Lok Sabha Question No. 2557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gautham Sigamani Pon, Navneet Ravi Rana, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Riti Pathak, Ganesan Selvam, Dhanush M Kumar, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, C.N. Annadurai, Dileshwar Kamait, Geeta Kora

## GOVERNMENT OF IDNIA MINISTRY O1F AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2557

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## AGRICULTURAL MARKETING INFRASTRUCTURE

## 2557.  SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) under which assistance is provided for creating storage or warehouse facilities for storing food grains of farmers in the villages;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  storage  infrastructure  created  under  AMI  scheme  State-wise, including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the challenges faced by the Government while creating storage infrastructure;
- (d) the  number  of  farmers  who  have  benefitted  from  the  scheme  since  its  inception including the number of applications received for the same, State-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has not been able to create adequate storage infrastructure, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the corrective steps taken in this regard;
- (f) whether  the  Government  has  approved  a  new  central  sector  scheme  for  financial facility under Agricultural Infrastructure Fund to create warehousing facility; and
- (g) the  number  of  proposals  received  for  warehouse  facilities  and  the  details  of  inprinciple sanction of amount that has been accorded, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) to (g): The Government is implementing Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI), a  sub-scheme  of  Integrated  Scheme  for  Agricultural  Marketing  (ISAM)  under  which assistance  is  provided  for  construction/  renovation  of  godowns/  warehouses  in  the  rural areas  in  the  States  to  enhance  the  storage  capacity  for  agriculture  produce.  Under  the scheme, Government provides subsidy at the rate of 25% and 33.33% on capital cost of the project based on the category of eligible beneficiary. Assistance is available to Individuals, Farmers, Group of farmers/growers, Agri-preneurs, Registered Farmer Produce Organizations  (FPOs),  Cooperatives,  and  state  agencies  etc.  The  scheme  is  demand driven.

Since  01.04.2001  and  up  to  30.09.2021,  a  total  of  40,985  storage  infrastructure projects  (Godowns),  with  storage  capacity  of  708.67  Lakh  MT  for  beneficiaries  including farmers  have  been  assisted  under  AMI  sub-scheme  in  the  country  which  includes  3669 projects in Maharashtra and 1195 projects in Tamil Nadu. The State wise details of number of applications received and number of projects of beneficiaries assisted including farmers with storage capacity is at Annexure-I .

Further, Government has approved a new central sector scheme of financing facility viz.,  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.  AIF  provides  financial  support  in  terms  of  Interest  Subvention  and Credit  Guarantee  on  loans  for  post  harvest  management  projects  like Warehouses,  Cold Chains, Silos etc. and building community farming asset projects. Under the scheme, loans are  provided  by  banks  and  financial  institutions  to  Primary  Agricultural  Credit  Societies (PACS),  Marketing  Cooperative  Societies,  Farmer  Producers  Organizations  (FPOs),  Self Help  Groups  (SHGs),  Farmers,  Joint  Liability  Groups  (JLG),  Multipurpose  Cooperative Societies, Agri-entrepreneurs, Startups and Central/State agency or Local Body sponsored Public  Private  Partnership  Project.  All  loans  under  this  financing  facility  have  interest subvention of 3% per annum up to a limit of Rs.2 crore. This subvention is available for a maximum  period  of  7  years.  Further,  credit  guarantee  coverage  is  available  for  eligible borrowers from this financing facility under Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme for a loan up to Rs. 2 crore. The State wise applications received  and  sanctioned  for  warehouse  facilities  (dry  and  cold  storage,  silos)  is  at Annexure-II .

State  -  wise  application  received  and  storage  infrastructure  assisted  under Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) sub-scheme of ISAM from 01.04.2001 to 30 th Sept, 2021

