Lok Sabha Question No. 2999 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Cold Storages in the Country
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil, Kripanath Mallah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2999 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  AUGUST, 2023

## COLD STORAGES IN THE COUNTRY

2999.  SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL: SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ षि  एवं  ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the existing cold storages are sufficient as per the farmers demand across the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise particularly in the State of Assam;
- (b) the  steps  taken  for  augmenting  the  capacity  and  modernizing  the  storage capacity of foodgrains across the country;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any time limit in this regard and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government is planning to set up decentralized storage capacity for farmers within the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including the State of Assam; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  funds  estimated  for  this  purpose  and  the  time  by  which these are likely to be set up?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a): 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 - I.

As per available information, there are 8639 cold storages in the country with the capacity of 393.61  lakh  MT  as  on  date.  The  State-wise  details  are  at Annexure-II .

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(b)  &  (c):  Food  Corporation  of  India  (FCI)  has  a  network  of  1923  warehouses (Owned/Hired)  with  a  capacity  of  371.93  lakh  MT  for  storage  of  Central  Pool foodgrains. Statement showing State-wise covered storage capacity is Annexure - III .

The  requirement  of  Storage  capacity  in  FCI  depends  upon  the  level  of procurement,  requirement  of  buffer  norms  and  Public  Distribution  System  (PDS) operations  for  Rice  and  Wheat  mainly.  Storage  gap  is  assessed  in  the  procuring States based on the highest stock levels in the last three years and in the consuming States on the basis of 4 months (6 months in case of North Eastern states and in some other states like J&K, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar  and  Lakshadweep)  requirement  under  National  Food  Security  Act  (NSA) and  Other  Welfare  Scheme  (OWS).  FCI  continuously  assesses  and  monitors  the storage capacity and based on the storage gap assessment, storage capacities are created/hired through following schemes:

1.  Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme
2.  Central Sector Scheme (CSS)
3.  Construction of SILO's under PPP mode
4.  Hiring  of  godown  from  Central  Warehousing  Corporation  (CWG)/  State Warehousing Corporation (SWGs)/ State Agencies
5.  Hiring of godown through Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS)

On PEG Scheme, investor gets one year for the completion construction of godown from issue of  Letter of  Memorandum (LoM). Time period  of 270 days for fulfillment of Condition Precedents (CPs) and 18 months for construction is given for development of Silos.

(d) & (e): The Government has approved the World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector on 31.05.2023 to be rolled out as a Pilot Project, for setting up decentralized food grain storage capacity through creation of various agri infrastructure at Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)  level including warehouses,  custom  hiring  center,  processing  units,  Fair  Price  Shops  etc.  by leveraging the 'whole-of-Government' approach.

The Plan is being implemented by utilizing the approved outlays of various Government  of  India  (GoI)  schemes,  viz.  Agriculture  Infrastructure  Fund  (AIF), Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure Scheme (AMI), Mission for Integrated Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH),  Sub  Mission  on  Agricultural  Mechanization (SMAM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Formalization  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises Scheme  (PMFME)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY)  for creation/ modernization of infrastructure facilities at PACS level.

The  estimated  cost  of  the  project  for  each  PACS  would  vary  and  depend upon various  parameters  such  as  storage  capacity,  requirement  for  custom  hiring centre, processing units, etc. Interest Subvention under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund would be dovetailed with the subsidies available under the identified schemes for the construction of godowns and other agri-infrastructure at PACS level.

Annexure-I 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 |

Annexure-II State wise distribution of Cold Storages as on July, 2023 in the Country

| S. No.   | Name of the State                                         | Total   | Total         |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------------|
|          |                                                           | No.     | Capacity (MT) |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | 4       | 2210          |
| 2        |                                                           | 467     | 1893071       |
|          | Assam                                                     | 45      |               |
| 4        |                                                           |         | 216388        |
|          | Chandigarh (UT)                                           |         | 12462         |
| 6        |                                                           | 7       |               |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                                              | 120     | 553832 129857 |
| 8        | Delhi                                                     | 97      |               |
| 9        | Goa                                                       | 29      | 7705          |
| 10 11    | Gujarat                                                   | 1004    | 3932193       |
|          | Haryana                                                   | 380     | 861670        |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                                          | 89      | 174072        |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                                           | 88      | 336515        |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                                 | 60      | 248629        |
| 15       | Karnataka                                                 | 250     | 838940        |
| 16       | Kerala                                                    | 202     | 96655         |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)                                          | 1       | 15            |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                                            | 315     | 1364003       |
| 19       | Maharashtra                                               | 655     | 1174075       |
| 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       |
|          |                                                           | 8639    | 39361193      |

