Lok Sabha Question No. 3224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Decentralized Storage Capacity
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Debasree Chaudhuri, Kripanath Mallah, Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3224

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST MARCH,2023

## DECENTRALIZED STORAGE CAPACITY

3224.  SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY: SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA: SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH: MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  noticed  that  farmers  are  facing  innumerable difficulties for want of proper storage facilities to store their agricultural produces, if so, the details thereof and the measures taken thereon;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  implement  a  plan  to  set  up  massive decentralized  storage  capacity  to  help  farmers  to  store  their  produce  and  realize remunerative prices through sale at appropriate times;
- (c) if  so,  the  time  by  which  it  is  likely  to  be  setup  and  the  progress  made  till  date along with the details of funds sanctioned, utilized or to be utilized in the country till now, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has identified places for the above purpose; and
- (e) if so, the details of the places identified in the States of Assam and   Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERSWELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (e): Realizing the need for proper storage facilities to the farmers, Government of India is promoting scientific storage facilities for the farmers in the country to improve their holding capacity through various schemes viz. Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) Sub-Scheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas YojanaRemunerative  Approaches  for  Agriculture  and  Allied  Sector  Rejuvenation  (RKVYRAFTAAR) Scheme, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) etc.

Government is implementing Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI), a subscheme  of  Integrated  Scheme  for  Agricultural  Marketing  (ISAM)  across  the  country including Assam and Rajasthan. 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,  Group  of  farmers/growers,  Agri-preneurs,  Registered  Farmer  Producer Organizations  (FPOs),  Cooperatives,  and  state  agencies  etc.  for  development  of Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure  Projects  including  storage  infrastructure.  AMI  is demand driven,  credit  linked,  back  ended  subsidy  scheme.  However,  publicity  of  the scheme is directed towards the places where there is shortage of storage facilities vis-àvis surplus production, including in Assam & Rajasthan. Since inception of scheme i.e. 01.04.2001  and  up  to  28.02.2023,  a  total  of  42,138  storage  infrastructure  projects (Godowns) were implemented in majority of the States in the country, with  a storage capacity of 74.08 Million MT have been sanctioned, and a subsidy of Rs. 3,440crore has  been  released. The  State-wise  progress  of  storage  infrastructure  including  in Assam & Rajasthan is at Annexure-I.

Experiencing the need of smaller storages closer to farm-gate in decentralized manner,  Government  has  been  focusing  on  construction  of  smaller  sizes  of  such godowns starting from the capacity of 50 MT, which is within the economic reach of the small and marginal farmers.  Such approach would benefit the farmers as envisaged by reducing the storage and other losses and getting the remunerative prices through sale at appropriate time.

Government is also implementing Mission for Integrated Developmentof Horticulture (MIDH) under which financial assistance is provided for various horticulture activitiesincluding  construction/Expansion/  Modernization  of  cold  storages  of  capacity up to 5000 MT in thecountry. The component is demand/entrepreneur driven for which Government assistance in the formof credit linked back ended subsidy is available at the rate of 35% of the project cost in general areasand 50% of the project cost in hilly and  scheduled  areas  through  respective  State  HorticultureMissions.As  per  available information, there are 8457 number of cold storages in the country including the State of Assam & Rajasthan. The State/UT- wise details of cold storage including the State of Assam & Rajasthan are at Annexure-II.Under MIDH scheme, funds are allocated and released to States on the basis of Annual Action Plan (AAP) received from the States, based  on  the  availability  of  theirresources  and  requirement  of  States.  State-wise releases of funds under MIDH includingestablishment of cold storages is at Annexure III.

Besides,  National  Horticulture  Board  (NHB)  is  implementing  a  scheme  namely 'Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/Expansion/Modernization of Cold Storages and Storages for HorticultureProducts'. Under the scheme, credit linked backendedsubsidy at the rate of 35% of the capital costof the project in general areas and 50% in case of North East, hilly & scheduled areas forconstruction/expansion/modernization  of  cold  storage  and  Controlled  Atmosphere

(CA) storage ofcapacity above 5000 MT and up to 10000 MT is available. In case of North  East  region,  the units withcapacity above  1000  MT  are  also  eligible  for assistance.