| S. No.   | State             |   No. of Applications received |   No. of projects assisted |   Storage Capacity assisted (in MT) |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |                           1484 |                       1434 |                             5774816 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |                              1 |                          1 |                                 945 |
| 3.       | Assam             |                            351 |                        339 |                             1048147 |
| 4.       | Bihar             |                           1111 |                       1086 |                              706051 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      |                            606 |                        598 |                             1946917 |
| 6.       | Goa               |                              1 |                          1 |                                 299 |
| 7.       | Gujarat           |                          12054 |                      11970 |                             4964855 |
| 8.       | Haryana           |                           2333 |                       2279 |                             6793655 |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                             88 |                         88 |                               30826 |
| 10.      | Jammu & Kashmir   |                             15 |                         15 |                               88027 |
| 11.      | Jharkhand         |                             37 |                         35 |                              182708 |
| 12.      | Karnataka         |                           4869 |                       4673 |                             3948654 |
| 13.      | Kerala            |                            211 |                        209 |                              105903 |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh    |                           6148 |                       4404 |                            12880328 |
| 15.      | Maharashtra       |                           3868 |                       3669 |                             6938524 |
| 16.      | Meghalaya         |                             16 |                         16 |                               21012 |
| 17.      | Mizoram           |                              1 |                          1 |                                 302 |
| 18.      | Nagaland          |                             36 |                         36 |                               32814 |
| 19.      | Odisha            |                            702 |                        695 |                             1019830 |
| 20.      | Punjab            |                           1769 |                       1761 |                             6814459 |
| 21.      | Rajasthan         |                           1791 |                       1585 |                             3097690 |
| 22.      | Tamil Nadu        |                           1203 |                       1195 |                             1435980 |
| 23.      | Telangana         |                           1057 |                        852 |                             5003968 |
| 24.      | Tripura           |                              5 |                          5 |                               28764 |
| 25.      | Uttar Pradesh     |                           1221 |                       1183 |                             5600253 |
| 26.      | Uttrakhand        |                            296 |                        291 |                              786272 |
| 27.      | West Bengal       |                           2576 |                       2564 |                             1614834 |
|          | Total             |                          43850 |                      40985 |                            70866833 |

## Annexure-II

State wise received and sanctioned applications for warehouse facilities (dry and cold storage, silos) under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)

## Amount in Rupees Crore

| S. No.   |                   | Application Received on portal   | Application Received on portal   | Sanctioned*   | Sanctioned*   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
| S. No.   | States            | No.                              | Amount                           | No.           | Amount        |
| 1        | MADHYA PRADESH    | 2069                             | 1728                             | 1381          | 1243          |
| 2        | RAJASTHAN         | 473                              | 379                              | 324           | 304           |
| 3        | MAHARASHTRA       | 299                              | 430                              | 151           | 171           |
| 4        | GUJARAT           | 242                              | 378                              | 148           | 140           |
| 5        | UTTAR PRADESH     | 1250                             | 499                              | 394           | 305           |
| 6        | TELANGANA         | 300                              | 344                              | 548           | 423           |
| 7        | HARYANA           | 99                               | 205                              | 36            | 54            |
| 8        | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 1574                             | 2432                             | 1306          | 910           |
| 9        | KARNATAKA         | 763                              | 389                              | 959           | 666           |
| 10       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 77                               | 10                               | 12            | 1             |
| 11       | PUNJAB            | 74                               | 120                              | 50            | 59            |
| 12       | TAMIL NADU        | 76                               | 86                               | 27            | 16            |
| 13       | BIHAR             | 59                               | 74                               | 18            | 15            |
| 14       | CHHATTISGARH      | 86                               | 129                              | 35            | 47            |
| 15       | JHARKHAND         | 27                               | 31                               | 7             | 5             |
| 16       | WEST BENGAL       | 30                               | 113                              | 14            | 14            |
| 17       | ODISHA            | 22                               | 60                               | 14            | 11            |
| 18       | KERALA            | 38                               | 67                               | 9             | 5             |
| 19       | UTTARAKHAND       | 11                               | 15                               | 5             | 7             |
| 20       | ASSAM             | 9                                | 9                                | 4             | 5             |
| 21       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 8                                | 24                               | 3             | 5             |
| 22       | MANIPUR           | 3                                | 1                                | 0             | 0             |
| 23       | DELHI             | 2                                | 4                                | 1             | 1             |
| 24       | Tripura           | 2                                | 2                                | 0             | 0             |
| 25       | Nagaland          | 1                                | 1                                | 0             | 0             |
| 26       | Puducherry        | 1                                | 2                                | 0             | 0             |
| 27       | Chandigarh        | 1                                | 3                                | 0             | 0             |
|          | Total             | 7596                             | 7535                             | 5446          | 4407          |