Lok Sabha Question No. 59 (STARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 59

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## COLD STORAGES

*59. SHRI SELVAM G: DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S:

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

(a) the details of total number of cold storages currently functional in the country; (b) whether  the  existing  cold  storages  are  sufficient  to  meet  the  demands  of  the farmers across the country and if so, the details thereof; (c) whether there is still a huge shortage of the said cold storages in the country and if so, the details thereof, and the reasons therefor; (d) whether the Government proposes to formulate a comprehensive plan to set up more/new cold storages across the country to meet the growing demand; (e) if  so,  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  purpose  in  the identified States; and (f) whether  keeping  in  mind  the  large  scale  production  of  different  fruits,  the Government proposes to set up any cold storages in different districts of the States of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष और िकसान क̵  याण मंũी (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

(a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) TO (f) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 59 FOR 06 TH FEBRUARY, 2024 REGARDING COLD STORAGES

(a)  to  (c):  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  8653  cold  storages  in  the  country  with  the  capacity  of 394.17  lakh  MT. The State/UT-wise details of Cold Storages are at Annexure .

(d)  to  (f):  Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  under  which  financial assistance  is  available  for  setting  up  of  cold  storage  for  perishable  horticultural produce  throughout  the  country  including  the  State  of  Maharashtra,  Tamil  Nadu, Odisha and UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

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.

Under the scheme, assistance is available to individuals, Groups 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 (APMCs) & 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.

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 the available information, Rs.  4641.00  crores  have  been  sanctioned  for  1527  cold  storage  and  cold  chain projects under AIF scheme.

Apart from this, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW), Government  of  India,  has  launched  Horticulture  Cluster  Development  Program (HCDP) as a component of Central Sector Scheme of National Horticulture Board (NHB).  The  HCDP  is  designed  to  leverage  the  geographical  specialisation  of horticulture clusters and promote  integrated and market-led development  of preproduction, production, post-harvest, logistics, branding, and marketing activities, which will increase the capacity of cold storage facilities in the country.

State wise distribution of Cold Storages in the Country (as on 31.01.2024)

| Sl. 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)            |         | 12462         |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh               | 7 120   | 553832        |
| 8         | Delhi                      | 97      | 129857        |
| 9         | Goa                        | 29      | 7705          |
| 10        | Gujarat                    | 1014    | 3974593       |
| 11        |                            | 382     |               |
|           | Haryana                    |         | 867884        |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh           | 89      | 174072        |
| 13        | Jammu & Kashmir            | 89      | 341515        |
| 14        | Jharkhand                  | 60      | 248629        |
| 15        | Karnataka                  | 250     | 838940        |
| 16        | Kerala                     | 202 1   | 96655         |
| 17        | Lakshadweep (UT)           |         | 15            |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh             | 315     | 1364003       |
| 19        | Maharashtra                | 656     | 1176499       |
| 20 21     | Manipur Meghalaya          | 2       | 4500 8200     |
|           |                            | 4       |               |
| 22        | Mizoram                    | 3 5     | 4071          |
| 23 24     | Nagaland Orissa            | 182     | 8150 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       |
|           | Total                      | 8653    | 39417231      |

(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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