Lok Sabha Question No. 248 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Cold Chain Grid
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shardaben Anilbhai Patel, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 248

ANSWERED ON 04 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## COLD CHAIN GRID

## †248.  SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL: SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up a cold chain grid to connect every corner of the country through 42 mega food parks and 234 cold chain projects under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes Sir, The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is focusing on building cold chain infrastructure across the country, for seamless transfer of perishables from production to consumption  areas,  through  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY),  which comprises  of  component  schemes  namely  (i)  Integrated  Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition Infrastructure, (ii) Mega Food Park, (iii) Creation of Backward & Forward Linkages, (iv) Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (v) Agro Processing Clusters and (vi) Operation Greens.  These schemes aim at arresting post-harvest losses of horticulture and nonhorticulture  produce  by  encouraging  the  creation  of  cold  storages/  primary  processing/  and transportation  facilities  across  the  country.  To  fill  in  the  gaps  across  the  value  chain  and establishing the Cold Chain Grid, the Ministry has also sanctioned 39 Mega Food Parks and 298 Integrated Cold Chain Projects throughout the country.
- (b): A State/ UT-wise list showing the approved Cold Chain and Mega Food Park projects as on date under the PMKSY is placed at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 248 FOR ANSWER ON 04 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020 REGARDING 'COLD CHAIN GRID'.

| S.No.   | State / UT               | Cold Chain project   | Mega Food Park project   |   Total Projects |
|---------|--------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 1                    | -                        |                1 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 15                   | 3                        |               18 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 1                    | 1                        |                2 |
| 4       | Assam                    | 2                    | 1                        |                3 |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 5                    | 1                        |                6 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh             | 3                    | 1                        |                4 |
| 7       | Gujarat                  | 19                   | 2                        |               21 |
| 8       | Haryana                  | 12                   | 2                        |               14 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh         | 16                   | 1                        |               17 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir           | 7                    | 1                        |                8 |
| 11      | Karnataka                | 14                   | 2                        |               16 |
| 12      | Kerala                   | 5                    | 2                        |                7 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh           | 8                    | 2                        |               10 |
| 14      | Maharashtra              | 64                   | 3                        |               67 |
| 15      | Manipur                  | 1                    | 1                        |                2 |
| 16      | Mizoram                  | 2                    | 1                        |                3 |
| 17      | Nagaland                 | 1                    | 1                        |                2 |
| 18      | Odisha                   | 5                    | 2                        |                7 |
| 19      | Punjab                   | 20                   | 3                        |               23 |
| 20      | Rajasthan                | 11                   | 1                        |               12 |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu               | 18                   | -                        |               18 |
| 22      | Telangana                | 11                   | 2                        |               13 |
| 23      | Tripura                  | -                    | 1                        |                1 |
| 24      | Uttar Pradesh            | 21                   | 2                        |               23 |
| 25      | Uttarakhand              | 24                   | 2                        |               26 |
| 26      | West Bengal              | 12                   | 1                        |               13 |
|         | TOTAL                    | 298                  | 39                       |              337 |