Lok Sabha Question No. 271 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-18
Subject: Cold Storage and Packaging Hubs in Jhunjhunu
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Brijendra Singh Ola

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*271

ANSWERED ON 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## COLD STORAGE AND PACKAGING HUBS IN JHUNJHUNU

## *271. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH OLA:

Will the Minister of Food Processing Industries be pleased to state:

- (a) whether despite immense potential for cold storage in Rajasthan including Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha Constituency, the farmers have not got required encouragement/incentives and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has not been able to establish cold storage and packaging hubs in the rural areas of Rajasthan including the said district and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the benefits of food processing schemes have reached only to large industrialists and leaving farmers neglected;
- (d) if so, the reasons for farmers remaining neglected; and
- (e) if not, the number of farmers given assistance by the Government in Rajasthan along with the details of amount thereof, district-wise during of the last three years including in the said Lok Sabha Constituency?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI CHIRAG PASWAN)

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *271 FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2025 REGARDING 'COLD STORAGE AND PACKAGING HUBS IN JHUNJHUNU'

(a) to  (e):  The  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  is  implementing  a  Central Sector umbrella scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)' to support setting up of  food  processing  projects  across  the  country  including  the  State  of  Rajasthan.  Under  the component schemes namely (i) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain scheme), (ii) Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters (APC scheme) and (iii) Operation Greens (OG scheme)- Long term intervention of PMKSY, cold storage is supported as a constituent in the integrated food processing projects. However, these component schemes do not  support  setting  up  of  standalone  cold  storage  facilities.  The  above-mentioned  component schemes of PMKSY are demand driven and the proposals for setting up of food processing projects are invited by floating Expression of Interests (EoIs) from time to time. Any eligible entrepreneur including farmers or entity from across the country including the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan can apply and avail the benefit under any of the component schemes, whenever the Expression of Interest is open.

MoFPI is also implementing a Centrally Sponsored 'PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme' for providing financial, technical and business support for setting up of new / upgradation of food processing enterprises across the country including the State of Rajasthan. The scheme is demand driven and is being implemented in rural as well as urban areas. The scheme aims to enhance the competitiveness of micro-enterprises in the unorganized segments of the food processing industries and promote formalization of the sector.

Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  Mission  for Integrated Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  for  holistic  development  of  horticulture  sector  in  the country.  Under  MIDH,  financial  assistance  is  provided  for  various  post-harvest  management infrastructure including setting up of Pack Houses, Integrated Pack House, cold storages, Reefer Transport,  Ripening  Chamber  etc.  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. This scheme is demand/ entrepreneur driven and financial assistance in the form of credit linked back ended subsidy is provided at the rate of 35% of the project cost in general areas and 50% of the project cost in case of NE & Himalayan States, TSP and Scheduled areas, vibrant villages, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands through respective State Horticulture Mission(s) (SHMs).

Besides, National Horticulture Board (NHB) under DA&FW is implementing a scheme namely, Capital  Investment Subsidy for Construction/ Expansion/ Modernization of Cold Storages and Storage of Horticulture Products. Under this 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  Eastern  region,  the  units  with  capacity  above  1000  MT  are  also  eligible  for  financial assistance. The scheme is demand driven and being implemented across the country including the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan.

To  avail  financial  assistance  under  PMKSY  for  setting  up  of  food  processing  projects,  any individual / Central & State PSU / Joint Venture / NGO / Cooperative / Self Help Group (SHG) / Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) / Farmer Producer Company (FPC) / Public & Private Sector  Companies  /  Limited  Liability  Partnerships  (LLP)  /  Partnership  Firms  /  Proprietorship Firms from across the country are eligible. Further, FPOs/FPCs/SHGs comprising of farmers and applicants from SC/ST categories/ ITDP areas have been provided with the following advantages over the applicants from general areas/ general category under the component schemes of PMKSY:

(i) shall have net worth equal to the grants-in-aid sought as against 1.5 times of the grantsin-aid sought in case of applicant from general area.

(ii) shall infuse promoters' equity of not less than 10% of the total project cost as against not less than 20% of the total project cost in case of applicant from general area

(iii) shall avail term loan of not less than 10% of the total project cost as against not less than 20% of the total project cost in case of applicant from general area

(iv) shall be eligible for availing grants-in-aid / subsidy at the rate of 50% of the eligible project cost as against 35% of the eligible project cost in case of applicant from general area

As on 31.01.2025, as per the data provided by DA&FW, 8760 total number of cold storages have been created with total capacity of 397.08 LMT across the country. Details of the same are attached as Annexure-I.

