Lok Sabha Question No. 892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Building Cold Storages under PPP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 892

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  MARCH, 2023

## BUILDING COLD STORAGES UNDER PPP

892. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH :

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state: the current status of the Government's initiative to build cold storages under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) to prevent the decay of fruits and vegetables

- (a) and the details of such cold storages that are being built; and
- (b) if not, are there any plans or efforts underway to implement this initiative in the future?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR) (a)  to  (b):  Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  under  which  financial assistance is available for setting  up of cold storage to prevent the decay of fruits and vegetables 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.  The component 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.

Under the  scheme  assistance  is  available  to  individuals,  Group  of  farmers/ growers/  consumers,  Partnership/  Proprietary  firms,  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs), Farmers  Producer  Organization  (FPOs),  Companies,  Corporations,  Cooperatives, Cooperative  Marketing  Federations,  Local  bodies,  Agricultural  Produce  Market Committees (APMC) & Marketing Boards and State Governments.

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.

As  per  available  information,  currently,  there  are  8639  cold  storages  in  the country with the capacity of 393.61 lakh MT as on date. The State-wise details of Cold Storage is Annexed.

Annexure

## State wise distribution of Cold Storages as on July, 2023 in the Country

| S. No.   | Name of the State          | Total   | Total         |
|----------|----------------------------|---------|---------------|
|          |                            | No.     | Capacity (MT) |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | 467     | 1893071       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh          | 2       | 6000          |
| 4        | Assam                      | 45      | 216388        |
| 5        | Bihar                      | 313     | 1476557       |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)            | 7       | 12462         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh               | 120     | 553832        |
| 8        | Delhi                      | 97      | 129857        |
| 9        | Goa                        | 29      | 7705          |
| 10       | Gujarat                    | 1004    | 3932193       |
| 11       | 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

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