Lok Sabha Question No. 147 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Setting up of Cold Storage
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi, Pratima Bhoumik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 147

ANSWERED ON 02 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021

## SETTING UP OF COLD STORAGE

## 147. SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

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

- (a) whether there is any proposal to set up more cold storage facilities in the country;
- (b) If so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the details regarding total number of functional and dysfunctional cold stores in the country and also the stores that can be revived States/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) & (b): The Government does not setup cold storage of its own. However, the Department of Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers  Welfare  ( DoAC&FW )  is  implementing  Mission  for Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  ( MIDH )  for  development  of  Horticulture  in  the country. Under MIDH, assistance is provided for development of Post Harvest Management ( PHM ) including establishment of cold storages.

The components of PHM are demand/entrepreneur-driven from among entrepreneurs, private companies, cooperatives, farmers group etc. through commercial ventures for which assistance @35% of admissible project cost in general areas and 50% in hilly and scheduled area  is  available  as  credit  linked  back  ended  subsidy  through  respective  State  Horticulture Missions.

- (c): As per available information, the State-wise details of cold storage sanctioned since 2014 under MIDH is given in Annexure .

However, no separate data regarding functional and dysfunctional cold stores in the country is maintained in the Department.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  147  FOR  ANSWER  ON  02  FEBRUARY,  2021  REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF COLD STORAGE'.

State  wise  cold  storage  projects  sanctioned  under  MIDH  Nation  Horticulture  Board  (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM) & Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH)) from 2014-15 to 2020-21 (as on December, 2020)

(Rs. in Lakh)

| S. No.   | State             | 2014-15 to 2020-21 (December, 2020)   | 2014-15 to 2020-21 (December, 2020)   | 2014-15 to 2020-21 (December, 2020)   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Number of cold storage                | Capacity in MT                        | Financial Assistance                  |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 35                                    | 217590                                | 4448.08                               |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0.00                                  |
| 3        | Assam             | 8                                     | 61956                                 | 2075.76                               |
| 4        | Bihar             | 4                                     | 27172                                 | 651.42                                |
| 5        | Chandigarh        | 1                                     | 246                                   | 24.60                                 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 10                                    | 51497                                 | 1538.14                               |
| 7        | Delhi             | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0.00                                  |
| 8        | Goa               | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0.00                                  |
| 9        | Gujarat           | 394                                   | 1759146                               | 60049.44                              |
| 10       | Haryana           | 57                                    | 178921                                | 6646.62                               |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  | 43                                    | 90010                                 | 9308.08                               |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 40                                    | 183184                                | 30371.60                              |
| 13       | Jharkhand         | 3                                     | 19400                                 | 585.58                                |
| 14       | Karnataka         | 27                                    | 137771                                | 3783.18                               |
| 15       | Kerala            | 1                                     | 1300                                  | 45.50                                 |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    | 40                                    | 203971                                | 5444.58                               |
| 17       | Maharashtra       | 30                                    | 104999                                | 3335.39                               |
| 18       | Manipur           | 1                                     | 1600                                  | 80.00                                 |
| 19       | Meghalaya         | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0.00                                  |
| 20       | Mizoram           | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0.00                                  |
| 21       | Nagaland          | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0.00                                  |
| 22       | Odisha            | 65                                    | 237682                                | 8077.15                               |
| 23       | Punjab            | 87                                    | 353346                                | 14071.18                              |
| 24       | Rajasthan         | 20                                    | 91962                                 | 2701.50                               |
| 25       | Sikkim            | 1                                     | 100                                   | 300.00                                |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu        | 9                                     | 62048                                 | 1173.57                               |
| 27       | Telangana         | 24                                    | 146349                                | 3327.51                               |
| 28       | Tripura           | 1                                     | 6296                                  | 140.00                                |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh     | 232                                   | 1125891                               | 29819.96                              |
| 30       | Uttrakhand        | 14                                    | 29794                                 | 4383.75                               |
| 31       | West Bengal       | 6                                     | 16389                                 | 374.71                                |
|          | Total             | 1153                                  | 5108619                               | 192757.30                             |