Lok Sabha Question No. 2690 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Financial Assistance for Setting up of Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2690

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SETTING UP OF COLD STORAGES

2690.  SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  financial  assistance  provided  for  setting  up  of  cold  storages  for perishable horticultural produce during the last five years, State/ UT-wise; (b) the details of the existing total storage capacity against the estimated storage capacity required, State/ UT-wise; and the other alternative measures being taken to avoid damage to the agriculture produce

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी

(SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

(a): The State/UT-wise details of  the financial  assistance  provided  for  setting  up  of  cold storages for perishable horticultural produce during last five years are at Annexure-I .

(b) & (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 - II. Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  under  which  financial  assistance  is available  for  setting  up  of  cold  storage  for  perishable  horticultural  produce  throughout  the country.  Though,  to  avoid  damage  to  the  agriculture/horticulture  produce,  besides  Cold Storage, financial assistance is also provided for setting up of Pre-cooling Unit, Cold Room, Pack  Houses,  Integrated  Pack  House,  Preservation  unit,  Reefer  Transport,  Ripening Chamber  etc.  under  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH).  The components are 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 at the rate of 50% of the project cost in hilly and scheduled areas through respective State Horticulture Missions (SHMs).

- (c) due to lack of storage facilities?

## Annexure-I

State/UT-wise details of the financial assistance provided for setting up of cold  storages  for  perishable  horticultural  produce  during  last  five  years (2018-19 to 2022-23)

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |   Number of Project |   Assistance (Rs. in lakh) |
|----------|--------------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |                   1 |                    1000    |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |                  70 |                   32506.9  |
| 3        | Assam                          |                   6 |                    1542.02 |
| 4        | Bihar                          |                   8 |                    3713.47 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                   |                  22 |                    4297.82 |
| 6        | Gujarat                        |                 110 |                   20458.3  |
| 7        | Haryana                        |                  23 |                   10695.9  |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh               |                  22 |                    8935.47 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir                |                  28 |                   14631.1  |
| 10       | Jharkhand                      |                   1 |                     227.04 |
| 11       | Karnataka                      |                  34 |                   11984.6  |
| 12       | Kerala                         |                   3 |                    2007    |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                 |                  17 |                    9224.53 |
| 14       | Maharashtra                    |                  41 |                   16052.1  |
| 15       | Nagaland                       |                   2 |                    1541    |
| 16       | Orissa                         |                   5 |                    4841    |
| 17       | Pondicherry (UT)               |                   1 |                     311    |
| 18       | Punjab                         |                  75 |                   11880.8  |
| 19       | Rajasthan                      |                  21 |                    4425.53 |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu                     |                  16 |                    6346.69 |
| 21       | Telangana                      |                  41 |                    9951.82 |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh                  |                 100 |                   16546.9  |
| 23       | Uttarakhand                    |                   8 |                    7673    |
| 24       | West Bengal                    |                   5 |                    4022    |
| Total    |                                |                 660 |                  204816    |

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

State wise distribution of Cold Storages in the Country (as on 20.11.2023)

| S. No.   | Name of the State                                         | Total   | Total         |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------------|
|          |                                                           | No.     | Capacity (MT) |
| 1 2      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | 4 467   | 2210 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                                                   | 1014    | 3974593       |
| 11       | Haryana                                                   | 382     | 867884        |
|          | Himachal                                                  | 89      |               |
| 12       | Pradesh                                                   |         | 174072        |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                                           | 89      | 341515        |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                                 | 60      | 248629        |
| 15       | Karnataka                                                 | 250     | 838940        |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                                               | 1       | 15            |
|          | (UT)                                                      |         |               |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                                            | 315     | 1364003       |
| 19       | Maharashtra                                               | 656     | 1176499       |
| 21       | Meghalaya                                                 | 4       | 8200          |
| 22       | Mizoram                                                   | 3       |               |
|          |                                                           | 5       | 4071          |
| 23       | Nagaland                                                  |         | 8150          |
| 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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