Lok Sabha Question No. 2673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Bhojraj Nag, Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi, Shri Chintamani Maharaj, Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2673

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## MISSION FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE

2673. SMT. ROOPKUMARI CHOUDHARY: SHRI CHINTAMANI MAHARAJ: SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI: SHRI BHOJRAJ NAG:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  provided  loan  assistance  for  setting  up  cold storage under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has made any assessment in regard to the demand and availability of  cold storage  facilities  for  fruits  and  vegetables,  if  so,  the  details thereof, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to promote post-harvest processing and cold chain infrastructure if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether  any  new  measures  have  been  taken  to  simplify  the  guidelines, documentation requirements and application process for the subsidy scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): To  facilitate  institutional  credit  and  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  postharvest infrastructure including establishment of cold storages.

(b): As per the study conducted by NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) in 2015  on  'All India Cold-chain  Infrastructure Capacity  (AICIC-2015)',  required capacity  of  cold  storages  at  that  time  was  351.00  lakh  MT  against  the  existing capacity of 318.23 lakh MT in 2014. As per available information, currently, there are 8815 cold storages in the country with the capacity of 402.18 lakh MT as on date. The State/UT-wise details of Cold Storages are at Annexure - I.

(c): Government is implementing various schemes under which financial assistance is available for setting up of post-harvest processing and cold chain infrastructure for horticultural produce including perishable horticulture produce throughout the country. Under MIDH, financial assistance is provided for setting up of post-harvest management  infrastructure including pack houses,  cold storages, refrigerated transport, ripening chambers, Integrated cold-chain infrastructure, Secondary Processing units in the country and also provided financial assistance for setting up of  Food  Processing  for  North  Eastern  and  Himalayan  States  only.  In  addition, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) also implements schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY), which includes components for integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure.

(d):  Keeping  in  view,  the  increase  in  prices  of  various  inputs  and  material  cost, improved  machinery  and  new  technologies  and  on  the  basis  of  inputs  from  the Stakeholders  the  operational  guidelines  of  MIDH  have  been  revised  in  2025  by incorporating the suggestions received from States and the prevailing market prices. The MIDH guidelines is farmers friendly, Aadhar based payment systems and Direct Benefit Transfer have been adopted for transparency and accountability.

Annexure - I State wise distribution of Cold Storages as on 30.06.2025 in the Country

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |   No. |   Capacity (MT) |
|----------|--------------------------------|-------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |     4 |            2210 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |   480 |         1996340 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              |     2 |            6000 |
| 4        | Assam                          |    45 |          212662 |
| 5        | Bihar                          |   316 |         1490200 |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                |     7 |           12462 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   |   132 |          586863 |
| 8        | Delhi                          |    97 |          129857 |
| 9        | Goa                            |    29 |            7705 |
| 10       | Gujarat                        |  1023 |         4042770 |
| 11       | Haryana                        |   387 |          886656 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               |    89 |          181318 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                |    96 |          382564 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      |    60 |          250077 |
| 15       | Karnataka                      |   271 |          930379 |
| 16       | Kerala                         |   202 |           96655 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               |     1 |              15 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 |   341 |         1498651 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    |   672 |         1259932 |
| 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                         |   780 |         2642715 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      |   192 |          661876 |
| 28       | Sikkim                         |     2 |            2100 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     |   188 |          399690 |
| 30       | Telangana                      |   117 |          627131 |
| 31       | Tripura                        |    14 |           46354 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                  |  2489 |        15101408 |
| 33       | Uttrakhand                     |    62 |          206848 |
| 34       | West Bengal                    |   517 |         5952997 |
|          |                                |  8815 |        40218862 |

(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

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