Lok Sabha Question No. 241 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Non-availability of Market for Agricultural Produce
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 241

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## NON-AVAILABILITY OF MARKET FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE

241. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

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

- (a)  whether  farmers  have  to  destroy  their  produceof  tomato,  onion  etc.  due  to  nonavailability  ofmarket  on  a  large  scale  across  the  country,  especiallyin  the  State  of Maharashtra;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof particularly for theState of Maharashtra;
- (c)  whether efforts have been made to providerelief to the farmers by bringing them under theambit of Food Plaza and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the  names of  places  where  these  food  plazashave  been  established  in  the  country, particularly inthe State of Maharashtra; and
- (e)  the other measures proposed to be taken bythe Government in this regard so that the farmers donot destroy their produce?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): Agricultural marketing  is  a  state  subject  and  wholesale  markets are  set  up under the provisions of respective State Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act. However, in order to reduce supply chain losses, promote competition and encourage private  sector  investment  in  development  of  value  chain  and  marketing  infrastructure  of perishable horticultural produce, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), has  been  pursuing  with  the  States  to  de-regulate  marketing  of  fruits  and  vegetables outside the market yards. Responding to pursuance, most of the State Governments have deregulated fruits and vegetables.

As  per  the  information  received  from  Maharashtra  State  Agricultural  Marketing Board, Pune, 'In order to reduce the price gap between producers and consumers through reduction  in  intermediaries  Maharashtra  State  has  deregulated  fruits  and  vegetables outside  the  Agricultural  Produce  Market  Committee  (APMC)  yards  in  July,  2016.  To overcome forced sale of onion, chawl capacity of about 29.75 lakh MT has been created. For tomatoes the current rates are in range of Rs.2084 to Rs.2508 per Qtl. However, the destroy of produce has not been recorded'. The arrival & modal price of onions for last 03

years  in  the  APMCs  of  Maharashtra  is  at  Annexure-I.  The  arrival  &  modal  price  for tomatoes for last 03 years in the APMCs of Maharashtra is at Annexure-II.

(c) to (e): As per the information received from Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), MoFPI has been implementing Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS), a component scheme under the Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  (PMKSY),  to  create  modern infrastructure for  the  food  processing  sector along  the  value chain from  farm  to  market. Ministry does not set up Mega Food Parks on its own. The scheme is demand driven and proposals  are  invited  through  Expression  of  Interest.  Under  the  scheme,  Ministry  had approved 41 Mega Food Parks (MFPs) in the country. State-wise details of the 41 MFPs is at Annexure-III. This scheme has been discontinued by the Government with effect from 01.04.2021 with provision for committed liabilities for ongoing projects.

As  per  the  information  received  from  Maharashtra  State  Agricultural  Marketing Board, Pune, 'Recently in the year 2020-21 the Maharashtra Agribusiness Network Project (MAGNET)  is started with support of Asian Development Bank for value chain development  of  Horticultural  Crops.  With  objective  to  Increase  farmers  income  while promoting  commercially  attractive  private  investment  in  selected  value  chains  namely Pomegranate, Banana, Custard apple, Guava, Sapota, Orange, Sweet orange, Strawberry, Okra, Chilly (red and green),Flowers etc.'

Government of India is implementing Market Intervention Scheme  (MIS)for procurement of agricultural and  horticultural  commodities  which  are  perishable  in  nature and are not covered under the Price Support Scheme (PSS). The objective of intervention is to protect the growers of these commodities from making distress sale in the event of a bumper crop during the peak arrival period when the prices tend to fall below economic levels  and  cost  of  production.  The  condition  is  that  there  should  be  either  at  least  a  10 percent increase in production or a 10 percent decrease in the ruling market prices over the  previous  normal  year.  The  scheme  is  implemented  at  the  request  of  a  State/UT government which is ready to bear 50 percent of the loss (25 percent in case of NorthEastern States), if any, incurred on its implementation. The extent of total amount of loss to  be  shared  on  a  50:50  basis  between  the  Central  Government  and  the  State Government is restricted to 25 percent of the total procurement value which includes cost of  the  commodity  procured  plus  permitted  overhead  expenses.  Under  the  scheme,  in accordance with MIS guidelines, a pre-determined quantity at the fixed Market Intervention Price (MIP) is procured by the agencies designated by the State Government for a fixed period or till the prices are stabilized above the MIP whichever is earlier.

