Lok Sabha Question No. 905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Beneficiaries under MIDH
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 905

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER MIDH

## 905. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

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

- (a) the details of number of beneficiaries who got benefited under the Mission for Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  with  financial  assistance  to  set  up cold storages across the country since the inception of the Mission, State-wise and year-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  'Capital  Investment  Subsidy  for  Construction/Expansion /Modernization of Cold Storages and Storages for Horticulture Products' Scheme;
- (c) the  details  of  cold  storages  which  have  been  modernized  in  the  country during the last five years, State and year-wise;
- (d) the details of new cold storages constructed in the State of Telangana since 2020; and
- (e) the details of steps taken by the Government to increase the storage capacity of the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) to (e): As per available information, there are 1301 number of cold storages with financial assistant of Rs. 2184.28 crore is available in the country under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH). The State/UT- wise and year wise details of cold storage are at Annexure-I. Under MIDH scheme, powers for sanction of projects costing up to Rs. 500.00 lakh have been delegated to States. As such no separate details of modernized cold storage in the country are maintained at central level.

Government is implementing various schemes under which financial assistance is available for setting up of cold storage throughout the country including Telangana to increase the storage capacity of the country.

Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  MIDH  under which  financial  assistance  is  provided  for  various  horticulture  activities  including construction/Expansion/ Modernization of cold storages of capacity up to 5000 MT in the country. The component is demand/entrepreneur driven for which Government assistance in the form of credit linked back ended subsidy is available at the rate of 35% of the project  cost  in  general  areas  and  50%  of  the  project  cost  in  hilly  and scheduled areas through respective State Horticulture Missions.

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'.  Under  the  scheme,  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.

Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MOFPI)  is  implementing  a  Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure as one of the  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  with  the  objective  of reducing  post-harvest  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, 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.

Further,  to  strengthen  agriculture  infrastructure  in  the  country,  Government has launched Agriculture Infrastructure  Funds  (AIF)  of  Rs.  1.00  lakh  crore.  Under AIF, there is provision for collateral free term loan upto Rs. 2.00 crore and interest subvention of 3% on the term loan availed for creation of post harvest infrastructure including establishment of cold storages.

As  per  the  report  received  from  Telangana,  a  total  number  of  9  new  cold storages with financial assistance of Rs. 1084.61 lakh have been constructed since 2020.

HMNEH - Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States

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## Annexure- I

State wise Year wise cold storage projects sanctioned under MIDH (NHB, NHM & HMNEH) scheme since inception (as on 31.12.2022) (Rs. In crore)

