Lok Sabha Question No. 2827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction of Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Smt. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2827

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  MARCH, 2025

## CAPITAL INVESTMENT SUBSIDY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF COLD STORAGES

2827. SMT. KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI :

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

- (a) the details of existing cold storage facilities across the country, including their storage capacity, State/UT-wise particularly in the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the details of the credit-linked back-ended subsidy extended under the scheme titled 'Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/Expansion/Modernization of Cold Storages and Storages for Horticulture Products' since the inception of the scheme, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  projects  and  corresponding  cold  storage  facilities supported/established under the scheme, State/UT-wise, including Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी

(SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a):  The  State-wise  details  of  existing  cold storage  facilities  along  with  capacity across the country including Tamil Nadu are at Annexure - I .

(b)  &  (c):  The  State-wise  details  of  cold  storage  facilities  and  credit  linked  back  ended subsidy extended under the scheme titled 'Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/Expansion/Modernization of  Cold  Storages and  Storages  for Horticulture Products' since its inception are at Annexure - II .

State-wise details of cold storage facilities available in the country for storage of fruits and vegetables as on 31.01.2025

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |   No. of Project |   Capacity (MT) |
|----------|--------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |                4 |            2210 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |              480 |         1996340 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              |                2 |            6000 |
| 4        | Assam                          |               43 |          206742 |
| 5        | Bihar                          |              316 |         1490200 |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                |                7 |           12462 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   |              130 |          577663 |
| 8        | Delhi                          |               97 |          129857 |
| 9        | Goa                            |               29 |            7705 |
| 10       | Gujarat                        |             1023 |         4042770 |
| 11       | Haryana                        |              386 |          870703 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               |               89 |          181318 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                |               92 |          151833 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      |               59 |          242655 |
| 15       | Karnataka                      |              268 |          912417 |
| 16       | Kerala                         |              202 |           96655 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               |                1 |              15 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 |              320 |         1381827 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    |              665 |         1219851 |
| 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                         |              770 |         2604206 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      |              190 |          648908 |
| 28       | Sikkim                         |                2 |            2100 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     |              188 |          399690 |
| 30       | Telangana                      |              116 |          617131 |
| 31       | Tripura                        |               14 |           46354 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                  |             2488 |        15096476 |
| 33       | Uttrakhand                     |               62 |          206848 |
| 34       | West Bengal                    |              517 |         5952997 |
|          | Total                          |             8760 |        39708361 |

(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.

State-wise  details  of  cold  storage  facilities  and  credit  linked  back  ended  subsidy extended under the scheme titled 'Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/Expansion/Modernization of Cold Storages and Storages for Horticulture Products' since its inception

| S. No.   | State             |   No. of Project |   Financial Assistance |   Capacity in MT |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |              164 |               13441.6  |           980529 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                1 |                  53.33 |             3983 |
| 3        | Assam             |               37 |                4362.65 |           203734 |
| 4        | Bihar             |              142 |                4580.19 |           580315 |
| 5        | Chandigarh        |                1 |                  24.6  |              246 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |               51 |                2495.87 |           252296 |
| 7        | Delhi             |                9 |                 469.71 |            20655 |
| 8        | Goa               |                1 |                  36.33 |             3633 |
| 9        | Gujarat           |              296 |                5589.36 |           622976 |
| 10       | Haryana           |               96 |                7332.07 |           320084 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  |               17 |                5108.5  |            60196 |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir   |               15 |                5080.84 |            73782 |
| 13       | Jharkhand         |               38 |                1630.55 |           168960 |
| 14       | Karnataka         |              114 |                8787.29 |           675154 |
| 15       | Kerala            |                5 |                 166.34 |            15794 |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    |              115 |                5310.6  |           442690 |
| 17       | Maharashtra       |              254 |                9634.76 |           603226 |
| 18       | Manipur           |                0 |                   0    |                0 |
| 19       | Meghalaya         |                1 |                  28.28 |             5000 |
| 20       | Mizoram           |                1 |                  46.28 |             3471 |
| 21       | Nagaland          |                1 |                  60    |             5000 |
| 22       | Odisha            |               22 |                 936.46 |           106019 |
| 23       | Punjab            |              238 |               14533.1  |           860277 |
| 24       | Rajasthan         |               95 |                5590.68 |           376813 |
| 25       | Sikkim            |                0 |                   0    |                0 |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu        |               72 |                3135.72 |           261222 |
| 27       | Telangana         |               18 |                3710.37 |           165680 |
| 28       | Tripura           |                5 |                 412    |            24904 |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh     |             1489 |               65323.4  |          8352264 |
| 30       | Uttrakhand        |               10 |                6429.85 |            19318 |
| 31       | West Bengal       |               94 |                2552.12 |           330702 |
|          | Total             |             3402 |              176863    |         15538925 |

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