Further,  Government  of  India  is  also  implementing  a  Central  Sector  Scheme Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) of Rs 1,00,000 crore to provide a medium -long term loan  facility  for  investment  in  viable  projects  for  post-harvest  infrastructure  including warehousing  facility  and  community  farming  assets  through  interest  subvention  and financial support.

With a view to promote exports and reduce imports of high value horticulture crops, the Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers'  Welfare,  Government  of  India  had  launched  the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP) in May 2021. In the pilot phase, 12 horticulture clusters were selected including Nasik for Grapes and Solapur for Pomegranate  from  Maharashtra  state.    This  programme  is  designed  to  leverage  the geographical specialization of horticulture clusters and promote integrated and market led development of pre-production, production, post-harvest, logistics, branding and marketing activities.

Government is also implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture  (MIDH)  under  which  financial  assistance  is  provided  for  various  horticulture activities including post-harvest management infrastructure such as construction/ Expansion/Modernization  of  cold  storages  of  capacity  up  to  5000  MT,  purchase  of refrigerated transport vehicle for 9MT and prorate basis for lesser capacity but not below 4MT and market infrastructure such as creation of wholesale market, rural primary market, functional  infrastructure etc  in  the  country.  These  components  are demand/entrepreneur driven for which Government assistance in the form of credit linked back ended subsidy is available through respective State Horticulture Missions.

Onion: Arrival and Modal price for last 3 years in APMCs of Maharashtra (Arrivals in Qtl.& Rate are Rs/Qtl.)

| Mon.   | 2020-21   | 2020-21    | 2021-22   | 2021-22    | 2022-23   | 2022-23    | 2023-24 (Till 1.12.23)   | 2023-24 (Till 1.12.23)   |
|--------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Mon.   | Arrival   | Modal Rate | Arrival   | Modal Rate | Arrival   | Modal Rate | Arrival                  | Modal Rate               |
| Oct    | 3034325   | 3933       | 5362239   | 2480       | 6292007   | 1632       | 6694235                  | 2736                     |
| Nov    | 3483209   | 3592       | 4683293   | 2026       | 6518534   | 1683       | 4428982                  | 3399                     |
| Dec    | 5543209   | 2258       | 6517778   | 1899       | 6875856   | 1293       | 79939                    | 3355                     |
| Jan    | 6292022   | 2305       | 8651025   | 1859       | 9785794   | 1272       | --                       | --                       |
| Feb    | 3993723   | 2913       | 7136805   | 1976       | 9131807   | 911        | --                       | --                       |
| Mar    | 6624823   | 1370       | 7939625   | 1155       | 13742443  | 806        | --                       | --                       |
| Apr    | 5818448   | 909        | 5341361   | 847        | 6396842   | 696        | --                       | --                       |
| May    | 4963856   | 1102       | 6415534   | 820        | 8619272   | 695        | --                       | --                       |
| Jun    | 8048178   | 1550       | 7841435   | 1080       | 9104436   | 910        | --                       | --                       |
| Jul    | 7041700   | 1522       | 7388560   | 1103       | 11097780  | 1227       | --                       | --                       |
| Aug    | 6591495   | 1476       | 8625004   | 1093       | 8929540   | 1711       | --                       | --                       |
| Sept.  | 6036822   | 1508       | 7423998   | 1079       | 5435536   | 1867       | --                       | --                       |
| Total  | 67471810  |            | 83326657  |            | 101929847 |            | 11203156                 |                          |

