Lok Sabha Question No. 1506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Cold Storage
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Raju Bista, M. Selvaraj

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1506

TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## COLD STORAGE

1506.  SHRI RAJU BISTA: SHRI M. SELVARAJ:

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

- (a) the number of cold storage facilities established across the country in the past three years including those established from Union Government funds, State-wise;
- (b) the details of cold storages established in the country from the grants provided by the Union Government, State-wise during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Union Government proposes to launch a scheme for providing grants for establishing cold storages for agricultural crops, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  details  of  the  cold  storage  facilities  in  the  districts  of  Darjeeling,  Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduars, and Cooch Behar in North Bengal region; and
- (e) the details of Central Government Schemes under which local FPOs and SHGs can apply for setting up of cold storage facilities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) to (e): Government does not set up cold storage of its own. However, Government is implementing various schemes under which financial assistance is provided for setting up of cold storage facilities in the country including West Bengal.

Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) under which financial assistance is provided for various horticulture activities including setting up of cold storages through State Governments. The component  is  demand/ entrepreneur-driven through commercial ventures for which assistance at the rate of 35% of admissible project cost in general areas and 50% in hilly and scheduled area is available as credit linked back ended subsidy.

Besides,  National  Horticulture  Board  (NHB)  is  implementing  a  scheme  namely 'Capital  Investment  Subsidy  for  Construction/Expansion  /Modernization  of  Cold  Storages and  Storages  for  Horticulture  Products'.  It  is  a  demand/entrepreneur  driven  under  which credit  linked  back-ended  subsidy  at  the  rate  of  35%  of  the  capital  cost  of  the  project  in general areas and 50% in case of North East, hilly & scheduled areas for construction/expansion/modernization  of  cold  storage  and  controlled  atmosphere  (CA) storage of capacity above 5000 MT and up to 10000 MT is available. In case of North East region, the units with capacity above 1000 MT are also eligible for assistance.

Further, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) is implementing a Scheme for  Integrated  Cold  Chain,  Value  Addition  and  Preservation  Infrastructure  as  one  of  the components of  Pradhan  MantriKisanSampadaYojana  with  the  objective  of  reducing  postharvest losses of horticulture and non-horticulture produce and providing remunerative price to farmers for their produce. Under the scheme, Ministry provides financial assistance in the form  of  grant-in-aid  at  the  rate  of  35%  for  general  areas  and  50%  for  North  East  and Himalayan States, Integrated Tribal Development Programme (ITDP) areas and Islands for storage and transport infrastructure and at the rate of 50% and 75% respectively for value addition and processing infrastructure subject to a maximum grant-in-aid of Rs. 10 crore per project for setting up integrated cold chain projects including irradiation facility. Standalone cold storages are not covered under the Scheme.

Under these schemes Cold Storage/Cold chain can be set up by entrepreneurs,groups  of  entrepreneurs,  private  companies,  cooperatives,  farmers  groups, Farmers Producer Organization (FPOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs) etc through commercial ventures.

The State wise details  including West Bengal for  setting up  of  cold  storages  under these schemes and Financial Assistant provided in the past three years and current year are at Annexure - I .

District wise information on cold storages is not maintained centrally.

## Annexure-I

## State wise distribution of Cold Storages during 2018-19 to 2021-22 (up to 30.09.2021) in the Country

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | Total   | Total                              |
|----------|---------------------|---------|------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State   | Number  | Financial Assistance (Rs in Lakhs) |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 39      | 22122.83                           |
| 2        | Andaman & Nicobar   | 1       | 1000.00                            |
| 3        | Assam               | 4       | 1167.18                            |
| 4        | Bihar               | 6       | 2831.47                            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        | 1       | 269.82                             |
| 6        | Gujarat             | 99      | 19150.65                           |
| 7        | Haryana             | 15      | 8905.14                            |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh    | 16      | 7413.54                            |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 16      | 8589.70                            |
| 10       | Karnataka           | 19      | 8493.77                            |
| 11       | Kerala              | 2       | 2000.00                            |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh      | 13      | 7724.04                            |
| 13       | Maharashtra         | 15      | 8961.79                            |
| 14       | Nagaland            | 2       | 1541.00                            |
| 15       | Odisha              | 2       | 2000.00                            |
| 16       | Punjab              | 49      | 9155.89                            |
| 17       | Rajasthan           | 20      | 4870.19                            |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu          | 16      | 7222.82                            |
| 19       | Telangana           | 15      | 6766.83                            |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh       | 72      | 14564.98                           |
| 21       | Uttarakhand         | 9       | 8816.00                            |
| 22       | West Bengal         | 5       | 4223.00                            |
|          | TOTAL               | 436     | 157790.64                          |

(Source: National Horticulture Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH) & Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)

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