Lok Sabha Question No. 3823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Marketing and Storage infrastructure for Agricultural Produce
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari, Shri Jai Parkash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3823

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## MARKETING AND STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE

3823. SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:

SHRI JAI PARKASH:

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

(a)    whether the Government has implemented any scheme to strengthen the effective marketing and storage infrastructure for agricultural produce for farmers in Hisar and Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituencies of Haryana;

(b)    if so, the number of warehouses, cold storages or Kisan Mandis which have been established so far in Hisar and Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituencies and the number of farmers benefitted from these facilities;

(c)          whether  the  Government  has  provided  any  financial  assistance  for  increasing  storage capacity through Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) or cooperative societies; and

(d)   if not, whether any plan is proposed to develop modern marketing and storage infrastructure in Hisar, Sonipat and Jind region to increase the income of farmers and prevent crop wastage in future and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d):  Government is implementing the following schemes in the country including in the State of Haryana to strengthen the effective marketing and storage infrastructure for agricultural produce:

- (i)          Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure  (AMI)  sub-scheme  under  Integrated  Scheme  for Agricultural  Marketing  (ISAM):    Details  of  Storage  Projects  and  other  than  Storage  Projects sanctioned  in  districts  falling  in  Hisar  and  Sonipat  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  are  given  in Annexure-I .
- (ii)   Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme: Under this scheme assistance is provided for creation of post-harvest infrastructure and viable farming assets through interest subvention and credit guarantee support.  Details of projects sanctioned under this Scheme in districts falling in Hisar and Sonipat Constituencies are given in Annexure-I .
- (iii)     Mission for Integrated Development  of  Horticulture: Under  this scheme  financial assistance is provided for various horticulture activities including construction/ expansion/modernization of cold storage capacity upto 5000MT. Under this Scheme 76 cold storage projects with 252007 MT capacity have been sanctioned to the State of Haryana for which financial assistance of Rs.90.62 Crore has been sanctioned.  District wise data is not maintained centrally.

From  this  region,  8  Mandis  of  Hisar  and  7  mandis  of  Sonipat are  onboarded  on  National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform till 30.06.2025 enabling better market access for 2,80,527 and 3,20,280 farmers respectively.

## Annexure-I

District  wise  details  of  Storage  Projects  sanctioned  in  Hisar  and  Sonipat  Lok  Sabha Constituency under Agriculture Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)

| S. No.   | District   |   Number of Projects Sanctioned |   Capacity Sanctioned (in MT) |   Amount Released (in Crores ) |
|----------|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.       | Hisar      |                             159 |              944491           |                          55.5  |
| 2.       | Jind       |                              36 |              517218           |                          37.77 |
| 3.       | Sonipat    |                              56 |              583671           |                          29.47 |
|          | Total      |                             251 |                   2.04538e+06 |                         122.74 |

District wise details of Other than Storage Projects sanctioned in Hisar and Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency under Agriculture Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)

| S. No.   | District   |   Number of Projects Sanctioned |   Amount Released (in Lakh) |
|----------|------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1.       | Hisar      |                               3 |                       43.75 |
| 2.       | Jind       |                               2 |                       27.5  |
| 3.       | Sonipat    |                               3 |                       75    |
|          | Total      |                               8 |                      146.25 |

Projects sanctioned under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as on 30 th  June, 2025

## (Amount in Rs. Crore)

| S. No.   | District                   |   No. of Projects |   Sanctioned amount |
|----------|----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Hisar                      |               184 |               48    |
| (i)      | Warehouse                  |                 6 |                4    |
| (ii)     | Cold Stores and Cold Chain |                 1 |                0.41 |
| (iii)    | Others                     |               177 |               43    |
| 2        | Jind                       |               117 |               23    |
| (i)      | Others                     |               117 |               23    |
| 3        | Sonipat                    |                96 |               22    |
| (i)      | Others                     |                96 |               22    |
|          | Total                      |               397 |               93    |

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