Lok Sabha Question No. 140 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: Capacity of Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 140

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## CAPACITY OF COLD STORAGES

- *140.   DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that the required capacity of cold storages is 393.61 lakh MT as on date against the existing capacity of 318.23 lakh MT among the All India Cold-

- chain Infrastructure Capacity in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken in this regard so far?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) TO (b) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 140 FOR 12 TH DECEMBER, 2023 REGARDING CAPACITY OF COLD STORAGES.

(a) & (b): 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.

Government is implementing various schemes under which financial assistance  is  available  for  setting  up  of  cold  storage  for  perishable  horticultural produce 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 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.

Annexure

## 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        |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                                          | 89      | 174072        |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                                           |         | 341515        |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                                 | 89      | 248629        |
|          |                                                           | 60      |               |
| 15       | Karnataka                                                 | 250     | 838940        |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                                               | 1       | 15            |
|          | (UT)                                                      |         |               |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                                            | 315     | 1364003       |
| 19 20    | Maharashtra Manipur                                       | 656 2   | 1176499 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                                                | 188 108 | 399690 541397 |
| 30       | Telangana                                                 |         |               |
| 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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