| S. No.   | State            | 2014-15   | 2014-15    | 2015-16    | 2015-16   |        | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22     | 2021-22    | 2022-23   | Total   | Total        |
|----------|------------------|-----------|------------|------------|-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|------------|-----------|---------|--------------|
| S. No.   | State            | P F       | P          | F          | P         | F      | P         | F         | P         | F         | P         | F         | P         | F         | P           | P          | F         | P       | F            |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 9         | 9.97       | 6          | 4.75 11   | 14.29  | 2         | 2.84      | 2         | 1.92      | 5         | 10.20     | 0         | 0.00      | 11          | F 14.96    | 3 6.77    | 49      | 65.70        |
| 2        | Assam            | 1 3.68    | 2          | 5.81       | 2         | 3.91   | 0         | 0.00      | 2         | 5.36      | 1         | 3.40      | 1         | 2.91      | 0           | 2          | 3.75      | 11      | 28.82        |
| 3        | Bihar            | 1 1.25    | 0          | 0.00       | 0         | 0.00   | 0         | 0.00      | 3         | 5.26      | 0         | 0.00 0    |           | 0.00      | 0.00 0 0.00 | 0          | 0.00      | 4       | 6.51         |
| 4        | Chandigarh       | 1 0.25    | 0          | 0.00       | 0         | 0.00   | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0 0.00    | 0         | 0.00        | 0          | 0.00      | 1       | 0.25         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     | 8 11.00   | 1          | 1.88       | 0         | 0.64   | 0         | 0.00      | 1         | 2.70      | 0         | 0.00      |           | 0.00      | 0           | 0.00 0     | 0.00      | 10      | 16.22        |
| 6        | Gujarat 62       | 80.43     | 62         | 60.94      | 72        | 193.03 | 116       | 178.42    | 68        | 72.65     | 12        | 0 11.82 1 | 1.58      |           | 8 11.31     | 9          | 4.13      | 410     | 614.31       |
| 7        | Haryana 13       | 19.99     | 8          | 8.53       | 24        | 22.45  | 9         | 11.41     | 4         | 9.43      | 0         | 0.00 0    | 0.00      | 2         | 4.89        | 4          | 3.59      | 64      | 80.29        |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh | 2 20.39   | 19         | 53.80      | 10        | 0.00   | 0         | 0.00      | 9         | 11.49     | 0         | 0.00      | 1         | 3.64      | 0           | 0.00       | 3 2.69    | 44      | 92.01        |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir  | 1 16.25   | 4          | 65.78      | 4         | 12.41  | 17        | 132.52    | 3         | 13.85     | 5         | 27.96 7   | 34.09     |           | 37.74       | 4          | 21.76     | 52      | 362.36       |
| 10       | Jharkhand        | 1 2.46    | 1          | 0.00       | 1         | 3.40   | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00 0    | 0.00      | 7 0       | 0.00        | 1          | 2.27      | 4       | 8.13         |
| 11       | Karnataka        | 3 2.41    | 1          | 1.37       | 5         | 6.40   | 7         | 7.84      | 5         | 6.57      | 6         | 10.43     | 0 0.00    | 1         | 1.83        | 7          | 12.16     | 35      | 49.01        |
| 12       | Kerala           | 0 0.00    | 0          | 0.00       | 0         | 0.00   | 1         | 0.46      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00 0    |           | 0.00      | 0           | 0.00 0     | 0.00      | 1       | 0.46         |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh   | 13 14.27  | 18         | 23.81      | 0         | 0.05   | 3         | 6.19      | 3         | 5.55      | 1         | 1.50      | 0         | 0.00      | 1           | 2.38       | 3 3.83    | 42      | 57.58        |
| 14       | Maharashtra      | 16 23.64  | 8          | 7.84       | 6         | 5.93   | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 1 1.49    | 4         | 6.31        | 9          | 15.13     | 44      | 60.34        |
| 15       | Manipur          | 0 0.00    | 0          |            | 0         | 0.00   | 1         | 0.80      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0           | 0.00       | 0 0.00    | 1       | 0.80         |
| 16       | Odisha 9         | 11.61     | 47         | 0.00 57.23 | 7         | 11.74  | 2         | 0.20      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0           | 0.00       | 0 0.00    | 65      | 80.78        |
| 17       | Punjab 12        | 15.60     |            | 33 69.04   | 1         | 0.39   | 14        | 18.02     | 19        | 25.64     | 5         | 7.30      | 6         | 8.78      | 14          | 14.94      | 7 8.66    | 111     | 168.37       |
| 18       | Rajasthan 3      | 2.37      | 2          | 7.92       | 2         | 2.43   | 1         | 1.20      | 10        | 10.44     | 1         | 1.54      |           | 6.91      | 0           | 0.00 1     | 1.12      | 24      | 33.93        |
| 19       | Sikkim 1         | 3.00      | 0          | 0.00       | 0         | 0.00   | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 4 0       |           | 0.00      | 0           | 0.00 0     | 0.00      | 1       | 3.00         |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu       | 1 1.35    | 1          | 1.20       | 0         | 0.00   | 0         | 0.00      | 3         | 3.29      | 3         | 0.00 5.42 | 0         | 0.00      | 1           | 1.19 0     | 0.00      | 9       | 12.45        |
| 21       | Telangana 0      | 5.45      | 10         | 10.60      | 2         | 2.44   | 8         | 12.02     | 4         | 0.70      | 13        | 18.80     | 9         | 9.80      | 3           | 1.40       | 2         | 51      | 64.86        |
| 22       | Tripura          | 1 1.20    | 0          | 0.00       | 0         | 0.00   | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0 0.00      | 0          | 3.65 0.00 | 1       | 1.20         |
| 23       | 27               | 37.81     | 38         | 45.81      | 42        | 60.54  | 61        | 77.62     | 41        | 56.93     | 7         | 9.02 17   | 22.35     |           | 1 0.12      | 15         | 21.26     | 249     | 331.46       |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh    | 1         |            | 36.34      | 1         | 1.75   | 1         | 4.20      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      |           | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0          | 0.00      | 13      | 42.90        |
|          | Uttrakhand       |           | 0.61       | 10         |           |        |           |           |           |           |           |           | 0         | 0         |             |            |           |         |              |
| 25       | West Bengal      | 3         | 1.03       | 2 1.51     | 0         | 0.00   | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00      | 0         | 0.00 0    | 0.00      |           | 0           | 0.00 97.07 | 0 0.00    | 5 1301  | 2.54 2184.28 |
|          | Total            | 189       | 286.01 273 | 464.15     | 190       | 341.79 | 243       | 453.73    | 177       | 231.79    | 59        | 107.40 47 | 91.55     | 53        |             | 70         | 110.77    |         |              |

P - No. of Projects

F - Assistance Sanctioned by MIDH

NHB - National Horticulture Board

NHM - National Horticulture Mission