Further,  Government  is  implementing  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  Agriculture Infrastructure  Fund  (AIF)  of  Rs.  1,00,000  Crore  to  provide  a  medium-long  term  loan facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest market infrastructure including warehousing  facility  and  community  farming  assets  through  interest  subvention  and financial support. Under the scheme, a total number of 9215 applications for warehouse facilities  have  been  sanctioned  for  a  total  amount  of  Rs.  8610  Cr  which  includes sanction of 36 warehouse facilities in the State of Assam for an amount of Rs. 32.7Cr. and 474 warehouse facilities in the State of Rajasthan for an amount of Rs. 417 Cr.

Annexure-I State-  wise  Progress  of  Storage  Infrastructure  as  on  28.02.2023  including  Assam  &

Rajasthan

| State- wise Progress of Storage Infrastructure as on 28.02.2023   | State- wise Progress of Storage Infrastructure as on 28.02.2023   | State- wise Progress of Storage Infrastructure as on 28.02.2023   | State- wise Progress of Storage Infrastructure as on 28.02.2023   | State- wise Progress of Storage Infrastructure as on 28.02.2023   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                            | State                                                             | No. of Projects Sanctioned                                        | Capacity Sanctioned (MT)                                          | Subsidy Released (Rs. in Crore)                                   |
| 1                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                    | 1453                                                              | 5846347                                                           | 296.85                                                            |
| 2                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                 | 1                                                                 | 945                                                               | 0.06                                                              |
| 3                                                                 | Assam                                                             | 351                                                               | 1080013                                                           | 68.53                                                             |
| 4                                                                 | Bihar                                                             | 1097                                                              | 738432                                                            | 31.92                                                             |
| 5                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                      | 602                                                               | 1963066                                                           | 74.14                                                             |
| 6                                                                 | Goa                                                               | 1                                                                 | 299                                                               | 0.01                                                              |
| 7                                                                 | Gujarat                                                           | 12050                                                             | 5149404                                                           | 295.14                                                            |
| 8                                                                 | Haryana                                                           | 2252                                                              | 6860631                                                           | 392.32                                                            |
| 9                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                  | 88                                                                | 30826                                                             | 1.81                                                              |
| 10                                                                | Jammu &Kashmir                                                    | 15                                                                | 88027                                                             | 7.10                                                              |
| 11                                                                | Jharkhand                                                         | 263                                                               | 216708                                                            | 8.62                                                              |
| 12                                                                | Karnataka                                                         | 4686                                                              | 3974814                                                           | 195.59                                                            |
| 13                                                                | Kerala                                                            | 211                                                               | 108063                                                            | 5.51                                                              |
| 14                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                    | 4988                                                              | 14982793                                                          | 780.40                                                            |
| 15                                                                | Maharashtra                                                       | 3771                                                              | 7264914                                                           | 303.88                                                            |
| 16                                                                | Meghalaya                                                         | 17                                                                | 26012                                                             | 2.20                                                              |
| 17                                                                | Mizoram                                                           | 4                                                                 | 705                                                               | 0.06                                                              |
| 18                                                                | Nagaland                                                          | 36                                                                | 26887                                                             | 3.54                                                              |
| 19                                                                | Odisha                                                            | 699                                                               | 1030100                                                           | 42.41                                                             |
| 20                                                                | Punjab                                                            | 1764                                                              | 6825893                                                           | 236.87                                                            |
| 21                                                                | Rajasthan                                                         | 1622                                                              | 3195535                                                           | 110.48                                                            |
| 22                                                                | Tamilnadu                                                         | 1208                                                              | 1445309                                                           | 52.49                                                             |
| 23                                                                | Telangana                                                         | 905                                                               | 5165899                                                           | 260.02                                                            |
| 24                                                                | Tripura                                                           | 5                                                                 | 28764                                                             | 2.97                                                              |
| 25                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                     | 1192                                                              | 5628280                                                           | 181.40                                                            |
| 26                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                       | 292                                                               | 789618                                                            | 35.00                                                             |
| 27                                                                | West Bengal                                                       | 2565                                                              | 1619834                                                           | 50.94                                                             |
|                                                                   | Total                                                             | 42138                                                             | 74088118                                                          | 3440.26                                                           |

