Lok Sabha Question No. 5400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Storage Capacity for Onions
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5400

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  APRIL, 2022

## STORAGE CAPACITY FOR ONIONS

5400.  SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

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

- (a) Whether  the  Government  has  sufficient  storage  capacity  to  store  onions  at 'place of consumption' procured every year;
- (b) If so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) The  steps  being  taken  to  increase  the  storage  capacity  in  each  State  at  the place of consumption particularly in leading Metro cities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a)  to  (c)  Government  is  implementing  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of Horticulture (MIDH) under which financial assistance is available for creation of Post Harvest  Management  (PHM)  Infrastructure  including  setting  up  of  low  cost  onion storage.

For setting up of low cost onion storage, back ended subsidy at the rate of 50% of the total  cost  of  25  MT  capacity  with  cost  norms  of  Rs.  1.75  lakh/unit  is  available under MIDH.

As per available information, the  current capacity  of  low  cost onion storage  in the country is 10.27 lakh MT. The State-wise details are annexed.

## Annexure

## State-wise details of Low Cost Onion storage structure created under MIDH

## scheme as on 30.03.2022

| S. No.   | State          | Low Cost onion storage structure   | Low Cost onion storage structure   |
|----------|----------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|          |                | Number                             | Capacity (MT)                      |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | 26                                 | 650                                |
| 2        | Assam          | 76                                 | 1900                               |
| 3        | Bihar          | 1314                               | 32850                              |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh   | 462                                | 11550                              |
| 5        | Gujarat        | 696                                | 17400                              |
| 6        | Haryana        | 863                                | 21575                              |
| 7        | Jharkhand      | 2                                  | 50                                 |
| 8        | Karnataka      | 9960                               | 249000                             |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh | 951                                | 23775                              |
| 10       | Maharashtra    | 8562                               | 214050                             |
| 11       | Odisha         | 5144                               | 128600                             |
| 12       | Punjab         | 11                                 | 275                                |
| 13       | Rajasthan      | 8514                               | 212850                             |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu     | 3730                               | 93250                              |
| 15       | Telangana      | 10                                 | 250                                |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh  | 221                                | 5525                               |
| 17       | West Bengal    | 534                                | 13340                              |
|          | Total          | 41076                              | 1026890                            |

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