Lok Sabha Question No. 4432 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rama Devi, Ajay Kumar Mandal, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Locket Chatterjee, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4432

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2023

## AGRICULTURAL MARKETING INFRASTRUCTURE

4432.   SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU: MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI), a subscheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) under which assistance is provided for construction renovation of godowns/warehouses in rural areas of various States to increase storage capacity for agricultural produce;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  said  Scheme  in  Bihar,  West  Bengal  and Haryana States, district-wise; and
- (c) the number of applicants from Bihar including Bhagalpur, West Bengal as on date and from Haryana upto 1 March, 2023 along with the details thereof, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERSWELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH  TOMAR)

(a) to (c): 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 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  28.02.2023,  a  total  of  42,138  storage  infrastructure projects  (Godowns),  with  storage  capacity  of  740.88  Lakh  MT  have  been  sanctioned under the scheme and subsidy of Rs. 3,440 crore has been released, so far. The number of beneficiaries under AMI Scheme in Bihar, West Bengal and Haryana States district wise are  annexed  in  Annexure-I.  The  number  of  applicants  from  Bihar,  West  Bengal  and Haryana States district wise are annexed in Annexure-II.

## Number of beneficiary under AMI scheme in Bihar, West Bengal & Haryana

| Name of the State   | Name of the District   |   No. of Beneficiary |
|---------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
| Bihar               | Ara (Bhojpur)          |                   62 |
| Bihar               | Araria                 |                   12 |
| Bihar               | Begusarai              |                    5 |
| Bihar               | Buxar                  |                    1 |
| Bihar               | Chhapra                |                   99 |
| Bihar               | Darbhanga              |                    2 |
| Bihar               | Gaya                   |                  103 |
| Bihar               | Gopalganj              |                   67 |
| Bihar               | Khagaria               |                    4 |
| Bihar               | Madhepura              |                    2 |
| Bihar               | Madhubani              |                   77 |
| Bihar               | Muzzafarpur            |                    2 |
| Bihar               | Pashchim Champaran     |                    3 |
| Bihar               | Patna                  |                    4 |
| Bihar               | Purnia                 |                   21 |
| Bihar               | Samastipur             |                    1 |
| Bihar               | Sitamarhi              |                   74 |
| Bihar               | Siwan                  |                   55 |
| Bihar               | Vaishali               |                    3 |
| Total               |                        |                  597 |
| West Bengal         | Bankura                |                    1 |
| West Bengal         | Barddhaman             |                    2 |
| West Bengal         | Birbhum                |                    1 |
| West Bengal         | Hoogly                 |                   38 |
| West Bengal         | Jalpaiguri             |                    2 |
| West Bengal         | Kolkata                |                    1 |
| West Bengal         | Malda                  |                    8 |
|                     | Uttar Dinajpur         |                    1 |
| Total               |                        |                   54 |
|                     | Ambala                 |                   46 |
| Haryana             | Bhiwani                |                   37 |
| Haryana             | Chandigarh             |                    2 |
| Haryana             | Faridabad              |                   29 |

|       | Fatehabad    |   35 |
|-------|--------------|------|
|       | Gurugram     |    1 |
|       | Hisar        |   50 |
|       | Jhajjar      |   43 |
|       | Jind         |   64 |
|       | Kaithal      |    3 |
|       | Karnal       |   99 |
|       | Kurukshetra  |   25 |
|       | Mahendragarh |   70 |
|       | Panchkula    |    4 |
|       | Panipat      |   24 |
|       | Rewari       |   60 |
|       | Rohtak       |   22 |
|       | Sirsa        |   64 |
|       | Sonipat      |   26 |
|       | Yamuna Nagar |   41 |
| Total |              |  745 |

## Annexure-II

## Number of Application received under AMI scheme in Bihar, West Bengal & Haryana

| Name of the State   | Name of the District   |   No. of Application Received |
|---------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Bihar               | Ara (Bhojpur)          |                            62 |
|                     | Araria                 |                            19 |
|                     | Aurangabad             |                             1 |
|                     | Begusarai              |                            17 |
|                     | Bhagalpur              |                             1 |
|                     | Buxar                  |                             1 |
|                     | Chhapra                |                            99 |
|                     | Darbhanga              |                             6 |
|                     | Gaya                   |                           103 |
|                     | Gopalganj              |                            68 |
|                     | Jamuai                 |                             1 |
|                     | Katihar                |                             4 |
|                     | Khagaria               |                            12 |
|                     | Madhepura              |                             3 |
|                     | Madhubani              |                            79 |
|                     | Muzzafarpur            |                             6 |
|                     | Nawada                 |                             1 |
|                     | Pashchim Champaran     |                             4 |
|                     | Patna                  |                             4 |
|                     | Purnia                 |                            59 |
|                     | Rohtas                 |                             5 |
|                     | Saharsa                |                             1 |
|                     | Samastipur             |                             4 |
|                     | Saran                  |                             1 |
|                     | Sheikhpura             |                             1 |
|                     | Sitamarhi              |                            75 |
|                     | Siwan                  |                            57 |
|                     | Vaishali               |                             6 |
| Total               |                        |                           700 |
| West Bengal         | Bankura                |                             5 |
|                     | Barddhaman             |                            27 |
|                     | Birbhum                |                             8 |
|                     | Hoogly                 |                            43 |
|                     | Jalpaiguri             |                            10 |
|                     | Kooch Bihar            |                             6 |

|       | Kolkata          |   1 |
|-------|------------------|-----|
|       | Malda            |  14 |
|       | Purulia          |   2 |
|       | South 24 Pargana |   2 |
|       | Uttar Dinajpur   |   8 |
| Total |                  | 126 |
|       | Ambala           |  51 |
|       | Bhiwani          |  41 |
|       | Chandigarh       |   2 |
|       | Faridabad        |  29 |
|       | Fatehabad        |  41 |
|       | Gurugram         |   1 |
|       | Hisar            |  72 |
|       | Jhajjar          |  47 |
|       | Jind             |  64 |
|       | Kaithal          |  10 |
|       | Karnal           | 175 |
|       | Kurukshetra      |  32 |
|       | Mahendragarh     |  70 |
|       | Panchkula        |   4 |
|       | Panipat          |  26 |
|       | Rewari           |  60 |
|       | Rohtak           |  24 |
|       | Sirsa            |  77 |
|       | Sonepat          |  34 |
|       | Yamuna Nagar     |  46 |
| Total |                  | 906 |

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