Lok Sabha Question No. 324 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Cold Storage Facilities
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo, Shyam Yadav Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 324 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## COLD STORAGE FACILITIES

324. SHRI MAHESH SAHOO: SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware that large quantity of food and agri produce gets rotten and rendered unusable due to lack of proper storage facility; (b) the  number of the Government cold storage units in the country especially in the State of Uttar Pradesh, district-wise; (c) whether there is any shortage of cold storages in the country; (d) the investment that the Government has made in the last three financial years to develop cold storages in the country especially in the State of Uttar Pradesh and particularly in Jaunpur district; (e) whether there is any target fixed with regard to number of cold storage units the Government intends to set up in the next five years and if so, the details thereof in the country, State-wise; and

- (f) the time by which the Government intends to achieve the above target?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR) (a) As per the study commissioned by Ministry of Food Processing Industries and carried out by NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) published in 2022, the quantum  of  quantitative  harvest  and  post  harvest  losses  in  selected  crops  were observed to be in the range of 3.89% to 5.92% (cereals), 5.65% to 6.74% (pulses),

2.87%  to  7.51%  (oil  seeds),  6.02%  to  15.05%  (fruits)  and  4.87%  to  11.61% (vegetables).

(b) & (c): As per the study conducted by NABARD  Consultancy  Services (NABCONS) in 2015 on 'All India Cold-chain Infrastructure Capacity (AICIC-2015)', required  capacity  of  cold  storages  at  that  time  was  351.00  lakh  MT  against  the existing capacity of 318.23 lakh MT in 2014. As per available information, currently, there are 8653 cold storages in the country including Uttar Pradesh with the capacity of  394.17  lakh  MT  as  on  date.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  Cold  Storages  are at Annexure - I.

(d)  to  (f):  Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  under  which  financial assistance  is  available  for  setting  up  of  cold  storage  for  perishable  horticultural produce throughout the country including Uttar Pradesh.

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 construction/Expansion/ Modernization of cold storages of capacity up to 5000 MT in the country on the basis of  Annual Action Plan (AAP) received from States/UTs. AAPs are prepared by the States/UTs based on their requirement, capacity and availability of resources. The component of Cold Storage 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 through respective State Horticulture Missions.

Under the scheme, assistance is available to individuals, Groups of farmers/ growers/  consumers,  Partnership/  Proprietary  firms,  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs), Farmers  Producer  Organization  (FPOs),  Companies,  Corporations,  Cooperatives, Cooperative  Marketing  Federations,  Local  bodies,  Agricultural  Produce  Market Committees (APMCs) & Marketing Boards and State Governments.

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)  implements  a  Scheme  for Integrated Cold Chain, Food Processing and Preservation Infrastructure as one of the  components  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY)  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.  10.00  crore  per  project  for  setting  up  of  integrated  cold  chain projects including irradiation facility. Standalone cold storages are not covered under the Scheme.

District  wise  and  component  wise  data  is  not  maintained  at  Central  Level. However,  details  of  funds  released  to  various  States  including  Uttar  Pradesh  for development of horticulture sector including cold storage are at Annexure - II.

Annexure-I State wise distribution of Cold Storages in the Country (as on 20.11.2023)

| S. No.   | Name of the State          | Total   | Total         |
|----------|----------------------------|---------|---------------|
|          |                            | No.     | Capacity (MT) |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | 467     | 1893071       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh          | 2       | 6000          |
| 4        | Assam                      | 45      | 216388        |
| 5        | Bihar                      | 313     | 1476557       |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)            | 7       | 12462         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh               | 120     | 553832        |
| 8        | Delhi                      | 97      | 129857        |
| 9        | Goa                        | 29      | 7705          |
| 10       | Gujarat                    | 1014    | 3974593       |
| 11       | Haryana                    | 382     | 867884        |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh           | 89      | 174072        |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir            |         |               |
| 14       | Jharkhand                  | 89      | 341515        |
|          |                            | 60      | 248629        |
| 15       | Karnataka                  | 250     | 838940        |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)           | 1       | 15            |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh             | 315     | 1364003       |
| 19       | Maharashtra                | 656     | 1176499       |
| 20       | Manipur                    | 2       | 4500          |
| 21       | Meghalaya                  | 4       | 8200          |
| 22       | Mizoram                    | 3       | 4071          |
| 23       | Nagaland                   | 5       | 8150          |
| 24       | Orissa                     | 182     | 579321        |
| 25       | Pondicherry (UT)           | 4       | 185           |
| 26       | Punjab                     | 761     | 2588686       |
| 27       | Rajasthan                  | 191     | 652879        |
| 28       | Sikkim                     | 2       | 2100          |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                 | 188     | 399690        |
| 30       | Telangana                  | 108     | 541397        |
| 31       | Tripura                    | 14      | 46354         |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh              | 2472    | 15045874      |
| 33       | Uttrakhand                 | 60      | 206621        |
| 34       | West Bengal                | 515     | 5948316       |
|          | Total                      | 8653    | 39417231      |

(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

## Details of funds released to States for development of horticulture sector including cold storage

(Rs. In Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             | 2020-21        | 2021-22        | 2022-23        |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No.   | State             | Releases (GoI) | Releases (GoI) | Releases (GoI) |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 95.00          | 50.00          | 50.00          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 8.00           | 4.40           | 9.00           |
| 3         | Assam             | 45.00          | 27.00          | 27.00          |
| 4         | Bihar             | 15.87          | 9.60           | 15.00          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 85.00          | 63.00          | 60.00          |
| 6         | Goa               | 0.00           | 0.60           | 0.60           |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 30.00          | 87.18          | 20.50          |
| 8         | Haryana           | 89.32          | 46.00          | 32.40          |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 20.00          | 11.00          | 17.50          |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 72.18          | 67.75          | 34.25          |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 10.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 113.66         | 54.00          | 78.83          |
| 13        | Kerala            | 10.00          | 28.00          | 21.00          |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 27.00          | 0.00           | 22.00          |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 63.50          | 18.63          | 63.00          |
| 16        | Manipur           | 25.30          | 10.94          | 13.00          |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 7.25           | 8.60           | 7.84           |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 40.00          | 6.75           | 15.99          |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 26.00          | 11.70          | 15.00          |
| 20        | Orissa            | 11.00          | 11.00          | 20.50          |
| 21        | Punjab            | 22.50          | 8.22           | 15.55          |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 30.00          | 10.00          | 19.50          |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 19.85          | 10.93          | 16.87          |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 114.73         | 75.00          | 102.40         |
| 25        | Telangana         | 16.15          | 0.00           | 4.74           |
| 26        | Tripura           | 10.00          | 9.00           | 14.77          |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 64.16          | 32.00          | 44.64          |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 45.00          | 22.00          | 34.25          |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 10.00          | 0.00           | 17.25          |
| 30        | A & N Islands     | 0.30           | 0.53           | 0.53           |
| 31        | Puducherry        | 1.40           | 0.00           | 0.70           |
| 32        | Ladakh            | 15.00          | 25.82          | 26.25          |
|           | Total             | 1143.17        | 709.65         | 820.86         |

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