61472                         | 1.04                  | 160             | 127337.2                      | 3.52                  |

## Annexure - IV

Annexure - V State-wise projects assisted under AMI sub-scheme during last two years

| S. No.   | State            | 2017 - 18       | 2017 - 18        | 2018 - 19       | 2018 - 19        | Total           | Total            |
|----------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
| S. No.   | State            | No. of Projects | Capacity (in MT) | No. of Projects | Capacity (in MT) | No. of Projects | Capacity (in MT) |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 12              | 98965            | 12              | 87803            | 24              | 186768           |
| 2        | Assam            | 17              | 109134           | 0               | 0                | 17              | 109134           |
| 3        | Bihar            | 0               | 0                | 10              | 0                | 10              | 0                |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                |
| 5        | Gujarat          | 1092            | 543112           | 0               | 0                | 1092            | 543112           |
| 6        | Haryana          | 26              | 341606           | 0               | 0                | 26              | 341606           |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh | 3               | 670              | 0               | 0                | 3               | 670              |
| 8        | Jammu & Kashmir  | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                |
| 9        | Jharkhand        | 1               | 18383            | 0               | 0                | 1               | 18383            |
| 10       | Karnataka        | 64              | 39617            | 0               | 0                | 64              | 39617            |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh   | 305             | 1491850          | 0               | 0                | 305             | 1491850          |
| 12       | Maharashtra      | 32              | 65717            | 0               | 0                | 32              | 65717            |
| 13       | Odisha           | 11              | 37051            | 0               | 0                | 11              | 37051            |
| 14       | Punjab           | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                |
| 15       | Rajasthan        | 35              | 75928            | 6               | 6340             | 41              | 82268            |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu       | 29              | 73812            | 5               | 93878            | 34              | 167690           |
| 17       | Tripura          | 1               | 2750             | 0               | 0                | 1               | 2750             |
| 18       | Telangana        | 4               | 62973            | 34              | 139312           | 38              | 202285           |
|          | Total            | 1632            | 2961568          | 67              | 327333           | 1699            | 3288901          |

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