Lok Sabha Question No. 1102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Cold Storage
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Nishikant  Dubey, Nama Nageswara Rao, P. C. Mohan, M. Selvaraj

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1102

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## COLD STORAGE

1102.  SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO: SHRI M. SELVARAJ:

SHRI P. C. MOHAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state: (a) the number of cold storage facilities presently functioning and under construction in the country, State/UT- wise especially in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu ; (b) the present capacity of the above cold storage facilities in the country, State/UT - wise; (c) whether the Government is considering/ planning to formulate comprehensive scheme  to  establish  more/new  cold  storage  across  the  country  to  meet  the growing needs and if so, the steps taken/ being taken in this regard along with the States identified for the same ; (d) whether there is any proposal for establishing new cold storage facilities in the State  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reason therefor; and (e) the details of total funds released/ assistance provided across the country for setting  up  cold  storage  during  the  past  five  years,  State/UT-  wise  and  year-

- wise especially in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): As per available information, there are 8398 number of cold storages with capacity of 382.24 lakh MT in the country including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The State/UT- wise details of cold storage are at Annexure - I.

(c): Government is implementing various schemes under which financial assistance is  available  for  various  horticulture  activities  including  setting  up  of  cold  storage throughout the country to meet the growing needs.

Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  Mission  for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) under which financial assistance is provided for various horticulture activities including setting up of cold storages in the country.  The  component  is  demand/entrepreneur  driven  for  which  Government assistance in the form of credit linked back ended subsidy is available at the rate of 35% of the project  cost  in  general  areas  and  50%  of  the  project  cost  in  hilly  and scheduled areas.

Besides,  National  Horticulture  Board  (NHB)  is  implementing  a  scheme namely  'Capital  Investment  Subsidy  for  Construction/Expansion  /Modernization  of Cold  Storages  and  Storages  for  Horticulture  Products'.  Under  the  scheme,  credit linked  back-ended  subsidy  at  the  rate  of  35%  of  the  capital  cost  of  the  project  in general  areas  and  50%  in  case  of  North  East,  hilly  &  scheduled  areas  for construction/expansion/modernization  of  cold  storage  and  Controlled  Atmosphere (CA) storage of capacity above 5000 MT and up to 10000 MT is available. In case of North  East  region,  the  units  with  capacity  above  1000  MT  are  also  eligible  for assistance.

Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MOFPI)  is  implementing  a  Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure as one of the  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  with  the  objective  of reducing  post-harvest  losses  of  horticulture  and  non-horticulture  produce  and providing  remunerative  price  to  farmers  for  their  produce.  Under  the  scheme, Ministry provides financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid at the rate of 35% for  general  areas and 50% for North East and Himalayan States, ITDP areas and Islands  for  storage  and  transport  infrastructure  and  at  the  rate  of  50%  and  75% respectively for value addition and processing infrastructure subject to a maximum grant-in-aid of Rs. 10 crore per project for setting up integrated cold chain projects including  irradiation  facility.  Standalone  cold  storages  are  not  covered  under  the Scheme.

Further,  to  strengthen  agriculture  infrastructure  in  the  country,  Government has launched Agriculture Infrastructure  Funds  (AIF)  of  Rs.  1.00  lakh  crore.  Under AIF, there is provision for collateral free term loan upto Rs. 2.00 crore and interest subvention of 3% on the term loan availed for creation of post harvest infrastructure including establishment of cold storages.

(d) : The component of cold storage under MIDH scheme is demand/entrepreneur driven through commercial ventures for which government assistance is in the form of credit linked back ended subsidy available. As such no proposal is pending with the  Central  Government for establishing new cold storage facilities in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(e):  Funds under the MIDH scheme are released to States on the basis of approved Annual  Action  Plan  (AAP)  received  from  States.  The  details  of  funds  released  to various States including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu during last five years including setting up of cold storages is at Annexure - II.

State/UT- wise details of Cold Storages in the Country as on 30.11.2022

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |      |          |
|----------|--------------------------------|------|----------|
|          |                                | No.  |          |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | 4    | 2210     |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh &Telangana      | 442  | 1703321  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              | 3    | 8250     |
| 4        | Assam                          | 42   | 202096   |
| 5        | Bihar                          | 312  | 1475667  |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                | 7    | 12462    |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   | 99   | 487263   |
| 8        | Delhi                          | 97   | 129857   |
| 9        | Goa                            | 29   | 7705     |
| 10       | Gujarat                        | 994  | 3888425  |
| 11       | Haryana                        | 374  | 853329   |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               | 84   | 168543   |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                | 76   | 282853   |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      | 58   | 236680   |
| 15       | Karnataka                      | 232  | 709991   |
| 16       | Kerala                         | 201  | 96405    |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               | 1    | 15       |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 | 309  | 1331532  |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    | 628  | 1047676  |
| 20       | Manipur                        | 5    | 7840     |
| 21       | Meghalaya                      | 4    | 8200     |
| 22       | Mizoram                        | 3    | 4071     |
| 23       | Nagaland                       | 5    | 8150     |
| 24       | Orissa                         | 181  | 576688   |
| 25       | Pondicherry (UT)               | 3    | 85       |
| 26       | Punjab                         | 726  | 2451501  |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      | 187  | 631569   |
| 28       | Sikkim                         | 2    | 2100     |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     | 187  | 395940   |
| 30       | Telangana                      | 74   | 411518   |
| 31       | Tripura                        | 17   | 51140    |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                  | 2437 | 14875987 |
| 33       | Uttrakhand                     | 60   | 206621   |
| 34       | West Bengal                    | 515  | 5948316  |
|          | Total                          | 8398 | 38224006 |

