Lok Sabha Question No. 1472 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Operational Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat, Kaushal Kishore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1472

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## OPERATIONAL COLD STORAGES

1472.  SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT: SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

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

- (a) the number of cold storages including those for mangoes operational in the country, as on date, State/ UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the present capacity of these cold storages, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;
- (c) the number of new cold storages of mangoes sanctioned and set up during the last five years, State/ UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) the reasons for not setting up the sanctioned cold storages so far?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) & (b): District-wise data for Number and Capacity of Cold Storages is not maintained centrally.  However,  State-wise  number  and  capacity  of  cold  storages  including  those  for mangoes created in the country including Uttar Pradesh as on 31 st December, 2019 is at Annexure - I .
- (c) & (d): Assistance  is  provided  for  setting  up  of  cold  storages  in  the  country  under Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  scheme  of  Department  of Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers  Welfare  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana (PMKSY) scheme of Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

State/UT-wise  number  of  new  cold  storages  sanctioned  during  the  last  five  years including  those  for  mangoes  in  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh  as  on  31 st December, 2019 is at Annexure - II .  All  cold storages sanctioned till 2018 - 19 have been setup and cold storages sanctioned during current year are in different stages of construction.

State/UT- wise details of Cold Storages under MIDH (NHB, NHM & HMNEH) and MoFPI as on 31.12.2019

| S. No.   | Name of the State         |        | Total         |
|----------|---------------------------|--------|---------------|
|          |                           | Number | Capacity (MT) |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 3      | 810           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh &Telangana | 465    | 1941172       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 2      | 6000          |
| 4        | Assam                     | 38     | 168096        |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 309    | 1437767       |
| 6        | Chandigarh                | 7      | 12462         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              | 99     | 487262        |
| 8        | Delhi                     | 97     | 129857        |
| 9        | Goa                       | 29     | 7705          |
| 10       | Gujarat                   | 964    | 3809528       |
| 11       | Haryana                   | 356    | 819625        |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh          | 71     | 135221        |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 56     | 188115        |
| 14       | Jharkhand                 | 58     | 236680        |
| 15       | Karnataka                 | 217    | 659577        |
| 16       | Kerala                    | 199    | 81705         |
| 17       | Lakshadweep               | 1      | 15            |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh            | 302    | 1287079       |
| 19       | Maharashtra               | 604    | 985142        |
| 20       | Manipur                   | 3      | 7100          |
| 21       | Meghalaya                 | 4      | 8200          |
| 22       | Mizoram                   | 3      | 3971          |
| 23       | Nagaland                  | 4      | 7350          |
| 24       | Orissa                    | 177    | 566321        |
| 25       | Pondicherry               | 3      | 85            |
| 26       | Punjab                    | 688    | 2282626       |
| 27       | Rajasthan                 | 176    | 596014        |
| 28       | Sikkim                    | 2      | 2100          |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                | 176    | 363518        |
| 30       | Tripura                   | 14     | 46354         |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh             | 2380   | 14573913      |
| 32       | Uttrakhand                | 47     | 162821        |
| 33       | West Bengal               | 510    | 5935416       |
|          | Total                     | 8064   | 36949607      |

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

Annexure - II State/UT- wise number of Cold Storages sanctioned during last five years under MIDH

## (NHB, NHM & HMNEH) and MoFPI

| S. No.   | State             |   Number |
|----------|-------------------|----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |       44 |
| 2        | Andaman & Nicobar |        1 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |        1 |
| 4        | Assam             |        7 |
| 5        | Bihar             |        6 |
| 6        | Chandigarh        |        1 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      |       10 |
| 8        | Gujarat           |      392 |
| 9        | Haryana           |       64 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  |       47 |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir   |       32 |
| 12       | Jharkhand         |        3 |
| 13       | Karnataka         |       30 |
| 14       | Kerala            |        3 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    |       42 |
| 16       | Maharashtra       |       68 |
| 17       | Manipur           |        1 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |        1 |
| 19       | Mizoram           |        2 |
| 20       | Orissa            |       66 |
| 21       | Punjab            |       89 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |       25 |
| 23       | Sikkim            |        1 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |       15 |
| 25       | Telangana         |       25 |
| 26       | Tripura           |        1 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     |      230 |
| 28       | Uttrakhand        |       28 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |       10 |
|          | Total             |     1245 |

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