Lok Sabha Question No. 334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Wastage of Food Grain
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 334

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2021

## WASTAGE OF FOOD GRAIN

## 334. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

(OIH)

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- (a) whether  according  to  an  estimate  food  products  worth  Rs.  92,600  crores  got  exterminated every year during the harvesting of major crops and after that similarly loss pertaining to fruits and vegetables is of around Rs. 40,800 crores;
- (b) if so, the budget allocated by the Government during the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,2021 for  preconditioning,  pre-cooling,  processing  of  fruits  and  vegetables,  packing  and  labelling facility  cold  chain  for  the  storage  of  perishable  fruits  and  vegetables  and  to  develop  rapid transportation system and the funds spent thereon; and
- (c) the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) :  As per a study conducted by ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana on the extent of harvest and postharvest losses of major agricultural produce in 2015, the estimated annual value of harvest and postharvest losses of major agricultural produce at national level was Rs. 92,651 crore using production data  of  2012-13  at  2014  wholesale  prices.  Similarly,  the  estimated  loss  for  fruits  was  Rs.  16,644 crores and for vegetables was Rs.14,842 crores.

## ORIGINAL IN HINDI

(b)  &  (c)  :  In  order  to  minimize  the  post-harvest  losses  and  enhance  value  addition  in  agricultural produce, Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing the Scheme for Integrated Cold  Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure  since  2008.  The  Scheme  provides  for  promoting integrated  cold  chain  facilities  from  the  farm  gate  to  the  consumer,  end  to  end,  in  order  to  reduce losses  by  improving  efficiency  in  the  collection  of  farm  produce,  its  storage,  transportation  and minimal processing.  Both horticultural and non-horticultural produce are eligible for support under this scheme.

Year-wise budget allocation and expenditure under the scheme is as follows:

| Year-wise Budget Allocation during the year from 2017-18 to 2021-22 (Rs. in crore)   | Year-wise Budget Allocation during the year from 2017-18 to 2021-22 (Rs. in crore)   | Year-wise Budget Allocation during the year from 2017-18 to 2021-22 (Rs. in crore)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                                                 | Revised Estimate                                                                     | Expenditure                                                                          |
| 2017-18                                                                              | 198.68                                                                               | 196.15                                                                               |
| 2018-19                                                                              | 271.59                                                                               | 244.74                                                                               |
| 2019-20                                                                              | 326.16                                                                               | 271.12                                                                               |
| 2020-21                                                                              | 252.58                                                                               | 207.40                                                                               |
| 2021-22                                                                              | 227.60 (Budget Estimate)                                                             | 56.00                                                                                |

The State-wise details  of  projects  approved,  completed  and  ongoing,  including  Maharashtra,  as  on 30.06.2021 is given at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b)&(c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.334 FOR 20.07.2021 REGARDING WASTAGE OF FOOD GRAIN.

