Lok Sabha Question No. 2335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: B. Y. Raghavendra, C.N. Annadurai, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Vijay Kumar Dubey, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Ganesan Selvam, Anurag Sharma, Dhanush M Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2335

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH  MARCH, 2021

## AGRICULTURAL MARKETING INFRASTRUCTURE

2335.  SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing capital investment subsidy sub-scheme to develop Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure including storage infrastructure and if so, the details thereof along with its components;
- (b) whether the Government has been able to create scientific storage capacity with allied facilities in backward  rural areas of SC/ST  in the country including in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh under Gramin Bhandaran Yojana;
- (c) the total number of rural godowns constructed till date and the total number of farmers benefited  under  this  scheme  particularly  in  the  States  of  Karnataka,  Maharashtra,  Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) whether the Government has been able to increase storage capacity derived under the scheme, if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (e) the amount of subsidy released during the last three years and the current year for the same, State-wise including the States of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to build more storage facility for agriculture industry?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

(a): Yes  Sir.  For  creation  of  Agricultural  Marketing  infrastructure  including  Scientific Storage  infrastructure,  the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare,  Govt.  of  India  is implementing sub-scheme 'Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)' of Integrated Scheme for  Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) across the country. During the XII plan, the two on-going schemes  of  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  FW  viz.  (i)  Grameen  Bhandaran  Yojana  (GBY) implemented  since  01.04.2001  and  (ii)  Scheme  for Development  /  Strengthening  of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading & Standardization (AMIGS) implemented since 20.10.2004 has been subsumed into AMI w.e.f. 01.04.2014.

There are two components under the scheme (i) Storage Infrastructure (ii) Marketing Infrastructure other than Storage. It is a demand driven, credit linked scheme wherein back ended  capital  subsidy  @  25%  and  33.33%  is  available  based  on  the  eligible  category  of beneficiary.  Assistance is available to Individuals, Farmers, Group of farmers/growers, Agripreneurs,  Registered  Farmer  Produce  Organizations  (FPOs),  Cooperatives,  and  state agencies etc.

(b): Yes  Sir.  Under  AMI  sub-scheme,  Government  is  promoting  creation  of  scientific storage capacity with allied facilities in the country including that in backward rural areas of SC/ST,  which  also  includes  the  states  of  Karnataka,  Maharashtra,  Tamil  Nadu  and  Uttar Pradesh.

(c): Since  inception  of  the  scheme,  a  total  of  39,928  storage  infrastructure  projects (Godowns)  have  been  assisted  in  the  country,  including  10,524  projects  in  Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. A total of 7 lakh farmers have been benefited through  cooperatives  under  this  scheme  in  the  States  of  Karnataka,  Maharashtra,  Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

(d): Yes Sir. Since the launch of the Grameen Bhandaran Yojana (GBY) in 2001, a total of 68.20 million MT storage capacity has been assisted so far under the scheme. The statewise details are at Annexure I.

(e): The  State-wise  subsidy  released  for  storage  component  of  Agricultural  Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) sub-scheme during the last three years and the current year, including the States of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure II.

(f): In addition to AMI  scheme,  Government  is  providing financial support under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) in terms of interest subvention and credit guarantee for projects  for  post-harvest  management  and  building  community  farming  assets  such  as warehouse, cold-storage, silos, e-marketing etc.

The Government is also promoting storage facilities under scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas  Yojana  -  Remunerative  Approaches  for  Agriculture  &  Allied  Sector  Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR). Government had also been building more storage facilities for procurement purpose and for agriculture industry through agencies such as Food Corporation of India (FCI) and Central Warehouse Corporation (CWC) etc.

