Lok Sabha Question No. 210 (STARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 210

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  AUGUST, 2024

## COLD STORAGES

- *210.  SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:
- Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state: (a) the total number of cold storages currently operational and are under construction across the country, State-wise particularly in respect of Maharashtra; (b) the  number  of  cold  storages  added  during  the  last  ten  years  and  the  current status thereof, State-wise particularly in Maharashtra; (c) whether the Government has carried out any review of the said cold storages and if so, the details thereof; (d) whether there is still an acute shortage of the cold storages in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; (e) the target set by the Government for setting up the cold storages; (f) whether the Government proposes to formulate a comprehensive plan to set up more/new cold storage across the country to meet the increasing demand thereof; and
- (g) if so, the steps taken/being taken for the said purpose?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष और िकसान क̵  याण मंũी (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) TO (g) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 210 FOR 06 TH  AUGUST, 2024 REGARDING COLD STORAGES.

(a): As per available information, there are 8698 cold storages in the country with the capacity of 395.96 lakh MT as on date including the States of Maharashtra. The State-wise details are at Annexure-I .

(b): As per available information, there are 1793 cold storages with the capacity of 71.54 lakh MT has been established during last ten years in the country including the States of Maharashtra. The State-wise details are at Annexure-II .

(c) & (d): A study was conducted by NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) in 2015 on 'All India Cold-chain Infrastructure Capacity (AICIC-2015)'. The study assessed the required capacity of cold storages at that time as 351.00 lakh  MT against  the  existing  capacity  of  318.23  lakh  MT  in  2014.  The  State-wise details are at Annexure - III .

(e) to (g): Government is implementing  various schemes  under  which  financial assistance  is  available  for  setting  up  of  cold  storage  for  perishable  horticultural produce throughout the country.

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.

All the above schemes are demand/entrepreneur driven through commercial ventures  for  which  government  assistance  is  provided  based  on  the  proposals received from the States/entrepreneur.

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.

Annexure-I State wise distribution of Cold Storages in the Country (as on 31.05.2024)

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |   No. |   Capacity (MT) |
|----------|--------------------------------|-------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |     4 |            2210 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |   471 |         1911442 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              |     2 |            6000 |
| 4        | Assam                          |    45 |          216388 |
| 5        | Bihar                          |   315 |         1483700 |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                |     7 |           12462 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   |   126 |          571693 |
| 8        | Delhi                          |    97 |          129857 |
| 9        | Goa                            |    29 |            7705 |
| 10       | Gujarat                        |  1023 |         4042770 |
| 11       | Haryana                        |   380 |          870703 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               |    89 |          181318 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                |    85 |          322515 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      |    60 |          248629 |
| 15       | Karnataka                      |   261 |          853656 |
| 16       | Kerala                         |   202 |           96655 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               |     1 |              15 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 |   315 |         1364003 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    |   655 |         1172005 |
| 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                         |   770 |         2606203 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      |   191 |          652879 |
| 28       | Sikkim                         |     2 |            2100 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     |   188 |          399690 |
| 30       | Telangana                      |   108 |          541397 |
| 31       | Tripura                        |    14 |           46354 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                  |  2481 |        15089883 |
| 33       | Uttrakhand                     |    60 |          206621 |
| 34       | West Bengal                    |   517 |         5952997 |
| Total    |                                |  8698 |        39596277 |

(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 cold storages established during last 10 years and current years in the country

| S. No.   | State             |   Number of Project |   Capacity (in MT) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                 115 |             563192 |
| 2        | Andman & Nicobar  |                   2 |               2000 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                   1 |               1000 |
| 4        | Assam             |                  11 |              80240 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                  13 |              75962 |
| 6        | Chandigarh        |                   1 |                246 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      |                  40 |             117755 |
| 8        | Delhi             |                   0 |                  0 |
| 9        | Goa               |                   0 |                  0 |
| 10       | Gujarat           |                 459 |            1898298 |
| 11       | Haryana           |                  92 |             264494 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh  |                  57 |             116378 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                  60 |             268502 |
| 14       | Jharkhand         |                   4 |              25375 |
| 15       | Karnataka         |                  68 |             256310 |
| 16       | Kerala            |                   6 |              18550 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh    |                  54 |             259334 |
| 18       | Maharashtra       |                 100 |             362808 |
| 19       | Manipur           |                   1 |               1600 |
| 20       | Meghalaya         |                   0 |                  0 |
| 21       | Mizoram           |                   0 |                  0 |
| 22       | Nagaland          |                   3 |               2000 |
| 23       | Odisha            |                  71 |             252682 |
| 24       | Pondichery        |                   1 |                100 |
| 25       | Punjab            |                 158 |             572454 |
| 26       | Rajasthan         |                  36 |             142272 |
| 27       | Sikkim            |                   1 |                100 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu        |                  24 |             100019 |
| 29       | Telangana         |                  67 |             304966 |
| 30       | Tripura           |                   1 |               7173 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh     |                 299 |            1328121 |
| 32       | Uttrakhand        |                  34 |              97793 |
| 33       | West Bengal       |                  14 |              34694 |
| Total    |                   |                1793 |            7154420 |

(Source:  National  Horticulture  Board  (NHB),  National  Horticulture  Mission  (NHM), Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH)) and MoFPI)

Annexure-III State wise requirement of Cold Storages in the Country as per NABCONS

## Report in 2014

| S. No.   | State          |   Capacity Required (In MT) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh |                      530925 |
| 2.       | Arunachal      |                        7508 |
| 3.       | Assam          |                       71996 |
| 4.       | Bihar          |                     5123982 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh   |                      513830 |
| 6.       | Delhi          |                       40122 |
| 7.       | Goa            |                        2271 |
| 8.       | Gujarat        |                     2239476 |
| 9.       | Haryana        |                      240395 |
| 10.      | HP             |                      306147 |
| 11.      | J&K            |                      907842 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand      |                       24951 |
| 13.      | Karnataka      |                      210313 |
| 14.      | Kerala         |                       45874 |
| 15.      | MP             |                     1867179 |
| 16.      | Maharashtra    |                      157709 |
| 17.      | Manipur        |                        5062 |
| 18.      | Meghalaya      |                       18704 |
| 19.      | Mizoram        |                        8920 |
| 20.      | Nagaland       |                        8675 |
| 21.      | Odisha         |                      305500 |
| 22.      | Punjab         |                     1693408 |
| 23.      | Rajasthan      |                       53395 |
| 24.      | Sikkim         |                        2621 |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu     |                      194640 |
| 26.      | Telangana      |                      277129 |
| 27.      | Tripura        |                        8554 |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh  |                    10675137 |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand    |                       72931 |
| 30.      | West Bengal    |                     9480929 |
| 31.      | UT &Others     |                        4539 |
|          | Total          |                    35100664 |

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