Lok Sabha Question No. 110 (STARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Cold Storage and its Capacity
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, Dr. Amar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 110

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  JULY, 2024

## COLD STORAGE AND ITS CAPACITY

*110.  SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

DR. AMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state: (a) the total number of cold storages currently operational in the country, alongwith its storage capacity, State-wise including Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan; (b) whether the existing cold storages are sufficient to meet the demands of farmers across the country and if not, the details of the additional capacity required, State-wise including Rajasthan; (c) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  set  up  or  increase  the number of new cold storages across the country to meet the growing demand, Statewise including Rajasthan; (d) whether the Government is planning to set up decentralized storage capacity for farmers in the country and if so, the details thereof; and (e) the details of the funds estimated for this and the time by which these are likely to

- be set up?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष और िकसान क̵  याण मंũी (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

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

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  110  FOR  30 TH   JULY,  2024  REGARDING COLD STORAGE AND ITS CAPACITY (a) to (c): As per available information, there are 8698 cold storages in the country with the capacity of 395.96 lakh MT as on date including the States of Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. The State-wise details are at Annexure-I . A study  was  conducted  by NABARD  Consultancy Services (NABCONS) in 2015  on  'All  India  Cold-chain  Infrastructure  Capacity  (AICIC-2015)'.  The  study assessed  the  required  capacity  of  cold  storages  at  that  time  as  351.00  lakh  MT against the existing capacity of 318.23 lakh MT in 2014. The State-wise details 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 including the State of Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. 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 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. 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.

All the above schemes are demand/entrepreneur driven through commercial ventures  for  which  government  assistance  is  provided  based  on  the  proposals received from the States/entrepreneur.

Further,  to  strengthen  agriculture  infrastructure  in  the  country,  Government has launched Agriculture Infrastructure Funds (AIF) of Rs. 1.00 lakh crore. Under AIF, there is provision for collateral free term loan upto Rs. 2.00 crore and interest subvention of 3% on the term loan availed for creation of post-harvest infrastructure including establishment of cold storages.

(d) & (e): The  Government  has  approved  the  World's  Largest  Grain  Storage Plan  in  Cooperative  Sector  on  31.05.2023  to  be  rolled  out  as  a  Pilot  Project,  for setting up decentralized food grain storage capacity through creation of various agri infrastructure at Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)  level including warehouses,  custom  hiring  center,  processing  units,  Fair  Price  Shops  etc.  by leveraging the 'whole-of-Government' approach.

The Plan is being implemented by utilizing the approved outlays of various Government  of  India  (GoI)  schemes,  viz.  Agriculture  Infrastructure  Fund  (AIF), Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure Scheme (AMI), Mission for Integrated Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH),  Sub  Mission  on  Agricultural  Mechanization (SMAM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Formalization  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises Scheme  (PMFME)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY)  for creation/ modernization of infrastructure facilities at PACS level.

The  estimated  cost  of  the  project  for  each  PACS  would  vary  and  depend upon various parameters such as storage capacity, requirement for custom hiring centre, processing units, etc. Interest Subvention under the Agriculture Infrastructure  Fund  would  be  dovetailed  with  the  subsidies  available  under  the identified schemes for the construction of godowns and other agri-infrastructure at PACS level.

## Annexure-I

State wise distribution of Cold Storages in the Country (as on 31.05.2024)

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |   No. |   Capacity (MT) |
|----------|--------------------------------|-------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |     4 |            2210 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |   471 |         1911442 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              |     2 |            6000 |
| 4        | Assam                          |    45 |          216388 |
| 5        | Bihar                          |   315 |         1483700 |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                |     7 |           12462 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   |   126 |          571693 |
| 8        | Delhi                          |    97 |          129857 |
| 9        | Goa                            |    29 |            7705 |
| 10       | Gujarat                        |  1023 |         4042770 |
| 11       | Haryana                        |   380 |          870703 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               |    89 |          181318 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                |    85 |          322515 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      |    60 |          248629 |
| 15       | Karnataka                      |   261 |          853656 |
| 16       | Kerala                         |   202 |           96655 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               |     1 |              15 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 |   315 |         1364003 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    |   655 |         1172005 |
| 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 |         2606203 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      |   191 |          652879 |
| 28       | Sikkim                         |     2 |            2100 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     |   188 |          399690 |
| 30       | Telangana                      |   108 |          541397 |
| 31       | Tripura                        |    14 |           46354 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                  |  2481 |        15089883 |
| 33       | Uttrakhand                     |    60 |          206621 |
| 34       | West Bengal                    |   517 |         5952997 |
| Total    |                                |  8698 |        39596277 |

(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 State wise requirement of Cold Storages in the Country as per NABCONS

## Report in 2014

| S. No.   | State          |   Capacity Required (In MT) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh |                      530925 |
| 2.       | Arunachal      |                        7508 |
| 3.       | Assam          |                       71996 |
| 4.       | Bihar          |                     5123982 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh   |                      513830 |
| 6.       | Delhi          |                       40122 |
| 7.       | Goa            |                        2271 |
| 8.       | Gujarat        |                     2239476 |
| 9.       | Haryana        |                      240395 |
| 10.      | HP             |                      306147 |
| 11.      | J&K            |                      907842 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand      |                       24951 |
| 13.      | Karnataka      |                      210313 |
| 14.      | Kerala         |                       45874 |
| 15.      | MP             |                     1867179 |
| 16.      | Maharashtra    |                      157709 |
| 17.      | Manipur        |                        5062 |
| 18.      | Meghalaya      |                       18704 |
| 19.      | Mizoram        |                        8920 |
| 20.      | Nagaland       |                        8675 |
| 21.      | Odisha         |                      305500 |
| 22.      | Punjab         |                     1693408 |
| 23.      | Rajasthan      |                       53395 |
| 24.      | Sikkim         |                        2621 |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu     |                      194640 |
| 26.      | Telangana      |                      277129 |
| 27.      | Tripura        |                        8554 |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh  |                    10675137 |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand    |                       72931 |
| 30.      | West Bengal    |                     9480929 |
| 31.      | UT &Others     |                        4539 |
|          | Total          |                    35100664 |

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