## Annexure-I

## Annexure-II

## Tomato: Arrival and Modal price for last 3 years in APMCs of Maharashtra (Arrivals in Qtl.& Rate are Rs/Qtl.)

| Month   | 2020-2021   | 2020-2021   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24 (Till 1.12.2023)   | 2023-24 (Till 1.12.2023)   |
|---------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Month   | Arrivals    | Modal       | Arrivals  | Modal     | Arrivals  | Modal     | Arrivals                   | Modal                      |
| Oct     | 1384342     | 2053        | 1131881   | 2494      | 1374543   | 2281      | 2044252                    | 834                        |
| Nov     | 1044406     | 1950        | 726144    | 3016      | 982377    | 1052      | 891074                     | 1795                       |
| Dec     | 591543      | 1501        | 487120    | 2595      | 573616    | 670       | 6641                       | 2543                       |
| Jan     | 591543      | 703         | 299677    | 1573      | 379918    | 820       | --                         | --                         |
| Feb     | 267950      | 805         | 234357    | 1375      | 305259    | 944       | --                         | --                         |
| Mar     | 233371      | 728         | 267116    | 1045      | 310352    | 1128      | --                         | --                         |
| Apr     | 221820      | 833         | 265857    | 1184      | 351398    | 941       | --                         | --                         |
| May     | 287338      | 841         | 404601    | 3197      | 606976    | 809       | --                         | --                         |
| Jun     | 453684      | 918         | 411503    | 3580      | 564974    | 2356      | --                         | --                         |
| Jul     | 624879      | 1063        | 520891    | 1529      | 326920    | 6764      | --                         | --                         |
| Aug     | 1566422     | 835         | 1013183   | 1234      | 783910    | 4628      | --                         | --                         |
| Sept.   | 1814261     | 895         | 1628232   | 1666      | 2011193   | 954       | --                         | --                         |
| Total   | 9081559     |             | 7390562   |           | 8571436   |           | 2941967                    |                            |

## Annexure III

## State-wise list of Mega Food Park Projects approved by Ministry (As on 29.11.2023)

|   S. No. | SPV/IA Name                                                           | State/UT Name     | District Name   | Date of Final Approval   |   Total Project Cost (INR in Cr) |   Amount of Grant Approv ed (INR in Cr) |   Amount of Grant Release d (INR in Cr) | Status                |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Srini Food Park Pvt Ltd                                               | Andhra Pradesh    | Chittoor        | 30-Mar- 2009             |                           121.1  |                                   49.92 |                                   49.92 | Operational           |
|        2 | Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park Pvt Ltd                                  | Andhra Pradesh    | West Godavari   | 16-Dec- 2013             |                           122.6  |                                   50    |                                   44.53 | Operational           |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (APIIC)      | Andhra Pradesh    | Krishna         | 31-Dec- 2015             |                           112.94 |                                   50    |                                   37.69 | Under Implementa tion |
|        4 | Rongoge Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                        | Arunachal Pradesh | Papum Pare      | 12-Sep- 2019             |                            73.02 |                                   43.25 |                                   12.02 | Under Implementa tion |
|        5 | North East Mega Food Park Ltd                                         | Assam             | Nalbari         | 30-Mar- 2009             |                            84.96 |                                   48.84 |                                   48.84 | Operational           |
|        6 | Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA)                   | Bihar             | Muzaffarp ur    | 7-Apr- 2022              |                           180.57 |                                   45.4  |                                    4.12 | Under Implementa tion |
|        7 | Pristine Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                       | Bihar             | Khagaria        | 6-Aug- 2014              |                           120.13 |                                   41.9  |                                   34.8  | Under Implementa tion |
|        8 | Indus Best Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                     | Chhattisg arh     | Raipur          | 4-Jun- 2014              |                            96.58 |                                   43.96 |                                   39.57 | Operational           |
|        9 | Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                    | Gujarat           | Surat           | 22-May- 2014             |                           121.86 |                                   50    |                                   45    | Operational           |
|       10 | Fanidhar Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                       | Gujarat           | Mehsana         | 16-Aug- 2017             |                           151.05 |                                   50    |                                   37.67 | Under Implementa tion |
|       11 | Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (HAFED) | Haryana           | Rohtak          | 21-Feb- 2018             |                           179.75 |                                   50    |                                   28.7  | Under Implementa tion |

