Lok Sabha Question No. 2324 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Strengthening of Cold Storage and Warehousing
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Umesh G. Jadhav, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, Shardaben Anilbhai Patel, B. Y. Raghavendra, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2324

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  AUGUST, 2021

## STRENGTHENING OF COLD STORAGE AND WAREHOUSING

†2324. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL:

SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has received any representation from various States to provide financial assistance the construction of cold storage and warehouses  in  Maharashtra  and  Karnataka  especially  Kalyana  Karnataka side; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise including the number of cold storage and warehouses constructed in Maharashtra and Karnataka during the last three years?

## ANSWER

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): No such representation has been received by the Government from any State  to  provide  financial  assistance  for  construction  of  cold  storages  and warehouses in Maharashtra and Karnataka including Kalyana, Karnataka.
- (b): As  per  the  information  received  from  the  States  of  Maharashtra  and Karnataka and Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), district-wise number of cold storages and warehouses constructed in Maharashtra and Karnataka during the last three years are at Annexure - I and Annexure - II respectively.

## Annexure - I

## The district-wise number of cold storage and warehouses constructed during last three years (2018-19 to 2020-21) in Maharashtra

| S. No.   | District Name   |   Number of Cold Storage | Number of Warehouse   |
|----------|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.       | Ahmednagar      |                        1 |                       |
| 2.       | Aurangabad      |                        2 |                       |
| 3.       | Buldana         |                        1 |                       |
| 4.       | Jalgaon         |                        1 |                       |
| 5.       | Kolhapur        |                        1 |                       |
| 6.       | Nagpur          |                        1 |                       |
| 7.       | Nanded          |                        3 |                       |
| 8.       | Nashik          |                        5 | 1                     |
| 9.       | Parbhani        |                        1 |                       |
| 10.      | Pune            |                        5 |                       |
| 11.      | Sangli          |                       19 |                       |
| 12.      | Satara          |                        4 |                       |
| 13.      | Solapur         |                        2 |                       |
| 14.      | Thane           |                        1 |                       |
|          | Total           |                       47 | 1                     |

Annexure - II

The  district-wise  number  of  cold  storage  and  warehouses  constructed during last three years (2018-19 to 2020-21) in Karntaka

| S. No.   | District Name   | Number of Cold Storage   | Number of Warehouse   |
|----------|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.       | Bagalkot        | 2                        |                       |
| 2.       | Bellary         | 6                        |                       |
| 3.       | Bengaluru Rural | 1                        |                       |
| 4.       | Bengaluru Urban | 1                        |                       |
| 5.       | Bidar           |                          | 1                     |
| 6.       | Chitradurga     | 1                        |                       |
| 7.       | Dharwad         | 3                        |                       |
| 8.       | Haveri          | 2                        |                       |
| 9.       | Hubli           |                          | 1                     |
| 10.      | Mysore          | 2                        |                       |
| 11.      | Raichur         | 3                        |                       |
| 12.      | Sivamogga       | 1                        |                       |
| 13.      | Whitefield      |                          | 1                     |
|          | Total           | 22                       | 3                     |

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