Lok Sabha Question No. 2524 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Gramin Bhandaran Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, C.N. Annadurai, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Ganesan Selvam, Dhanush M Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2524

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 rd  AUGUST, 2021

## GRAMIN BHANDARAN YOJANA

2524. SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

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

- (a) the  present  status  of  the  creation  of  scientific  storage  capacity  warehouses with allied facilities in rural areas under the Gramin Bhandaran Yojana;
- (b) the total number of rural godowns constructed till date and the total number of farmers benefited under this scheme, State-wise including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the increase in storage capacity derived under the scheme, State-wise;
- (d) the  amount  of  subsidy  released  to  various  States  including  Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year for the same;
- (e) the  number  of  storage  facilities  which  have  been  built  exclusively  for  food processing purposes in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu; and
- (f) the extent of the creation of such storage facility in the agriculture and food processing industry?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c): Since  1 st April  2014,  the  schemes  like  Grameen  Bhandaran  Yojana (GBY) and Agricultural marketing Infrastructure Grading and Standardization (AMIGS)  were  subsumed  under  a  new  Scheme  called  Agricultural  Marketing Infrastructure (AMI), a sub scheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM).  Later,  the  revised  AMI  sub  scheme  of  ISAM  has  been  approved  for implementation w.e.f. 22.10.2018. It is a demand driven, credit linked, back ended subsidy scheme. Subsidy support @ 25% and 33.33% is available for beneficiaries viz. Farmers, Individuals, Agri-preneurs, FPOs, Cooperatives, state agencies etc.

Since inception of the scheme and up to 30.06.2021, a total of 40,461 storage infrastructure  projects  of  beneficiaries  including  farmers  with  storage  capacity  of 69.93  million  MT  have  been  assisted  under  the  scheme.  The  State  wise  details including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu is at Annexure-I

(d): During the last three  years (2018-19 to 2020-21) and current year 2021-22 (up to 30.06.2021), subsidy of Rs. 333.83 crore has been released for 1705 storage infrastructure projects across the country, of which, subsidy of Rs. 39.01 crore has been released for 81 storage infrastructure projects in Maharashtra State. The statewise detail is at annexure-II.

(e) & (f): Under constituent component schemes of PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA(PMKSY),  the Ministry of Food Processing Industries(MoFPI) provides  mostly  credit  linked  financial  assistance  (capital  subsidy)  in  the  form  of grants-in-aid  to  the  individuals,  farmers,  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  (FPOs), Entrepreneurs, Cooperatives, Societies, Self Help Groups (SHGs), Private Companies and Central/ State PSUs etc. for setting up of food processing/preservation  industries.  Financial  assistance  to  the  eligible  applicant  is provided as per the Scheme guidelines and against the Expression of Interest issued by the Ministry from time to time to enable them  to set up various food processing/preservation projects. The Ministry does not provide financial assistance to stand alone Cold Storage state-wise. However, it assists establishment of these cold storage as an integral and essential part of processing infrastructure as parts of projects approved  under  the component  schemes.  Number  of  such  projects approved in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu under component schemes of PMKSY is enclosed at Annexure-III.

Further,  the  AMI  sub-scheme  of  ISAM  has  been  implemented  to  promote creation  of  scientific  storage  capacity  for  storing  farm  produce,  processed  farm produce and agricultural inputs etc. to reduce post-harvest & handling losses. Under the  scheme,  3,662  storage  infrastructure  projects  of  69.22  lakh  MT  capacity  in Maharashtra  State  and  1130  storage  infrastructure  projects  of  14.10  lakh  MT capacity has been assisted so far in agriculture sector.

A total of 40,461 storage infrastructure projects of storage capacity of 69.93 million  MT  have  been  assisted  under  AMI  sub-scheme  for  storing  farm  produce, processed farm produce and agricultural inputs etc.

| S. No.   | State             |   No. of projects |   Storage Capacity (in MT) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |              1427 |                    5750481 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                 1 |                        945 |
| 3        | Assam             |               334 |                    1027386 |
| 4        | Bihar             |              1084 |                     700054 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |               598 |                    1946917 |
| 6        | Goa               |                 1 |                        299 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |             11944 |                    4908687 |
| 8        | Haryana           |              2278 |                    6788655 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                88 |                      30826 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                15 |                      88027 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |                35 |                     182708 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |              4662 |                    3939894 |
| 13       | Kerala            |               207 |                      99776 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |              4272 |                   12368044 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |              3662 |                    6921969 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                16 |                      21012 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                 1 |                        302 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                36 |                      32814 |
| 19       | Odisha            |               694 |                    1017690 |
| 20       | Punjab            |              1753 |                    6778087 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |              1546 |                    3017648 |
| 22       | Tamilnadu         |              1130 |                    1410491 |
| 23       | Telangana         |               825 |                    4905215 |
| 24       | Tripura           |                 5 |                      28764 |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     |              1175 |                    5570683 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       |               289 |                     781803 |
| 27       | West Bengal       |              2563 |                    1614431 |
| Total    | Total             |             40641 |                   69933605 |

## Annexure-II

State-wise details  of subsidy released under Storage Infrastructure Projects during 2018-19 to  2020-21  and current  year  2021-22  (up  to  30.06.2021)  under  AMI  subscheme of ISAM

|   S.No. | State            |   No. of Projects |   Subsidy released (Rs. in lakh) |
|---------|------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh   |               101 |                          4434.59 |
|       2 | Assam            |                 9 |                          1396.51 |
|       3 | Bihar            |                94 |                           860.14 |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh     |                 4 |                          1133.35 |
|       5 | Gujarat          |               281 |                          1895.71 |
|       6 | Haryana          |               266 |                          2381.93 |
|       7 | Himachal Pradesh |                 1 |                            22.27 |
|       8 | Jammu & Kashmir  |                 1 |                            25    |
|       9 | Jharkhand        |                 9 |                           199.73 |
|      10 | Karnataka        |               102 |                           687.35 |
|      11 | Kerala           |                 1 |                            40.77 |
|      12 | Madhya Pradesh   |               440 |                          9854.6  |
|      13 | Maharashtra      |                81 |                          3900.76 |
|      14 | Nagaland         |                35 |                           213.31 |
|      15 | Orissa           |                 3 |                           377.11 |
|      16 | Punjab           |                 8 |                           205.76 |
|      17 | Rajasthan        |                92 |                          2053.98 |
|      18 | Tamil Nadu       |                 8 |                            31.52 |
|      19 | Telangana        |                99 |                          2316.95 |
|      20 | Uttar Pradesh    |                56 |                          1093.45 |
|      21 | Uttarakhand      |                 3 |                            91.83 |

| 22.   | West Bengal   |   11 |   166.26 |
|-------|---------------|------|----------|
|       | Total         | 1705 |  33382.8 |

## ANNEXURE-III

Number  of  projects  approved  in  Maharashtra  and  Tamil  Nadu  under

## component schemes of PMKSY

|   Sl. No. | STATES / UTs   |   Mega Food Parks |   Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure |   Infrastruc ture for Agro processing Clusters |   Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities |   Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages |   Operation Greens |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Maharashtra    |                 3 |                                                        62 |                                             12 |                                                                  39 |                                          12 |                  2 |
|         2 | Tamil Nadu     |                 1 |                                                        17 |                                             10 |                                                                  22 |                                           9 |                  0 |

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