Lok Sabha Question No. 2368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Strengthening Cold Storage and Warehousing Facilities
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2368

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH  MARCH, 2021

## STRENGTHENING COLD STORAGE AND WAREHOUSING FACILITIES

2368.  SHRI B. B. PATIL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  strengthen  cold  storage  and  warehouse infrastructure facilities in the country including Telangana and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the present capacity of cold storage and warehousing in the country;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  representations  from  various  quarters  for financial  assistance  to  construct  cold  storage  and  warehousing  in  the  State  of Telangana; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof for the last three years along with the number of cold storage and warehousing infrastructure created in the State during the said period?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): Government  does  not  setup  cold  storage  and  warehouse  of  its  own.  However, Government  is  implementing  following  schemes  under  which  financial  assistance  is provided for setting up of cold storage and warehouse infrastructure facilities for storage of agriculture and perishable horticulture produce throughout the country including Telangana.

Department of Agriculture Cooperation & 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.  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% for general areas and 50% for hilly and scheduled areas of eligible capital cost of the project for both public and private sector enterprises.

Further,  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 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 of 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  grant-in-aid  of  Rs.  10  crore  per  project  for  setting  up  integrated  cold  chain projects including irradiation facility without any break from the farm gate to the consumer. Standalone cold storages are not covered under the Scheme. The scheme is available for all States/UTs including the State of Telangana.

Further,  Government is implementing Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI), a sub-scheme  of  Integrated  Scheme  for  Agricultural  Marketing  (ISAM)  across  the  country including  Karnataka.  AMI  sub-scheme  is  a  demand  driven,  back  ended,  credit  linked subsidy  scheme  in  which  rate  of  subsidy  provided  is  25%  and  33.33%  based  on  the category  of  eligible  beneficiary  and  provided  on  capital  cost  of  the  project.   Assistance under the sub-scheme is available to Individuals, Farmers, Group of farmers/growers, Agripreneurs,  Registered  Farmer  Produce  Organizations  (FPOs),  Cooperatives,  and  State agencies etc.

(b): As on 31.12.2020, 37.42 million MT capacity of cold storage and 81.04 million MT capacity of warehouse has been established in the country.

(c) & (d): No  such  representations  have  been  received.  The  components  of  cold storage  and  warehouse  under  these  schemes  are  demand/entrepreneur  driven  from among  entrepreneurs,  private  companies,  cooperatives,  farmers  groups  etc  through commercial ventures for which assistance is available as credit linked back ended subsidy.

Government  of  Telangana  has  reported  that  sanctions  were  issued  towards establishment of 18 number of cold storage units under MIDH scheme during the last three years.

Further,  110 number of warehouses have been created in the State of Telangana during the last three years.

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