(Source: Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) upto 2009, National Horticulture Board (NHB), National  Horticulture  Mission  (NHM),  Horticulture  Mission  for  North  East  &  Himalayan  States (HMNEH)) and  MoFPI

## Annexure - II State-wise and Year-wise funds released under MIDH during last five years in the country (Rs. in crore)

| S. No.   | State / UT           |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   Total |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh       |     76.7  |    102.93 |     79.38 |     95    |     50    |  404.01 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh    |      0    |     20    |     12.5  |      8    |      4.4  |   44.9  |
| 3.       | Assam                |     22.9  |     56    |     79.16 |     45    |     27    |  230.06 |
| 4.       | Bihar                |     18    |     19    |     15.15 |     15.87 |      9.6  |   77.62 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh         |     89.23 |    102.25 |     68.44 |     85    |     63    |  407.92 |
| 6.       | Goa                  |      2.51 |      2.87 |      1.5  |      0    |      0.6  |    7.48 |
| 7.       | Gujarat              |     88.74 |     95.25 |     63.5  |     30    |     87.18 |  364.67 |
| 8.       | Haryana              |     73.5  |     71.6  |     64.91 |     89.32 |     46    |  345.33 |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh     |     38.14 |     23.75 |     23.15 |     20    |     11    |  116.04 |
| 10.      | Jammu & Kashmir      |    116.5  |    110    |     64.99 |     72.18 |     67.75 |  431.42 |
| 11.      | Jharkhand            |     25    |      9.5  |     10    |     10    |      0    |   54.5  |
| 12.      | Karnataka            |     68.5  |    115.58 |    107.4  |    113.66 |     54    |  459.14 |
| 13.      | Kerala               |     29    |     68.53 |     10    |     10    |     28    |  145.53 |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh       |     30    |     31.76 |     25.99 |     27    |      0    |  141.75 |
| 15.      | Maharashtra          |     86.73 |    107    |     82.35 |     63.5  |     18.63 |  358.21 |
| 16.      | Manipur              |     24    |     25.5  |     26.5  |     25.3  |     10.94 |  112.24 |
| 17.      | Meghalaya            |     15.36 |     21    |      9.1  |      7.25 |      8.6  |   61.31 |
| 18.      | Mizoram              |     41.5  |     25    |     22.58 |     40    |      6.75 |  135.83 |
| 19.      | Nagaland             |     36.34 |     27    |     23.6  |     26    |     11.7  |  124.64 |
| 20.      | Orissa               |     46.87 |     21    |     49    |     11    |     11    |  138.87 |
| 21.      | Punjab               |     15    |     35.5  |     10    |     22.5  |      8.22 |   91.22 |
| 22.      | Rajasthan            |     58    |     52    |     25    |     30    |     10    |  175    |
| 23.      | Sikkim               |     30.5  |     22    |     22.84 |     19.85 |     10.94 |  106.13 |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu           |     61.27 |    129    |     93.02 |    114.73 |     75    |  473.02 |
| 25.      | Telangana            |     32.18 |      5    |      0    |     16.15 |      0    |   53.33 |
| 26.      | Tripura              |     10    |     12    |     20    |     10    |      9    |   61    |
| 27.      | Uttar Pradesh        |     35.87 |     62.57 |     62.35 |     64.16 |     32    |  256.95 |
| 28.      | Uttarakhand          |     30.37 |     40    |     22.32 |     45    |     22    |  159.69 |
| 29.      | West Bengal          |     10    |     15    |      8.06 |     10    |      0    |   43.06 |
| 30.      | A&N Islands          |      0    |      0    |      1    |      0.3  |      0.53 |    1.83 |
| 31.      | Chandigarh           |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
| 32.      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      0    |      0    |      0.25 |      0    |      0    |    0.25 |
| 33.      | Daman & Diu          |      0.5  |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0.5  |
| 34.      | Delhi                |      0    |      0    |      0.25 |      0    |      0    |    0.25 |
| 35.      | Lakshadweep          |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
| 36.      | Puducherry           |      0.99 |      1.5  |      1.5  |      1.4  |      0    |    5.39 |
| 37.      | Ladakh               |      0    |      0    |      0    |     15    |     25.83 |   40.83 |
| Total    | Total                |   1214.2  |   1430.09 |   1105.79 |   1143.17 |    709.67 | 5629.92 |

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