Lok Sabha Question No. 1000 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Integrated Cold Chain
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1000 ANSWERED ON 13.12.2022

## INTEGRATED COLD CHAIN

## 1000.    DR ALOK KUMAR SUMAN

Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is fact that as per the study, the requirement of cold storages in the country is 35 million MT while capacity of projects approved by the Government is around 32 million MT;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether Government is implementing the Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Scheme through which financial support is extended as grant-in-aid to individual /entity;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details about Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure provided to Bihar including in district Gopalganj; and
- (f) the details of the funds released and utilised for the same in Bihar?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) & (b):     A study that was instituted by the National Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD)  under  the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  on  All  India  Cold-chain Infrastructure Capacity (Assessment of Status & Gap) - 2015 and was conducted by NABCONS, reported that 35 million metric tons (MMT) cold storage capacity is required against the existing capacity of 32 million metric tons (MMT).

(c) & (d):    The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing the scheme for  'Integrated  Cold  Chain  &  Value  Addition  Infrastructure'  through  which  credit  linked financial assistance by way of grants-in-aid is provided to the approved projects @ 35 - 50% of eligible project cost subject to fulfilment of conditions prescribed in the guidelines.

(e) & (f):    The details, as on date, of approved projects under the said scheme that are located in Bihar, including in Gopalganj district, is as under:

|   SN | Name of Project   | Sector   | District    | Date of Approval   |   Project Cost (Rs. in Crores) |   Approved Grant (Rs. in Crores) Released Preservation |   Grant (Rs. in Crores) | Capacity Metric Tons)   | Status    |
|------|-------------------|----------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
|    1 | Ganga Dairy Ltd.  | Dairy    | Begusarai   | 27.03.2009         |                          22.6  |                                                   9.35 |                    9.35 | -                       | Competed  |
|    2 | RK Agri Biz LLP   | F&V      | Muzaffarpur | 04.05.2017         |                          22.79 |                                                   7.48 |                    7.48 | -                       | Completed |

| 3     | Shalimar Cold Storage            | F&V   | Patna      | 22.07.2019   |   29.87 |   10.00 |     0 | 0.048   | Ongoing   |
|-------|----------------------------------|-------|------------|--------------|---------|---------|-------|---------|-----------|
| 4     | ABZ Agro Pvt Ltd                 | Meat  | Kishanganj | 24.07.2019   |   43.34 |   10    | 10    | 0.366   | Completed |
| 5     | Saran Dairy Producer Company Ltd | Dairy | Gopalganj  | 28.09.2020   |   11.66 |    3.05 |  0.72 | -       | Ongoing   |
| 6     | Maniyarpur Dairy                 | Dairy | Patna      | 01.10.2021   |   25.77 |    8.57 |  0    | -       | Ongoing   |
| Total | Total                            | Total | Total      | Total        |  156.03 |   48.45 | 27.55 | 0.414   |           |

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