Lok Sabha Question No. 94 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Setting up of Cold Storage under NMFP
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 94 ANSWERED ON 08 TH  FEBRUARY ,2022

## SETTING UP OF COLD STORAGE UNDER NMFP

## *94. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH

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

- (a) the details of the funds allocated, sanctioned and released to set up cold storage warehouses in the country under National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the names of villages with cold storage warehouses including those in Haryana alongwith the number of cold storage warehouses therein, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether there is any plan to set up cold storage warehouses in rural areas so as to store vegetables and fruits which perish soon after the harvest and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  time  by  which  the  country  is  likely  to  achieve  sufficient/adequate  capacity  for  the storage of vegetables and fruits?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI PASHUPATI KUMAR PARAS)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*94 FOR ANSWER ON 08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022 REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF COLD STORAGE UNDER NMFP'

- (a):      The National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) has been discontinued since 2015-16. Hence the Ministry did not allocate, sanction and release funds under NMFP for setting up cold storage warehouse in the country during last three years and current year.
- (b): State/UT wise details of cold storage distribution including those in Haryana State as on 31.08.2020 is at Annexure .
- (c)  & (d): Government is implementing following schemes under which financial assistance is provided for setting up of cold storage throughout the country including rural areas to bridge the gap between availability and required cold storage capacity:

## i. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH):

Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) for development of Horticulture in the country including rural areas under which financial assistance is provided for various horticulture activities including setting up of cold storage. The component is demand/entrepreneur driven from among entrepreneurs, private companies, cooperatives, Farmers group etc. through commercial ventures and an entrepreneur can avail assistance for individual component or combination of different components for which assistance at the rate of 35% of admissible project cost in general area and at the rate of 50% in hilly and scheduled area is available as credit linked back ended subsidy through respective state Horticulture Mission.

## ii. Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY):

Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing the Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain  and  Value  Addition  Infrastructure  as  one  of  the  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) with the objective of reducing post-harvest losses of horticulture & 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  35%  for general areas and 50% for North East States, 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 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.

iii. Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/Expansion/Modernization of Cold Storages and Storages for Horticulture Products:

National Horticulture Board is implementing a schemes 'Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/Expansion/Modernization of Cold Storages and Storages for Horticulture Products' under this scheme, credit linked back-ended subsidy @35% of the capital cost of the project in general areas and @50% in case of North east, Hilly States & Scheduled areas for Cold Storage capacity above 5000 MT and up to 10000 MT is sanctioned for construction/expansion/modernization  of  cold  storage  and  CA  store.  In  case  of  NE  Region (including Meghalaya) the capacity above 1000 MT are also eligible .

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## ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*94 FOR ANSWER  ON  08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022  REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF COLD STORAGE UNDER NMFP'

| S.No.   | Name of the State             |   Total No. |   Capacity (MT) |
|---------|-------------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
| 1.      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands (UT) |           3 |             810 |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh &Telangana     |         405 |         1567664 |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh             |           2 |            6000 |
| 4.      | Assam                         |          39 |          178096 |
| 5.      | Bihar                         |         311 |         1479122 |
| 6.      | Chandigarh (UT)               |           7 |           12462 |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh                  |          99 |          487292 |
| 8.      | Delhi                         |          97 |          129857 |
| 9.      | Goa                           |          29 |            7705 |
| 10.     | Gujarat                       |         969 |         3822112 |
| 11.     | Haryana                       |         359 |          819809 |
| 12.     | Himachal Pradesh              |          76 |          146769 |
| 13.     | Jammu &Kashmir                |          69 |          250169 |
| 14.     | Jharkhand                     |          58 |          236680 |
| 15.     | Karnataka                     |         223 |          676832 |
| 16.     | Kerala                        |         199 |           81705 |
| 17.     | Lakshadweep (UT)              |           1 |              15 |
| 18.     | Madhya Pradesh                |         302 |         1293574 |
| 19.     | Maharashtra                   |         619 |         1009693 |
| 20.     | Manipur                       |           2 |            4500 |
| 21.     | Meghalaya                     |           4 |            8200 |
| 22.     | Mizoram                       |           3 |            4001 |
| 23.     | Nagaland                      |           3 |            7150 |
| 24.     | Orissa                        |         179 |          572966 |
| 25.     | Pondicherry(UT)               |           3 |              85 |
| 26.     | Punjab                        |         697 |         2315096 |
| 27.     | Rajasthan                     |         180 |          611831 |
| 28.     | Sikkim                        |           2 |            2100 |
| 29.     | Tamil Nadu                    |         183 |          382683 |
| 30.     | Telangana                     |          74 |          410905 |
| 31.     | Tripura                       |          14 |           46354 |
| 32.     | Uttar Pradesh                 |        2406 |        14714235 |
| 33.     | Uttrakhand                    |          55 |          191314 |
| 34.     | West Bengal                   |         514 |         5947311 |
|         |                               |        8186 |        37425097 |

(Source: Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) upto 2009, National Horticulture Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan (HMNEH) & Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI)).