Lok Sabha Question No. 1769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Cold Chain
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, AJAY TAMTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1769

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH   MARCH, 2016

## COLD CHAIN

## 1769.         SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI AJAY TAMTA:

## Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is promoting development of cold chains through the Mission for Integrated Development  of  Horticulture (MIDH)  in the country including Bihar  and Uttarakhand if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of cold chains  constructed/proposed to be developed during the last three years and the ensuing three years, year and State-wise;
- (c) the total amount invested/incurred annually to increase and improve cold chain system mechanism in the country including Bihar and Uttarakhand;
- (d) the  percentage  of  fruits,  grains  vegetables  etc.  got  wasted  due  to  deficient  cold  chain system during the last one year and the current year;
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to improve cold chain management system so as to ensure that no such wastage occurs and farmers are never in loss; and
- (f) the steps being taken by the Government to increase such projects in the country and the amount sanctioned and incurred by the Government during the last three years and the current year in various States of the country, details thereof State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्राऱय में राज्य मंत्री (SHRI  MOHANBHAI  KUNDARIYA)

(a) to (f): Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  since  2014  for  development  of horticulture in the country subsuming the programmes of National Horticulture Mission (NHM), National Horticulture Board (NHB), Horticulture Mission for North Eastern & Himalayan States (HMNEH), National Bamboo Mission (NBM), Coconut Development Board (CDB) and Central Institute  of  Horticulture  (CIH).  MIDH is implemented for holistic development of horticulture in the  country    including  Bihar  and  Uttarakhand  under  which  assistance  is  also  provided  for creation  of  post-harvest  infrastructure  like  establishment  of  cold  storages,  processing  units, pack  houses,  pre-cooling  units,  controlled  atmosphere  storage,  reefer  vans,  integrated  cold chain and setting up of ripening chambers. Under Post harvest component credit linked back ended  subsidy  @ 35%  to  50%  of the project cost is available.   The details  of State wise and

Year-wise  cold  storages  sanctioned  under  NHM  and  NHB  during  last  three  years    is  at Annexure - I.

The component of post harvest management including development of cold chain under MIDH  is  demand/entrepreneur  driven  from  entrepreneurs,  private  companies,  cooperatives, farmers  groups  etc  through  commercial  ventures  for  which  Government  assistance  is  credit linked  and  back  ended.  Allocations  to  States  under  MIDH  for  implementation  of  various components including cold chain development are based upon Annual Action Plans prepared by the States. States are generally allocating 25 per cent of yearly allocations for development of post harvest including cold chain in the States under MIDH.

Ministry of Food Processing Industries commissioned a study in 2012 on 'Assessment of Quantitative Harvest and Post-harvest Losses of Major Crops/Commodities in India' which was conducted  by  Central  Institute  of  Post  Harvest  Engineering  &  Technology  (CIPHET),  Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The report of the study was published in 2015.

As per this report, post-harvest losses including losses during storage were in the range of 4.65% to 5.99% (cereals), 6.36% to 8.41% (pulses), 3.08% to 9.96% (oil seeds), 6.70% to 15.88% (fruits) and 4.58% to 12.44% (vegetables).

## Annexure-I

## State wise cold storage projects sanctioned and subsidy released during last three years under National Horticulture Board (NHB) and National Horticulture Mission (NHM) (sub schemes of MIDH)

(Rs. In lakh)