|   12 | Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HSIIDC)   | Haryana          | Sonipat          | 6-Nov- 2015   |   155.58 |   44.94 |   33.85 | Operational           |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|----------|---------|---------|-----------------------|
|   13 | Cremica Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                          | Himachal Pradesh | Una              | 6-Aug- 2014   |   107.34 |  50     | 45      | Operational           |
|   14 | RFK Greens Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir  | Pulwama          | 19-Feb- 2014  |    79.43 |  50     | 29.09   | Under Implementa tion |
|   15 | Integrated Food Park Ltd                                                           | Karnatak a       | Tumkur           | 29-Mar- 2011  |   144.33 |  48.72  | 48.72   | Operational           |
|   16 | Favorich Infra Pvt Ltd                                                             | Karnatak a       | Mandya           | 19-Dec- 2017  |   113.83 |  50     | 37.57   | Under Implementa tion |
|   17 | Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA)                  | Kerala           | Palakkad         | 27-Nov- 2015  |   105.39 |  50     | 50      | Operational           |
|   18 | Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (KSIDC)                        | Kerala           | Alappuzh a       | 27-Nov- 2015  |   129.15 |  50     | 38.9    | Operational           |
|   19 | Indus Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                       | Madhya Pradesh   | Khargone         | 27-Aug- 2012  |   131.28 |  49.37  | 49.37   | Operational           |
|   20 | Avantee Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                     | Madhya Pradesh   | Dewas            | 31-Dec- 2015  |   146.07 |  50     | 40      | Operational           |
|   21 | Satara Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                      | Maharash tra     | Satara           | 6-Aug- 2014   |   139.33 |  50     | 45      | Operational           |
|   22 | Paithan Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                     | Maharash tra     | Aurangab ad      | 8-Mar- 2013   |   124.52 |  48.82  | 43.94   | Operational           |
|   23 | Wardha Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                      | Maharash tra     | Wardha           | 13-Jan- 2016  |    92.36 |  50     | 15      | Under Implementa tion |
|   24 | Manipur Food Industries Corporation Ltd                                            | Manipur          | Thoubal          | 29-Jan- 2020  |    81.83 |  43.254 |  9.49   | Under Implementa tion |
|   25 | Meghalaya Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (MIDC)                           | Meghalay a       | North Garo Hills | 23-Nov- 2021  |    65.86 |  48.3   |  0      | Under Implementa tion |
|   26 | Zoram Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                                       | Mizoram          | Kolasib          | 10-Jun- 2015  |    75.2  |  50     | 44.6225 | Operational           |
|   27 | DoysAgri Resources Pvt Ltd                                                         | Nagaland         | Dimapur          | 16-Aug- 2017  |    71.79 |  50     | 38.78   | Under Implementa tion |
|   28 | MITS Mega Food Park Ltd                                                            | Odisha           | Rayagada         | 16-Apr- 2012  |    87.88 |  45.94  | 44.95   | Operational           |

| 29    | Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO)   | Odisha       | Khordha           | 6-Nov- 2015   |   121.95 |   50.00 |    37.8 | Under Implementa tion   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|----------|---------|---------|-------------------------|
| 30    | International Mega Food Park Ltd                                  | Punjab       | Fazilka           | 25-May- 2011  |  130.38  |   50    |   45    | Operational             |
| 31    | Sukhjit Mega Food Park and Infra Ltd                              | Punjab       | Kapurthal a       | 6-Nov- 2015   |  107.83  |   48.7  |   38.76 | Operational             |
| 32    | Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Ltd (PAIC)                     | Punjab       | Ludhiana          | 27-Nov- 2015  |  117.61  |   37.73 |   37.62 | Under Implementa tion   |
| 33    | Greentech Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd                                  | Rajasthan    | Ajmer             | 19-Feb- 2014  |  110.35  |   49.88 |   44.9  | Operational             |
| 34    | Shree Ram Mega Food Park Private Limited                          | Rajasthan    | Bikaner           | 7-Apr- 2022   |  132.81  |   50    |    0    | Under Implementa tion   |
| 35    | Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board (TNSAMB)            | Tamil Nadu   | Tirunelveli       | 23-Jun- 2021  |   77.024 |   23.64 |    6.89 | Under Implementa tion   |
| 36    | Smart Agro Food Park Pvt Ltd                                      | Telangan a   | Nizamaba d        | 10-Jun- 2015  |  108.95  |   50    |   44.99 | Operational             |
| 37    | Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (TSIIC) | Telangan a   | Khamma m          | 5-Feb- 2016   |  109.59  |   49.79 |   28.49 | Under implementa tion   |
| 38    | Sikaria Mega Food Park (P) Ltd                                    | Tripura      | West Tripura      | 30-Nov- 2011  |   77.79  |   48.39 |   45    | Operational             |
| 39    | Patanjali Food and Herbal Park Pvt Ltd                            | Uttarakha nd | Haridwar          | 30-Mar- 2009  |   95.08  |   50    |   50    | Operational             |
| 40    | Himalayan Food Park Pvt Ltd                                       | Uttarakha nd | Udham Singh Nagar | 23-Jan- 2014  |   98.08  |   47.79 |   47.79 | Operational             |
| 41    | Jangipur Bengal Mega Food Park Ltd                                | West Bengal  | Murshida bad      | 16-Mar- 2010  |  132.7   |   50    |   45    | Operational             |
| Total | Total                                                             | Total        | Total             | Total         | 4635.87  | 1958.53 | 1469.38 |                         |

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