Lok Sabha Question No. 2964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Cold Storage facility for Fruits and Vegetables
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri K Gopinath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2964

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  MARCH, 2025

## COLD STORAGES FACILITY FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

2964. SHRI K GOPINATH :

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी

be pleased to state: (a) the  details  of  cold  storage  facilities  available  in  the  country  for  storage  of  fruits  and vegetables, State-wise; (b) the  details  of  requirement  and  shortage  of  cold  storage  facility  in the  country,  Statewise; and (c)

- the details of cold storage facility augmented during 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 till date, year-wise and State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a):  The  State-wise  details  of  cold  storage facilities  available  in  the  country  for  storage  of fruits and vegetables are at Annexure - I .

(b):  The  State-wise  details  of  requirement  of  cold  storage  facility  in  the  country  as  per NABCONS  report titled 'All India Cold-chain Infrastructure Capacity (AICIC-2015)' published in 2015 are at Annexure - II .

(c): The Year-wise and State-wise details of cold storage facility augmented during 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 till date are at Annexure - III .

## State-wise details of cold storage facilities available in the country for storage of fruits and vegetables as on 31.01.2025

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |   No. of Project |   Capacity (MT) |
|----------|--------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |                4 |            2210 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |              480 |         1996340 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              |                2 |            6000 |
| 4        | Assam                          |               43 |          206742 |
| 5        | Bihar                          |              316 |         1490200 |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                |                7 |           12462 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   |              130 |          577663 |
| 8        | Delhi                          |               97 |          129857 |
| 9        | Goa                            |               29 |            7705 |
| 10       | Gujarat                        |             1023 |         4042770 |
| 11       | Haryana                        |              386 |          870703 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               |               89 |          181318 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                |               92 |          151833 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      |               59 |          242655 |
| 15       | Karnataka                      |              268 |          912417 |
| 16       | Kerala                         |              202 |           96655 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               |                1 |              15 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 |              320 |         1381827 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    |              665 |         1219851 |
| 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 |         2604206 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      |              190 |          648908 |
| 28       | Sikkim                         |                2 |            2100 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     |              188 |          399690 |
| 30       | Telangana                      |              116 |          617131 |
| 31       | Tripura                        |               14 |           46354 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                  |             2488 |        15096476 |
| 33       | Uttrakhand                     |               62 |          206848 |
| 34       | West Bengal                    |              517 |         5952997 |
|          | Total                          |             8760 |        39708361 |

(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 details of requirement of cold storage facility in the country as per NABCONS report

| State          |   Cold storage required Capacity (in MT) |
|----------------|------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                                   530925 |
| Arunachal      |                                     7508 |
| Assam          |                                    71996 |
| Bihar          |                                  5123982 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                                   513830 |
| Delhi          |                                    40122 |
| Goa            |                                     2271 |
| Gujarat        |                                  2239476 |
| Haryana        |                                   240395 |
| HP             |                                   306147 |
| J&K            |                                   907842 |
| Jharkhand      |                                    24951 |
| Karnataka      |                                   210313 |
| Kerala         |                                    45874 |
| MP             |                                  1867179 |
| Maharashtra    |                                   157709 |
| Manipur        |                                     5062 |
| Meghalaya      |                                    18704 |
| Mizoram        |                                     8920 |
| Nagaland       |                                     8675 |
| Odisha         |                                   305500 |
| Punjab         |                                  1693408 |
| Rajasthan      |                                    53395 |
| Sikkim         |                                     2621 |
| Tamil Nadu     |                                   194640 |
| Telangana      |                                   277129 |
| Tripura        |                                     8554 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                                 10675137 |
| Uttarakhand    |                                    72931 |
| West Bengal    |                                  9480929 |
| UT &Others     |                                     4539 |
| Total          |                                 35100664 |

## Year-wise and State-wise details of cold storage facility augmented during 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 in the country

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | 2022-23        | 2022-23        | 2023-24        | 2023-24        | 2024-25        | 2024-25        |
|----------|---------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State   | No. of Project | Capacity in MT | No. of Project | Capacity in MT | No. of Project | Capacity in MT |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 26             | 165961         | 19             | 162059         |                |                |
| 2        | Assam               | 2              | 9646           |                |                |                |                |
| 3        | Bihar               | 1              | 890            | 3              | 13643          |                |                |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh        | 21             | 66570          | 7              | 23831          |                |                |
| 5        | Gujarat             | 10             | 39738          | 28             | 129459         |                |                |
| 6        | Haryana             | 6              | 8341           | 4              | 15774          |                |                |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh    | 5              | 5529           | 3              | 8477           |                |                |
| 8        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 5              | 20088          | 3              | 20956          | 5              | 24496          |
| 9        | Jharkhand           | 1              | 5975           |                |                |                |                |
| 10       | Karnataka           | 14             | 94339          | 23             | 104237         | 2              | 18850          |
| 11       | Kerala              | 1              | 250            |                |                |                |                |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh      | 4              | 22035          | 3              | 16752          | 3              | 17307          |
| 13       | Maharashtra         | 23             | 81938          | 11             | 45352          | 9              | 52886          |
| 14       | Orissa              | 3              | 7000           |                |                |                |                |
| 15       | Pondicherry (UT)    | 1              | 100            |                |                |                |                |
| 16       | Punjab              | 25             | 69661          | 20             | 59269          |                |                |
| 17       | Rajasthan           | 2              | 10655          | 1              | 6684           |                |                |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu          | 1              | 3750           |                |                |                |                |
| 19       | Telangana           | 7              | 32764          | 9              | 85000          | 1              | 8096           |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh       | 28             | 122059         | 29             | 121477         | 3              | 18205          |
| 21       | Uttrakhand          |                |                | 1              | 227            |                |                |
| 22       | West Bengal         |                |                | 2              | 4681           |                |                |
|          |                     | 186            | 767289         | 166            | 817878         | 23             | 139841         |

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

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