Lok Sabha Question No. 2323 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Implementation of MIDH
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2323

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  August, 2024

## IMPLEMENTATION OF MIDH

2323.    SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will     the     Minister     of      AGRICULTURE     AND     FARMERS     WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) in the country; (b) if so, the objectives and salient features thereof; (c)  the  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  set  up  cold  storages  across  the country since inception of the Mission, State/UT-wise including Bihar; (d)  the details of cold storages which have been modernized in the country during each of the last five years, State-wise including Bihar; and (e)   other steps being taken by the Government to increase the storage capacity of

- the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a) : Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  is  a  Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented from 2014-15 for holistic development of horticulture in the country, covering fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers,  aromatic  plants,  coconut,  cashew  and  cocoa.  All  States/UTs  are  covered under MIDH.
- (b) : Main objectives of Mission are to promote holistic growth of horticulture sector, including coconut through area based regionally differentiated strategies which include research,  technology  promotion,  extension,  post  harvest  management,  processing and marketing in consonance with comparative advantage of each State/region and

its  diverse  agri-climatic  features,  encourage  aggregation  of  farmers  into  farmers groups like  FIGs/FPOs and FPCs to bring  economy of  scale and  scope, enhance horticulture  production,  augment  farmer's  income,  strengthen  nutritional  security, improve productivity by way of quality germ-plasm, planting material and water use efficiency through Micro Irrigation, support skill development and create employment generation opportunities for rural youth in horticulture and post harvest management, especially in the cold chain sector.

The Mission envisages production and productivity improvement of horticulture crops including fruits and vegetables through various interventions. Activities such as production  of  planting  material,  vegetable  seed  production,  coverage  of  area  with improved cultivars, rejuvenation of senile orchards, protected cultivation, creation of water resources, adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Integrated Nutrient Management (INM), organic farming, including insitu generation of organic inputs are taken up for development of fruits and vegetables. Capacity buildings of farmers and technicians  are  also  provided  for  adopting  improved  technologies.  Scheme  also envisages creation of for post harvest management (PHM) and marketing for better price realization of produce.

(c): Since inception of MIDH,  Rs.  2550.13  crore has been  sanctioned  for establishment of cold storages in the country as on date including the State of Bihar. The State-wise details are at Annexure-I .

(d):     State-wise details of cold storages sanctioned under MIDH scheme during last five years including Bihar are at Annexure - II .

(e):     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.

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 Cold Storage sanctioned under MIDH since inception i.e. 201415 to 2024-25

(Rs. in Lakh)

| S. No.   | States            |   No. |   Capacity (MT) |   Assistance |
|----------|-------------------|-------|-----------------|--------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |    79 |          508732 |     12243.1  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 3        | Assam             |    11 |           80240 |      2881.49 |
| 4        | Bihar             |     8 |           34562 |      1049.32 |
| 5        | Chandigarh        |     1 |             246 |        24.6  |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |    37 |          104755 |      3632.14 |
| 7        | Delhi             |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 8        | Goa               |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 9        | Gujarat           |   439 |         1868868 |     65508.2  |
| 10       | Haryana           |    75 |          226494 |      8778.86 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  |    49 |           90458 |      9669.2  |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir   |    56 |          262902 |     37481.8  |
| 13       | Jharkhand         |     4 |           25375 |       812.61 |
| 14       | Karnataka         |    55 |          238980 |      7034.46 |
| 15       | Kerala            |     2 |            1550 |        52.5  |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    |    44 |          222834 |      5758.15 |
| 17       | Maharashtra       |    57 |          237408 |      7366.62 |
| 18       | Manipur           |     1 |            1600 |        80    |
| 19       | Meghalaya         |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 20       | Mizoram           |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 21       | Nagaland          |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 22       | Odisha            |    65 |          237682 |      8077.15 |
| 23       | Punjab            |   141 |          509254 |     18732.5  |
| 24       | Rajasthan         |    25 |          115372 |      3551.3  |
| 25       | Sikkim            |     1 |             100 |       300    |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu        |    10 |           68219 |      1368.44 |
| 27       | Telangana         |    57 |          288466 |      7034.89 |
| 28       | Tripura           |     1 |            7173 |       120    |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh     |   280 |         1263381 |     42811.4  |
| 30       | Uttrakhand        |    15 |           28893 |     10258.8  |
| 31       | West Bengal       |     7 |           15994 |       385.77 |
|          | Total             |  1520 |         6439540 |    255013    |

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

## Annexure -II

## State wise Cold Storages sanctioned under MIDH during last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24)

(Rs. in Lakh)

| S. No.   | States                         |   No. |   Capacity (MT) |   Assistance |
|----------|--------------------------------|-------|-----------------|--------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |    56 |          435183 |     10402.5  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 4        | Assam                          |     4 |           28646 |      1005.64 |
| 5        | Bihar                          |     4 |           14533 |       397.9  |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   |    25 |           77401 |      2168.8  |
| 8        | Delhi                          |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 9        | Goa                            |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 10       | Gujarat                        |    59 |          244429 |      7215.87 |
| 11       | Haryana                        |    11 |           40179 |      1597.48 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               |     9 |           20374 |      1100.99 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                |    27 |          131762 |     13400.6  |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      |     1 |            5975 |       227.04 |
| 15       | Karnataka                      |    43 |          255364 |      6417.08 |
| 16       | Kerala                         |     1 |             250 |         7    |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 |     8 |           48640 |      1217.42 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    |    33 |          153223 |      4172.1  |
| 20       | Manipur                        |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 21       | Meghalaya                      |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 22       | Mizoram                        |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 23       | Nagaland                       |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 24       | Orissa                         |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 25       | Pondicherry (UT)               |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 26       | Punjab                         |    68 |          243921 |      6514.13 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      |     8 |           51544 |      1285.25 |
| 28       | Sikkim                         |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     |     5 |           32396 |       784.53 |
| 30       | Telangana                      |    39 |          239793 |      5813.5  |
| 31       | Tripura                        |     0 |               0 |         0    |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                  |    81 |          398386 |      9501.48 |
| 33       | Uttrakhand                     |     1 |             227 |      5970    |
| 34       | West Bengal                    |     2 |            4681 |       131.06 |
| Total    |                                |   485 |         2426907 |     79330.3  |

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

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