Under PMKSY, 24 projects with grants-in-aid/ subsidy of Rs. 94.73 crore have been approved during the last three years (2022-23 to 2024-25) in the State of Rajasthan. No food processing proposal has been received so far from  Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. District-wise details of projects  approved during last three  years  (2022-23 to  2024-25) under PMKSY in the State of Rajasthan are provided at Annexure-II.

Under PMFME scheme of MoFPI, a total of Rs. 104.42 crore as subsidy component has been provided to 1087 beneficiaries in the State of Rajasthan including  subsidy component of Rs. 1.42 crore  to  24  beneficiaries  in  the  district  of  Jhunjhunu  for  setting  up  of  micro  food  processing enterprises  during  last  three  financial  years  from  2022-23  to  2024-25.  District-wise  details  of projects approved during last three years (2022-23 to 2024-25) under PMFME scheme in the State of Rajasthan are provided at Annexure-III . Further, an incubation centre at Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, Udaipur was established with a sanctioned grants-in-aid of Rs. 3.45 crore for the processing of minor forestry products and spices.

Under Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/ Expansion/ Modernization of Cold Storages and  Storage  of  Horticulture  Products  scheme  of  National  Horticulture  Board,  5  cold  storage projects have been supported with financial assistance of Rs. 7.83 crore during last three financial years (2022-23 to 2024-25) in the State of Rajasthan. However, no cold storage project has been supported in the district of Jhunjhunu.

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## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *271 FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2025 REGARDING 'COLD STORAGE AND PACKAGING HUBS IN JHUNJHUNU'

State-wise Cold Storage facilities created as on 31.01.2025 in the country

| S. No.   | State/UT                    |   No. of project | Cold Storage created (Capacity in MT) [as reported by Department of Agriculture&   |
|----------|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar            |                4 | Farmers Welfare during 2025] 2210                                                  |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh&             |              480 | 1996340                                                                            |
| 3        | Telangana Arunachal Pradesh |                2 | 6000                                                                               |
| 4        | Assam                       |               43 | 206742                                                                             |
| 5        | Bihar                       |              316 | 1490200                                                                            |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  |                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                 |                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       | Odisha                      |              182 | 579321                                                                             |
| 25       | Puducherry                  |                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       | Uttarakhand                 |               62 | 206848                                                                             |
| 34       | West Bengal                 |              517 | 5952997                                                                            |
| Total    | Total                       |             8760 | 39708360                                                                           |

(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)

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *271 FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2025 REGARDING 'COLD STORAGE AND PACKAGING HUBS IN JHUNJHUNU'

District-wise details of projects approved during last three years under PMKSY scheme in the State of Rajasthan

| Sr. No.   | District Name    | 2022-23 to 2024-25       | 2022-23 to 2024-25                      |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | District Name    | No. of Projects approved | Approved GIA/ Subsidy (Rupees in crore) |
| 1         | Ajmer            | 4                        | 9.28                                    |
| 2         | Alwar            | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 3         | Anupgarh         | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 4         | Balotra          | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 5         | Banswara         | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 6         | Baran            | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 7         | Barmer           | 1                        | 7.26                                    |
| 8         | Beawar           | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 9         | Bharatpur        | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 10        | Bhilwara         | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 11        | Bikaner          | 9                        | 32.26                                   |
| 12        | Bundi            | 1                        | 5.00                                    |
| 13        | Chittorgarh      | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 14        | Churu            | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 15        | Dausa            | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 16        | Deeg             | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 17        | Dholpur          | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 18        | Didwana-Kuchaman | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 19        | Dungarpur        | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 20        | Ganganagar       | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 21        | Gangapurcity     | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 22        | Hanumangarh      | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 23        | Jaipur           | 2                        | 14.84                                   |
| 24        | Jaipur Gramin    | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 25        | Jaisalmer        | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 26        | Jalore           | 1                        | 10.00                                   |
| 27        | Jhalawar         | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 28        | Jhunjhunu        | 1*                       | 0.24                                    |
| 29        | Jodhpur          | 2                        | 1.83                                    |
| 30        | Jodhpur (Gramin) | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 31        | Karauli          | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 32        | Kekri            | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 33        | Khairthal-Tijara | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 34        | Kota             | 0                        | 0                                       |

