Lok Sabha Question No. 559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Storage Facilities in Rural Areas
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 559 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH   JUNE, 2019

## STORAGE  FACILITIES IN  RURAL AREAS

559.     DR.  RAMAPATI  RAM TRIPATHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to  provide  storage  facilities  in  the  rural areas of the country under the rural storage yojana/Gramin Bhandaran Yojana;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the total number of rural godowns constructed during each of  the  last  three years and the  number  of  farmers  benefited  under  the  scheme,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) & (b): Yes  Sir.  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 State wise details are at Annexure-I.

(c):     During last three years, a total of 2743 storage infrastructure projects (Godowns) have been assisted with storage capacity of 74.16 Lakh MT under storage component of AMI subscheme directly benefiting number of agripreneurs including farmers. The State-wise details are at Annexure II. The scheme is demand driven and no scientific storage facility in Uttar Pradesh has been sanctioned during the last three years.

## Storage infrastructure projects (Godowns), sanctioned under AMI sub scheme

| S. No.   | State             |   No. of projects |   Storage Capacity (in lakh MT) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |              1338 |                          54.088 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                 1 |                           0.009 |
| 3        | Assam             |               325 |                           9.872 |
| 4        | Bihar             |              1000 |                           5.037 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |               594 |                          19.435 |
| 6        | Goa               |                 1 |                           0.003 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |             11663 |                          44.724 |
| 8        | Haryana           |              2017 |                          65.574 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                87 |                           0.275 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                14 |                           0.83  |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |                26 |                           1.573 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |              4508 |                          37.876 |
| 13       | Kerala            |               206 |                           0.905 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |              3828 |                         106.259 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |              3581 |                          66.707 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                16 |                           0.21  |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                 1 |                           0.003 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                 1 |                           0.008 |
| 19       | Odisha            |               691 |                          10.092 |
| 20       | Punjab            |              1745 |                          67.418 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |              1471 |                          27.206 |
| 22       | Tamilnadu         |              1127 |                          14.074 |
| 23       | Telangana         |               760 |                          46.252 |
| 24       | Tripura           |                 5 |                           0.288 |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     |              1119 |                          53.226 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       |               287 |                           7.723 |
| 27       | West Bengal       |              2552 |                          15.815 |
| Total    | Total             |             38964 |                         655.482 |

Annexure II State-wise projects assisted under AMI sub-scheme during last three years

| S.No.   | State            | 2016-17         | 2016-17          | 2017-18         | 2017-18          | 2018-19         | 2018-19          |
|---------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
| S.No.   | State            | No. Of Projects | Capacity (in MT) | No. Of Projects | Capacity (in MT) | No. Of Projects | Capacity (in MT) |
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh   | 16              | 72058            | 12              | 98965            | 12              | 87803            |
| 2.      | Assam            | 12              | 63219            | 17              | 109134           | 0               | 0                |
| 3.      | Bihar            | 2               | 5139             | 0               | 0                | 10              | 0                |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh     | 1               | 1206             | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                |
| 5.      | Gujarat          | 184             | 162244           | 1092            | 543112           | 0               | 0                |
| 6.      | Haryana          | 46              | 678531           | 26              | 341606           | 0               | 0                |
| 7.      | Himachal Pradesh | 11              | 3562             | 3               | 670              | 0               | 0                |
| 8.      | Jammu & Kashmir  | 3               | 9954             | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                |
| 9.      | Jharkhand        | 3               | 26873            | 1               | 18383            | 0               | 0                |
| 10.     | Karnataka        | 147             | 285193           | 64              | 39617            | 0               | 0                |
| 11.     | Madhya Pradesh   | 383             | 1977855          | 305             | 1491850          | 0               | 0                |
| 12.     | Maharashtra      | 179             | 662438           | 32              | 65717            | 0               | 0                |
| 13.     | Orissa           | 13              | 15774            | 11              | 37051            | 0               | 0                |
| 14.     | Punjab           | 1               | 12081            | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                |
| 15.     | Rajasthan        | 6               | 18095            | 35              | 75928            | 6               | 6340             |
| 16.     | Tamilnadu        | 31              | 60160            | 29              | 73812            | 5               | 93878            |
| 17.     | Tripura          | 0               | 0                | 1               | 2750             | 0               | 0                |
| 18.     | Telangana        | 6               | 72872            | 4               | 62973            | 34              | 139312           |
|         | Total            | 1044            | 4127254          | 1632            | 2961568          | 67              | 327333           |

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