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| State/UT-wise   | Projects States/ UTs   |     |   details under Cold ApprovedCompletedOngoing |     | Project Cost (Rs cr.)   | Approved Grant (Rs cr.)   | Released Grant (Rs cr.)   | Investment Leveraged (Rs cr.)   | Employment Generated   | Farmer Benefited   |
|-----------------|------------------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------|-----|-------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
| 1               | Maharashtra            | 62  |                                            52 |  10 | 1,658.31430.93          |                           | 376.61                    | 1,227.38                        | 37,200                 | 592,224            |
| 2               | Uttarakhand            | 30  |                                            22 |   8 | 541.82                  | 277.32                    | 201.71                    | 264.50                          | 18,000                 | 286,560            |
| 3               | Andhra Pradesh28       |     |                                             8 |  10 | 1,179.60242.04          |                           | 94.80                     | 937.56                          | 16,800                 | 267,456            |
| 4               | Gujarat                | 28  |                                            19 |   9 | 1,098.15232.31          |                           | 149.82                    | 865.84                          | 16,800                 | 267,456            |
| 5               | Uttar Pradesh          | 26  |                                            17 |   9 | 646.47                  | 202.00                    | 143.44                    | 444.47                          | 15,600                 | 248,352            |
| 6               | Punjab                 | 23  |                                            16 |   7 | 464.34                  | 147.89                    | 110.02                    | 316.45                          | 13,800                 | 219,696            |
| 7               | Haryana                | 19  |                                            10 |   9 | 498.47                  | 141.38                    | 69.76                     | 357.09                          | 11,400                 | 181,488            |
| 8               | Tamil Nadu             | 17  |                                            10 |   7 | 523.97                  | 117.01                    | 70.80                     | 406.96                          | 10,200                 | 162,384            |
| 9               | Himachal Pradesh       | 16  |                                            11 |   5 | 371.27                  | 139.07                    | 99.69                     | 232.20                          | 9,600                  | 152,832            |
| 10              | Karnataka              | 16  |                                            11 |   5 | 430.83                  | 110.97                    | 73.18                     | 319.86                          | 9,600                  | 152,832            |
| 11              | Rajasthan              | 15  |                                            11 |   4 | 348.77                  | 94.21                     | 65.90                     | 254.56                          | 9,000                  | 143,280            |
| 12              | West Bengal            | 13  |                                             8 |   5 | 358.51                  | 89.65                     | 62.62                     | 268.86                          | 7,800                  | 124,176            |
| 13              | Madhya Pradesh         | 12  |                                             6 |   6 | 277.27                  | 92.19                     | 41.19                     | 185.08                          | 7,200                  | 114,624            |
| 14              | Telangana              | 12  |                                             5 |   7 | 427.01                  | 97.71                     | 54.86                     | 329.30                          | 7,200                  | 114,624            |
| 15              | Jammu & Kashmir        | 7   |                                             6 |   1 | 111.83                  | 53.23                     | 37.98                     | 58.60                           | 4,200                  | 66,864             |
| 16              | Bihar                  | 6   |                                             3 |   3 | 151.59                  | 47.19                     | 30.64                     | 104.40                          | 3,600                  | 57,312             |
| 17              | Kerala                 | 6   |                                             3 |   3 | 168.14                  | 42.35                     | 13.66                     | 125.79                          | 3,600                  | 57,312             |
| 18              | Odisha                 | 4   |                                             2 |   2 | 193.10                  | 32.08                     | 18.58                     | 161.02                          | 2,400                  | 38,208             |
| 19              | Nagaland               | 3   |                                             1 |   2 | 47.11                   | 22.39                     | 6.98                      | 24.72                           | 1,800                  | 28,656             |
| 20              | Andaman & Nicobar      | 2   |                                             1 |   1 | 24.95                   | 12.45                     | 2.00                      | 12.50                           | 1,200                  | 19,104             |
| 21              | Assam                  | 2   |                                             2 |   0 | 38.28                   | 17.37                     | 17.37                     | 20.91                           | 1,200                  | 19,104             |
| 22              | Chhattisgarh           | 2   |                                             2 |   0 | 39.33                   | 11.52                     | 11.52                     | 27.81                           | 1,200                  | 19,104             |
| 23              | Mizoram                | 2   |                                             2 |   0 | 22.46                   | 12.77                     | 12.77                     | 9.69                            | 1,200                  | 19,104             |
| 24              | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1   |                                             1 |   0 | 15.32                   | 6.46                      | 5.28                      | 8.86                            | 600                    | 9,552              |
| 25              | Manipur                | 1   |                                             1 |   0 | 18.49                   | 9.96                      | 9.96                      | 8.53                            | 600                    | 9,552              |
|                 | Total                  | 353 |                                           230 | 113 | 9,655.392,682.45        |                           | 1,781.14                  | 6,972.94                        | 211,800                | 3,371,856          |

Note: No state-wise  allocation  of  funds  is  made  for  various  component  of  the  cold  chain  scheme  including integrated packhouse, pre-cooling units, IQF, cold storage, packing facility, mobile pre-coolers, reefer trucks/ insulated tankers suitable for transportation of perishable agri-commodities, horticulture, dairy, poultry, fish produce, meat etc.

Source: Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GoI.

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