Lok Sabha Question No. 2306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Cold Storage Units
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Chavan Vasantrao Balwantrao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2306

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  AUGUST, 2024

## COLD STORAGE UNITS

2306.  SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: SHRI CHAVAN VASANTRAO BALWANTRAO:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set a target to reach to every farmer in every village  and  establish  cold  storage  units  thereunder  in  its  100  day  agenda  so  that farmers can send their produce to other States with ease, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  mobile  app  for  upcoming  third world food day to be held in India; (c) if so, the details thereof and the aims and objectives of launching such app; (d) whether the Government is aware that about 18 to 25 percent of foodgrains and 45 percent of fruits and vegetables are lost in the supply chain  and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has framed any policy to reduce for the wastage of foodgrains, vegetables and fruits in the food supply chain to achieve the international standards and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): There is no such target in the 100 day agenda as establishment of cold storage  units  is  demand  driven.  However,  Government  is  implementing  various schemes  for  setting  up  of  cold  storage  for  perishable  horticultural  produce  and godowns/  warehouses  for  foodgrains  throughout  the  country  to  reduce  the  postharvest losses.

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.

The  Government  is  also  implementing  Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure (AMI), a sub-scheme of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) under which assistance is provided for construction of godowns/ warehouses in the country to  enhance  the  storage  capacity  for  agriculture  produce.  Under  the  scheme, Government  provides  subsidy  at  the  rate  of  25%  for  plain  areas  and  33.33%  for NER,  Hilly  areas  on  capital  cost  of  the  project,  based  on  the  category  of  eligible beneficiary. Assistance is available to Individuals, Farmers, Group of farmers/growers, Agri-preneurs, Registered Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs), Cooperatives, and state agencies etc.

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.

As  per  information  received  from  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries,  a mobile  app  has  been  launched  for  upcoming  3 rd   World  Food  India  (WFI)-  2024 which  is  a  seamless,  secure  mobile  application  that  facilitates  user  with  all  the information related to WFI 24, including Buyer seller meeting, updates of the event agenda,  speaker  profiles,  navigation  feature  (facilitate  ease  of  access  of  the  real time venue and locations).

Further,  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). The crop wise details are annexed .

Annexure Harvest and post-harvest losses of major agricultural crops and commodities

| Sr. No   | Name of Crops/ commodities   | %average loss   |
|----------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|          | Cereals                      |                 |
| 1.       | Paddy                        | 4.77            |
| 2.       | Wheat                        | 4.17            |
| 3.       | Maize                        | 3.89            |
| 4.       | Bajra                        | 4.37            |
| 5.       | Sorghum                      | 5.92            |
|          | Pulses                       |                 |
| 6.       | Pigeon Pea                   | 5.65            |
| 7.       | Chick Pea                    | 6.74            |
| 8.       | Black Gram                   | 5.83            |
| 9.       | Green Gram                   | 6.19            |
|          | Oilseed                      |                 |
| 10.      | Mustard                      | 4.46            |
| 11.      | Cottonseed                   | 2.87            |
| 12.      | Soybean                      | 7.51            |
| 13.      | Safflower                    | 3.06            |
| 14.      | Sunflower                    | 4.38            |
| 15.      | Groundnut                    | 5.73            |
|          | Fruits                       |                 |
| 16.      | Apple                        | 9.51            |
| 17.      | Banana                       | 7.57            |
| 18.      | Citrus                       | 7.71            |
| 19.      | Grapes                       | 7.15            |
| 20.      | Guava                        | 15.05           |
| 21.      | Mango                        | 8.53            |
| 22.      | Papaya                       | 6.59            |
| 23.      | Sapota                       | 9.53            |
| 24.      | Pineapple                    | 6.02            |
| 25.      | Pomegranate                  | 6.82            |
| 26.      | Muskmelon                    | 6.83            |
|          | Vegetables                   |                 |
| 27.      | Cabbage                      | 8.15            |
| 28.      | Cauliflower                  | 7.89            |
| 29.      | Green Pea                    | 6.43            |
| 30.      | Mushroom                     | 7.20            |
| 31.      | Onion                        | 7.26            |
| 32.      | Potato                       | 5.96            |
| 33.      | Tomato                       | 11.61           |
| 34.      | Tapioca                      | 4.87            |
| 35.      | Bottle gourd                 | 7.01            |
| 36.      | Brinjal                      | 7.41            |
| 37.      | Beans                        | 7.11            |
| 38.      | Radish                       | 6.46            |
| 39.      | Capsicum                     | 5.15            |
| 40.      | Okra                         | 6.01            |

|     | Livestock Produce           |      |
|-----|-----------------------------|------|
| 41. | Egg                         | 6.03 |
| 42. | Inland Fish                 | 4.86 |
| 43. | Marine Fish                 | 8.76 |
| 44. | Meat                        | 2.34 |
| 45. | Poultry Meat                | 5.63 |
| 46. | Milk                        | 0.87 |
|     | Plantation Crops and Spices |      |
| 47. | Arecanut                    | 4.41 |
| 48. | Cashew nut                  | 3.72 |
| 49. | Coconut                     | 3.86 |
| 50. | Sugarcane                   | 7.33 |
| 51. | Black Pepper                | 1.29 |
| 52. | Chilli                      | 6.11 |
| 53. | Coriander                   | 5.32 |
| 54. | Turmeric                    | 5.36 |

Source: Study  to  determine  Post-Harvest  Losses  of  Agri.  Produces  in  India commissioned  by  MoFPI  and  carried  out  by  NABARD  Consultancy  Services (NABCONS) published in 2022.

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