| Sr.         | District Name   | 2022-23 to 2024-25       | 2022-23 to 2024-25                      |
|-------------|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| No.         |                 | No. of Projects approved | Approved GIA/ Subsidy (Rupees in crore) |
| 35          | Kotputli-Behror | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 36          | Nagaur          | 1                        | 5.00                                    |
| 37          | Neem ka Thana   | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 38          | Pali            | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 39          | Phalodi         | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 40          | Pratapgarh      | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 41          | Rajsamand       | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 42          | Salumbar        | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 43          | Sawai Madhopur  | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 44          | Sikar           | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 45          | Sirohi          | 0                        | 0                                       |
| 46          | Tonk            | 1                        | 8.64                                    |
| 47          | Udaipur         | 1                        | 0.38                                    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total     | 24                       | 94.73                                   |

* An R& D project approved under Research & Development component of PMKSY.

## ANNEXURE-III REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *271 FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2025 REGARDING 'COLD STORAGE AND PACKAGING HUBS IN JHUNJHUNU'

District-wise details of projects approved during last three years under PMFME scheme in the State of Rajasthan

| S. No.   | District Name    | 2022-23 to 2024-25      | 2022-23 to 2024-25                 |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | District Name    | No. of loans sanctioned | Approved Subsidy (Rupees in crore) |
| 1        | Ajmer            | 94                      | 4.93                               |
| 2        | Alwar            | 37                      | 2.51                               |
| 3        | Anupgarh         | 8                       | 0.12                               |
| 4        | Balotra          | 1                       | 0.1                                |
| 5        | Banswara         | 8                       | 0.41                               |
| 6        | Baran            | 14                      | 0.81                               |
| 7        | Barmer           | 24                      | 1.68                               |
| 8        | Beawar           | 3                       | 0.22                               |
| 9        | Bharatpur        | 32                      | 1.5                                |
| 10       | Bhilwara         | 19                      | 1.2                                |
| 11       | Bikaner          | 46                      | 4.19                               |
| 12       | Bundi            | 29                      | 1.55                               |
| 13       | Chittorgarh      | 27                      | 2.14                               |
| 14       | Churu            | 20                      | 1.38                               |
| 15       | Dausa            | 8                       | 0.48                               |
| 16       | Deeg             | 8                       | 0.26                               |
| 17       | Dholpur          | 3                       | 0.16                               |
| 18       | Didwana-Kuchaman | 1                       | 0.1                                |
| 19       | Dungarpur        | 15                      | 0.56                               |
| 20       | Ganganagar       | 27                      | 1.12                               |
| 21       | Gangapurcity     | 1                       | 0.1                                |
| 22       | Hanumangarh      | 39                      | 2.38                               |
| 23       | Jaipur           | 157                     | 10.7                               |
| 24       | Jaipur Gramin    | 3                       | 0.23                               |
| 25       | Jaisalmer        | 1                       | 0.09                               |
| 26       | Jalore           | 6                       | 0.47                               |
| 27       | Jhalawar         | 10                      | 0.49                               |
| 28       | Jhunjhunu        | 24                      | 1.42                               |
| 29       | Jodhpur          | 71                      | 4.18                               |
| 30       | Jodhpur (Gramin) | 4                       | 0.34                               |
| 31       | Karauli          | 9                       | 0.24                               |
| 32       | Kekri            | 7                       | 0.12                               |

| S. No.      | District Name    | 2022-23 to 2024-25      | 2022-23 to 2024-25                 |
|-------------|------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|             |                  | No. of loans sanctioned | Approved Subsidy (Rupees in crore) |
| 33          | Khairthal-Tijara | 1                       | 0.05                               |
| 34          | Kota             | 41                      | 2.28                               |
| 35          | Kotputli-Behror  | 4                       | 0.26                               |
| 36          | Nagaur           | 25                      | 1.65                               |
| 37          | Neem ka Thana    | 1                       | 0.03                               |
| 38          | Pali             | 32                      | 1.85                               |
| 39          | Phalodi          | 1                       | 0.1                                |
| 40          | Pratapgarh       | 15                      | 0.75                               |
| 41          | Rajsamand        | 45                      | 1.77                               |
| 42          | Salumbar         | 0                       | 0                                  |
| 43          | Sawai Madhopur   | 7                       | 0.39                               |
| 44          | Sikar            | 38                      | 1.93                               |
| 45          | Sirohi           | 7                       | 0.23                               |
| 46          | Tonk             | 28                      | 1.66                               |
| 47          | Udaipur          | 86                      | 5.32                               |
| Grand Total | Grand Total      | 1087                    | 64.45                              |

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