(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

## Details of State-wise covered storage capacity

## Annexure - III

Figures in LMT

| SI.no   | States            |   Total storage Capacity with FCI (owned/ Hired) |   Total storage Capacity with FCI (owned/ Hired) |   Total (Owned+ Hired) |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1.      | Bihar             |                                            4.07  |                                            6.551 |                 10.621 |
| 2.      | Jharkhand         |                                            0.79  |                                            2.975 |                  3.765 |
| 3.      | Odisha            |                                            3.65  |                                            2.162 |                  5.812 |
| 4.      | West Bengal       |                                            9.53  |                                            0.296 |                  9.826 |
| 5.      | Sikkim            |                                            0.11  |                                            0.005 |                  0.115 |
| 6.      | Assam             |                                            3.74  |                                            1.743 |                  5.483 |
| 7.      | Arunachal Pradesh |                                            0.401 |                                            0.016 |                  0.417 |
| 8.      | Meghalaya         |                                            0.197 |                                            0.144 |                  0.342 |
| 9.      | Mizoram           |                                            0.318 |                                            0     |                  0.318 |
| 10.     | Tripura           |                                            0.402 |                                            0.079 |                  0.481 |
| 11.     | Manipur           |                                            0.647 |                                            0     |                  0.647 |
| 12.     | Nagaland          |                                            0.415 |                                            0.156 |                  0.571 |
| 13.     | Delhi             |                                            3.276 |                                            0     |                  3.276 |
| 14.     | Haryana           |                                            8.75  |                                           38.26  |                 47.01  |
| 15.     | Himachal Pradesh  |                                            0.264 |                                            0.674 |                  0.938 |
| 16.     | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                            0.946 |                                            0.286 |                  2.232 |
| 17.     | Ladakh            |                                            0.246 |                                            0.067 |                  0.313 |
| 18.     | Punjab            |                                           27.17  |                                           94.91  |                122.08  |
| 19.     | Chandigarh        |                                            0     |                                            0.07  |                  0.07  |
| 20.     | Rajasthan         |                                            8.39  |                                            4.967 |                 13.357 |
| 21.     | Uttar Pradesh     |                                           15.68  |                                           31.13  |                 46.81  |
| 22.     | Uttarakhand       |                                            0.734 |                                            1.032 |                  1.766 |
| 23.     | Andhra Pradesh    |                                            8.64  |                                            2.324 |                 10.964 |
| 24.     | A&N island        |                                            0.07  |                                            0     |                  0.07  |
| 25.     | Telangana         |                                            6.68  |                                            6.649 |                 13.329 |
| 26.     | Kerala            |                                            5.889 |                                            0.058 |                  5.946 |
| 27.     | Karnataka         |                                            4.606 |                                            4.403 |                  9.01  |
| 28.     | Lakshadweep       |                                            0.029 |                                            0     |                  0.029 |
| 29.     | Tamil Nadu        |                                            6.44  |                                            4.02  |                 10.46  |
| 30.     | Puducherry        |                                            0.525 |                                            0     |                  0.525 |
| 31.     | Gujarat           |                                            4.93  |                                            3.108 |                  8.038 |
| 32.     | D&NH and D&D      |                                            0     |                                            0     |                  0     |
| 33.     | Maharashtra       |                                            9.232 |                                            7.197 |                 16.429 |
| 34.     | Goa               |                                            0.188 |                                            0     |                  0.188 |
| 35.     | Madhya Pradesh    |                                            4.18  |                                            1.247 |                  5.427 |
| 36.     | Chhattisgarh      |                                            6.32  |                                            8.951 |                 15.271 |
|         | Grand Total       |                                          147.457 |                                          224.48  |                371.937 |

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