Lok Sabha Question No. 37 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Strengthening Cold Storage and Warehouse Infrastructure
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 37

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  20 TH  JULY, 2021

## STRENGTHENING COLD STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE

- *37.    SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  strengthen  cold  storage  and  warehouse infrastructure facilities in the country including Gujarat;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the present capacity of cold storage and warehousing in the country; and
- (d) the details of the cold storage and warehouse infrastructure created during the last three years, State-wise including Gujarat?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.   37  DUE FOR REPLY ON 20 th  JULY, 2021.

(a) & (b): Government is implementing various schemes under which financial assistance  is  provided  for  setting  up  of  cold  storages  and  warehouses  infrastructure facilities  for  storage  of  agriculture  and  perishable  horticulture  produce  throughout  the country including Gujarat.

Department  of Agriculture  and  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.  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% for general areas and at the rate of 50% in Hilly and Scheduled areas of eligible capital cost of the project for both public and private sector enterprises. The scheme is available for all States/UTs including the State of Gujarat.

Further,  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  is  implementing  the  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 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  States, 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. The scheme is available for all States/UTs including the State of Gujarat.

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Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is implementing Agricultural Marketing  Infrastructure (AMI), a sub-scheme  of  Integrated  Scheme  for  Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) across the country including Gujarat. AMI is demand driven, credit linked, back ended subsidy scheme. Under the scheme, subsidy at the rate of 25% for plain areas and 33.33% for NER, hilly area is available for beneficiaries viz, Farmers, Individuals, Agripreneurs, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Cooperatives, and state agencies etc.for development of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure Projects including storage infrastructure.

Further,  to  strengthen  agriculture  infrastructure  in  the  country,  Government  has launched Agriculture Infrastructure Funds (AIF) of Rs. 1.0 lakh crore. Under AIF, there is provision for collateral free term loan up to Rs. 2.0 crore and interest subvention of 3% on the term loan availed under AIF. All the post harvest infrastructure including establishment of cold storages and warehouses are eligible for this financing facility through AIF.

(c): The present capacity of cold storages is 37.68 million MT and warehouses is 173.65 million MT in the country.

(d): As  per  available  information,  266  numbers  of  cold  storages  with  capacity  of  1.38 million  MT have been created in the country including Gujarat during the last three years under MIDH scheme. Further, 1512 number of warehouses with capacity of 4.00 million MT have  been  created  in  the  country  including  Gujarat  during  last  three  years  under  ISAM Scheme.  State-wise  details  of  cold  storages  and  warehouses  created  during  last  three years in the country including Gujarat are at Annexure - I and Annexure - II respectively.

## Annexure - I

## State wise cold storage projects sanctioned under MIDH during last three years (2018-19 to 2020-21)

| S. No.   | State             |   No. of Projects |   Capacity (in MT) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                 7 |              74521 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                 0 |                  0 |
| 3        | Assam             |                 4 |              34200 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                 3 |              22172 |
| 5        | Chandigarh        |                 0 |                  0 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |                 1 |               3243 |
| 7        | Delhi             |                 0 |                  0 |
| 8        | Goa               |                 0 |                  0 |
| 9        | Gujarat           |                81 |             326983 |
| 10       | Haryana           |                 4 |              10890 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  |                10 |              23025 |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                15 |              72238 |
| 13       | Jharkhand         |                 0 |                  0 |
| 14       | Karnataka         |                11 |              76834 |
| 15       | Kerala            |                 0 |                  0 |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    |                 4 |              27993 |
| 17       | Maharashtra       |                 1 |               5600 |
| 18       | Manipur           |                 0 |                  0 |
| 19       | Meghalaya         |                 0 |                  0 |
| 20       | Mizoram           |                 0 |                  0 |
| 21       | Nagaland          |                 0 |                  0 |
| 22       | Odisha            |                 0 |                  0 |
| 23       | Punjab            |                30 |             160592 |
| 24       | Rajasthan         |                15 |              76034 |
| 25       | Sikkim            |                 0 |                  0 |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu        |                 6 |              37836 |
| 27       | Telangana         |                 9 |              67320 |
| 28       | Tripura           |                 0 |                  0 |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh     |                65 |             362430 |
| 30       | Uttrakhand        |                 0 |                  0 |
| 31       | West Bengal       |                 0 |                  0 |
| Total    |                   |               266 |            1381911 |

## State-wise details of Storage Infrastructure Projects under AMI sub-scheme of ISAM during last three years (2018-19 to 2020-21)

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| S.No.   | State            |   No. of Projects |   Capacity (in MT) |
|---------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh   |                95 |             415810 |
| 2.      | Assam            |                 9 |              45471 |
| 3.      | Bihar            |                87 |             192554 |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh     |                 4 |               3372 |
| 5.      | Gujarat          |               269 |             405160 |
| 6.      | Haryana          |               259 |             251367 |
| 7.      | Himachal Pradesh |                 1 |               3340 |
| 8.      | Jammu & Kashmir  |                 1 |               5000 |
| 9.      | Jharkhand        |                 8 |              35392 |
| 10.     | Karnataka        |               100 |              40207 |
| 11.     | Kerala           |                 1 |               4997 |
| 12.     | Madhya Pradesh   |               357 |            1452540 |
| 13.     | Maharashtra      |                78 |             236311 |
| 14.     | Nagaland         |                35 |              32000 |
| 15.     | Orissa           |                 1 |               5267 |
| 16.     | Punjab           |                 8 |              36245 |
| 17.     | Rajasthan        |                81 |             311926 |
| 18.     | Tamil Nadu       |                 7 |              95966 |
| 19.     | Telangana        |                83 |             337218 |
| 20.     | Uttar Pradesh    |                15 |              48833 |
| 21.     | Uttarakhand      |                 3 |              19414 |
| 22.     | West Bengal      |                10 |              27907 |
|         | Total            |              1512 |            4006297 |

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