## Annexure-II

State/ UT- wise details of cold storage including the State of Assam & Rajasthan in the country as on 03.03.2023

| S.No.   | Name of the State             |   Number |
|---------|-------------------------------|----------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands(UT) |        4 |
| 2       | AndhraPradesh&Telangana       |      440 |
| 3       | ArunachalPradesh              |        2 |
| 4       | Assam                         |       43 |
| 5       | Bihar                         |      312 |
| 6       | Chandigarh(UT)                |        7 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                  |       99 |
| 8       | Delhi                         |       97 |
| 9       | Goa                           |       29 |
| 10      | Gujarat                       |      994 |
| 11      | Haryana                       |      374 |
| 12      | HimachalPradesh               |       84 |
| 13      | Jammu&Kashmir                 |       83 |
| 14      | Jharkhand                     |       59 |
| 15      | Karnataka                     |      236 |
| 16      | Kerala                        |      201 |
| 17      | Lakshadweep(UT)               |        1 |
| 18      | MadhyaPradesh                 |      312 |
| 19      | Maharashtra                   |      632 |
| 20      | Manipur                       |        2 |
| 21      | Meghalaya                     |        4 |
| 22      | Mizoram                       |        3 |
| 23      | Nagaland                      |        5 |
| 24      | Orissa                        |      181 |
| 25      | Pondicherry(UT)               |        3 |
| 26      | Punjab                        |      737 |
| 27      | Rajasthan                     |      189 |
| 28      | Sikkim                        |        2 |
| 29      | TamilNadu                     |      187 |
| 30      | Telangana                     |      101 |
| 31      | Tripura                       |       14 |
| 32      | UttarPradesh                  |     2445 |
| 33      | Uttrakhand                    |       60 |
| 34      | WestBengal                    |      515 |
|         | Total                         |     8457 |

(Source:  Directorate  of  Marketing  and  Inspection(DMI)  upto  2009,  National  Horticulture  Board (NHB),National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH)) and MoFPI

## Annexure-III

## State-wise release of funds under MIDH in  AAP including establishment of cold storages

(Rs. in Crore)

| StateImplementingAgency   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| AndhraPradesh             |     79.38 |     95    |     50    |
| ArunachalPradesh          |     12.5  |      8    |      4.4  |
| Assam                     |     79.16 |     45    |     27    |
| Bihar                     |     15.15 |     15.87 |      9.6  |
| Chhattisgarh              |     68.44 |     85    |     63    |
| Goa                       |      1.5  |      0    |      0.6  |
| Gujarat                   |     63.5  |     30    |     87.18 |
| Haryana                   |     64.91 |     89.32 |     46    |
| HimachalPradesh           |     23.15 |     20    |     11    |
| Jammu&Kashmir             |     64.99 |     72.18 |     67.75 |
| Jharkhand                 |     10    |     10    |      0    |
| Karnataka                 |    107.4  |    113.66 |     54    |
| Kerala                    |     10    |     10    |     28    |
| MadhyaPradesh             |     25.99 |     27    |      0    |
| Maharashtra               |     82.35 |     63.5  |     18.63 |
| Manipur                   |     26.5  |     25.3  |     10.94 |
| Meghalaya                 |      9.1  |      7.25 |      8.6  |
| Mizoram                   |     22.58 |     40    |      6.75 |
| Nagaland                  |     23.6  |     26    |     11.7  |
| Orissa                    |     49    |     11    |     11    |
| Punjab                    |     10    |     22.5  |      8.22 |
| Rajasthan                 |     25    |     30    |     10    |
| Sikkim                    |     22.84 |     19.85 |     10.93 |
| TamilNadu                 |     93.02 |    114.73 |     75    |
| Telangana                 |      0    |     16.15 |      0    |
| Tripura                   |     20    |     10    |      9    |
| UttarPradesh              |     62.35 |     64.16 |     32    |
| Uttarakhand               |     22.32 |     45    |     22    |
| WestBengal                |      8.06 |     10    |      0    |
| A&NIslands                |      1    |      0.3  |      0.53 |
| Chandigarh                |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| Dadra&NagarHaveli         |      0.25 |      0    |      0    |
| Daman&Diu                 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| Delhi                     |      0.25 |      0    |      0    |
| Lakshadweep               |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| Puducherry                |      1.5  |      1.4  |      0    |
| Ladakh                    |      0    |     15    |     25.82 |
| Total                     |   1105.79 |   1143.17 |    709.65 |

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