Annexure I State  -  wise  storage  capacity  assisted  under  Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure

## (AMI) sub-scheme including erstwhile Grameen Bhandaran Yojana (GBY)

| S. No.   | State             |   No. of projects |   Storage Capacity (in lakh MT) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|          | Andhra Pradesh    |              1403 |                          56.92  |
|          | Arunachal Pradesh |                 1 |                           0.01  |
|          | Assam             |               333 |                          10.23  |
|          | Bihar             |              1069 |                           6.63  |
|          | Chhattisgarh      |               597 |                          19.46  |
|          | Goa               |                 1 |                           0     |
|          | Gujarat           |             11904 |                          48.37  |
|          | Haryana           |              2047 |                          66.79  |
|          | Himachal Pradesh  |                87 |                           0.27  |
|          | Jammu & Kashmir   |                14 |                           0.83  |
|          | Jharkhand         |                33 |                           1.73  |
|          | Karnataka         |              4646 |                          39.1   |
|          | Kerala            |               206 |                           0.91  |
|          | Madhya Pradesh    |              4089 |                         116.52  |
|          | Maharashtra       |              3625 |                          68.07  |
|          | Meghalaya         |                16 |                           0.21  |
|          | Mizoram           |                 1 |                           0.003 |
|          | Nagaland          |                 1 |                           0.01  |
|          | Odisha            |               691 |                          10.09  |
|          | Punjab            |              1750 |                          67.63  |
|          | Rajasthan         |              1509 |                          28.79  |
|          | Tamil Nadu        |              1129 |                          14.09  |
|          | Telangana         |               797 |                          47.77  |
|          | Tripura           |                 5 |                           0.29  |
|          | Uttar Pradesh     |              1124 |                          53.4   |
|          | Uttrakhand        |               288 |                           7.77  |
|          | West Bengal       |              2562 |                          16.09  |
| Total    | Total             |             39928 |                         681.99  |

## State-wise subsidy released for storage component of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) sub-scheme during the last three years and current year

(Rs. In lakh)

|                  | 2017-18                | 2018-19                | 2019-20                | 2020-21                |
|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| STATE            | Total subsidy released | Total subsidy released | Total subsidy released | Total subsidy released |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 1262.78                | 1873.46                | 1415.08                | 543.02                 |
| Assam            | 1938.87                | 767.65                 | 82.97                  | 516.89                 |
| Bihar            | 33.58                  | 98.42                  | 295.01                 | 314.23                 |
| Chhattisgarh     | 903.74                 | 1111.81                | 5.10                   | 10.64                  |
| Goa              | 0.04                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   |
| Gujarat          | 4326.68                | 85.20                  | 589.00                 | 1423.51                |
| Haryana          | 6276.25                | 678.65                 | 1001.24                | 448.91                 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 27.38                  | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | 125.82                 | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   |
| Jharkhand        | 175.90                 | 118.48                 | 37.50                  | 0.00                   |
| Karnataka        | 1975.28                | 28.26                  | 681.51                 | 82.02                  |
| Kerala           | 129.55                 | 0.73                   | 2.14                   | 2.28                   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 11309.20               | 841.89                 | 2014.26                | 3459.10                |
| Maharashtra      | 5344.50                | 1815.51                | 1386.89                | 162.36                 |
| Meghalaya        | 2.87                   | 0.00                   | 0.01                   | 0.00                   |
| Nagaland         | 0.83                   | 0.00                   | 1.61                   | 0.00                   |
| Orissa           | 955.51                 | 245.39                 | 90.51                  | 0.00                   |
| Punjab           | 1244.53                | 1.27                   | 42.19                  | 101.18                 |
| Rajasthan        | 110.87                 | 508.25                 | 420.94                 | 546.35                 |
| Tamil Nadu       | 571.47                 | 7.34                   | 0.00                   | 10.23                  |
| Telangana        | 2571.73                | 687.94                 | 359.14                 | 601.35                 |
| Tripura          | 20.05                  | 0.00                   | 0.00                   | 0.00                   |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 969.31                 | 14.00                  | 161.06                 | 9.30                   |
| Uttarakhand      | 230.45                 | 0.00                   | 50.72                  | 18.40                  |
| West Bengal      | 451.49                 | 0.00                   | 24.49                  | 106.89                 |
| Total            | 40958.68               | 8884.25                | 8661.37                | 8356.66                |

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