|     |                  | NHB     | NHB      | NHB      | NHB      | NHB     | NHB      | NHM     | NHM     | NHM     | NHM     | NHM     | NHM     |     |          |
|-----|------------------|---------|----------|----------|----------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----|----------|
| S.  | Name of the      | 2012-13 | 2012-13  | 2013-14  | 2013-14  | 2014-15 | 2014-15  | 2012-13 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2014-15 |     | Total    |
| No. | State            | No.     | Subsidy  | No.      | Subsidy  | No.     | Subsidy  | No.     | Subsidy | No.     | Subsidy | No.     | Subsidy | No. | Subsidy  |
| 1   | Andhra Pradesh   | 1       | 179.12 3 | 169.91   |          | 1       | 120.00   | 7       | 819     | 10      | 1142.42 | 8       | 926.72  | 30  | 3357.45  |
| 2   | Assam            |         |          | 2 330.00 |          | 1       | 228.00   |         |         |         |         |         |         | 3   | 558.00   |
| 3   | Bihar            | 3       | 170.83   | 3 97.72  |          |         |          |         |         |         |         | 1       | 124.95  | 7   | 393.50   |
| 4   | Chandigarh       |         |          |          |          | 1       | 24.60    |         |         |         |         |         |         | 1   | 24.60    |
| 5   | Chhattisgarh     | 2       | 145.25 3 | 294.24   |          | 3       | 327.40   | 2       | 229     | 1       | 120.00  | 5       | 752.60  | 16  | 1868.26  |
| 6   | Delhi            |         |          | 2        | 135.98   |         |          |         |         |         |         |         |         | 2   | 135.98   |
| 7   | Gujarat          | 1       | 44.37 2  | 223.86   |          | 2       | 785.08   | 19      | 1880    | 22      | 1842.84 | 63      | 7405.13 | 109 | 12181.02 |
| 8   | Haryana          | 4       | 451.17   | 16       | 2141.04  | 11      | 1363.74  | 10      | 761     | 5       | 586.00  | 1       | 106.23  | 47  | 5409.03  |
| 9   | Himachal Pradesh |         |          | 3        | 946.64   | 2       | 375.88   |         |         |         |         | 2       | 2039.47 | 7   | 3361.98  |
| 10  | Jammu & Kashmir  | 1       | 513.60   |          | 417.72   |         | 351.97   |         |         |         |         | 1       | 1625.00 | 2   | 2908.28  |
| 11  | Jharkhand        | 1       | 19.34    |          |          | 1       | 245.58   | 1       | 113     |         |         |         |         | 3   | 378.24   |
| 12  | Karnataka        |         |          | 1        | 50.00    | 1       | 381.56   | 2       | 111     | 2       | 240.00  | 2       | 141.60  | 8   | 923.89   |
| 13  | Madhya Pradesh   | 2       | 196.20   | 2        | 60.32    | 2       | 313.29   | 12      | 1161    | 4       | 396.82  | 13      | 1426.99 | 35  | 3554.58  |
| 14  | Maharashtra      | 1       | 23.00    | 11       | 1036.88  | 3       | 277.20   | 3       | 260     | 10      | 608.92  | 12      | 1533.08 | 40  | 3739.30  |
| 15  | Meghalaya        |         |          | 1        | 28.28    |         |          |         |         |         |         |         |         | 1   | 28.28    |
| 16  | Orissa           |         |          |          |          |         |          | 1       | 20      | 4       | 499.00  | 9       | 1160.50 | 14  | 1679.50  |
| 17  | Punjab           | 14      | 501.80   | 7        | 446.37   | 8       | 1107.02  | 30      | 2283    | 10      | 468.85  | 3       | 342.75  | 72  | 5150.13  |
| 18  | Rajasthan        | 2       | 181.54   | 9        | 598.81   | 1       | 20.40    | 2       | 112     | 2       | 167.66  | 2       | 92.30   | 18  | 1173.19  |
| 19  | Sikkim           |         |          |          |          |         |          |         |         |         |         | 1       | 300.00  | 1   | 300.00   |
| 20  | Tamil Nadu       | 4       | 172.59   |          |          | 2       | 182.75   | 1       | 109     |         |         |         |         | 7   | 463.97   |
| 21  | Telangana        |         |          |          |          |         |          | 8       | 975     | 11      | 1209.88 |         |         | 19  | 2184.95  |
| 22  | Tripura          |         |          | 1        | 165.00   | 1       | 140.00   |         |         |         |         |         |         | 2   | 305.00   |
| 23  | Uttar Pradesh    | 32      | 3636.92  | 70       | 5730.36  | 33      | 3978.69  | 4       | 408     | 13      | 1065.59 |         |         | 152 | 14819.28 |
| 24  | Uttrakhand       |         |          | 1        | 125.00   | 2       | 185.68   |         |         |         |         |         |         | 3   | 310.68   |
| 25  | West Bengal      | 1       | 41.82    |          |          | 4       | 223.24   | 4       | 415     | 1       | 95.16   |         |         | 10  | 775.42   |
|     | TOTAL            | 69      | 6277.55  | 137      | 12998.13 | 79      | 10632.07 | 106     | 9656    | 95      | 8443    | 123     | 17977   | 609 | 65984.52 |

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