Lok Sabha Question No. 6230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-02
Subject: Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Dulu Mahato, Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti, Dr. Hemang Joshi, Shri Bhojraj Nag, Shri Tapir Gao, Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Shri Jagdambika Pal, Smt. Sanjna Jatav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6230

ANSWERED ON 02 ND  APRIL 2026

## INTEGRATED COLD CHAIN AND VALUE ADDITION INFRASTRUCTURE

## 6230.   SHRI TAPIR GAO:

SHRI KRISHNA PRASAD TENNETI: SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL: DR. HEMANG JOSHI: SHRI BHOJRAJ NAG: SHRI DULU MAHATO: SMT. SANJNA JATAV: SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:

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

- (a) the number of projects approved and operationalised under the integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure to strengthen farm-to-consumer cold storage and logistics infrastructure in the country including Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;
- (b) the cold storage capacity, refrigerated transport and pack house infrastructure created under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana in the country including the said States; and
- (c)  the  extent  to  which  these  projects  have  contributed  to  reduction  of post-harvest  losses  and improvement of value addition in the agricultural and food processing sector?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAVNEET SINGH)

- (a) : As on 31.12.2025, 402 projects have been approved across the country including 14 and 26 projects in the State of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh respectively under the component schemeIntegrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure(Cold Chain scheme) of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). Out of 402 projects, 301 have been completed and started commercial operations across the country including 13 and 20 completed and operational projects in the State of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh respectively. District-wise distribution of cold chain projects approved under Cold Chain scheme across the country including the State of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is provided at Annexure.
- (b) : As on 31.12.2025, under PMKSY, 690 cold storage facilities with preservation capacity of about 51.85 lakh MT per annum have been created and procurement of 1,768 reefer vehicles have been supported through 422 completed and operational  food processing projects approved under various component schemes of PMKSY across the country, which includes cold storage capacity of 0.506 LMT and 68 reefer vehicles from 19 completed and operational food processing projects in the State of Rajasthan and cold storage capacity of 0.755 LMT and 121 reefer vehicles from 29 completed and operational food processing projects in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

(c) : The Ministry of Food Processing Industries estimates post-harvest losses from time to time for  various  agri-produces  in  the  country  through  commissioning  of  studies  based  on  primary surveys. Two studies were commissioned by the Ministry through (i) Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) -Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering & Technology (CIPHET), 2015 with reference year 2012-14 and (ii) NABARD Consultancy Service Pvt. Ltd (NABCONS), 2022 with reference year 2020-22. The available studies on post-harvest losses are periodic in nature and do not provide year-wise estimates.

Thus, as per the findings of these two studies, a reduction in the post-harvest losses has been observed for the crops covered under these studies. Accordingly, the estimated percentage of postharvest loss of various agricultural produce in India is as follows:

| Crops/ Commodities       | Estimated Percentage Loss       | Estimated Percentage Loss   |
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Crops/ Commodities       | As per ICAR-CIPHET study (2015) | As perNABCONS study (2022)  |
| Cereals                  | 4.65 - 5.99                     | 3.89-5.92                   |
| 6.36 -                   | 8.41                            | Pulses 5.65-6.74            |
| Oil Seeds                | 3.08 - 9.96                     | 2.87-7.51                   |
| Fruits                   | 6.70-15.88                      | 6.02-15.05                  |
| Vegetables               | 4.58-12.44                      | 4.87-11.61                  |
| Plantation Crops& Spices | 1.18-7.89                       | 1.29-7.33                   |
| Milk                     | 0.92                            | 0.87                        |
| Fisheries (Inland)       | 5.23                            | 4.86                        |
| Fisheries (Marine)       | 10.52                           | 8.76                        |
| Meat                     | 2.71                            | 2.34                        |
| Poultry                  | 6.74                            | 5.63                        |
| Egg                      | 7.19                            | 6.03                        |

A total processing and preservation capacity of 196.20 LMT/ annum created by 422 completed and  operational  projects  under  various  component  schemes  of  PMKSY  helps  in  reducing  postharvest  losses  of  farm  produce  /  commodities  by  increasing  their  shelf  life,  enhancing  their processing level / value addition and making them available throughout the year to the consumers across the country.

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ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6230 ANSWERED ON 02.04.2026 REGARDING 'INTEGRATED COLD CHAIN AND VALUE ADDITION INFRASTRUCTURE'

## District-wise distribution of approved/ completed & operational projects under Cold Chain scheme as on 31.12.2025

| S. No.   | State/UT                 | District           | No. of Approved Project   | No. of Completed Project   |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh           |                    |                           |                            |
|          |                          | Anantpur           | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                          | Chittoor           | 3                         | 2                          |
|          |                          | East Godavari      | 7                         | 5                          |
|          |                          | Guntur             | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                          | Krishna            | 8                         | 4                          |
|          |                          | Nellore            | 4                         | 2                          |
|          |                          | Prakasam           | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                          | Visakhapatnam      | 3                         | 2                          |
|          |                          | West Godavari      | 5                         | 5                          |
|          |                          | Eluru              | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                          | YSR Kadapa         | 1                         | 0                          |
| 2.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                    |                           |                            |
|          |                          | Port Blair         | 1                         | 1                          |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh        |                    |                           |                            |
|          |                          | Tawang             | 2                         | 1                          |
| 4.       | Assam                    |                    |                           |                            |
| 5.       | Bihar                    | Guwahati Begusarai | 2 1                       | 2 1                        |
|          |                          | Gopalganj          | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                          | Patna              | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                          | Muzaffarpur        | 1                         | 1                          |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             |                    |                           |                            |
|          |                          | Dantewada          | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                          | Raipur             | 2                         | 2                          |
| 7.       | Gujarat                  |                    |                           |                            |
|          |                          | Ahmedabad          | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                          | Anand              | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                          | Banaskantha        | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                          | Bhavnagar          | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                          | Gir Somnath        | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |                          | Kheda              | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                          | Mehsana            | 10                        | 8                          |
|          |                          | Morbi              | 2                         | 2                          |

| S. No.   | State/UT         | District                  | No. of Approved Project   | No. of Completed Project   |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|          |                  | Panchmhal                 | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Sabarkantha               | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |                  | Surat                     | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Vadodara                  | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |                  | Navsari                   | 2                         | 0                          |
|          |                  | Valsad                    | 1                         | 1                          |
| 8.       | Haryana          |                           |                           |                            |
|          |                  | Bawal                     | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Faridabad                 | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Gurugram                  | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Gannaur                   | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                  | Hissar                    | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |                  | Jhajjar                   | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Mewat                     | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Nuh                       | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                  | Palwal                    | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |                  | Panchkula                 | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Panipat                   | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                  | Rewari                    | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Sirsa                     | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Sonepat                   | 8                         | 6                          |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh |                           |                           |                            |
|          |                  | Shimla                    | 7                         | 4                          |
|          |                  | Solan                     | 7                         | 6                          |
|          |                  | Una                       | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |                  | Kullu                     | 1                         | 1                          |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir   |                           |                           |                            |
|          |                  | Baramula                  | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Kathua                    | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                  | Pulwama                   | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |                  | Rangreth                  | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Sirnagar                  | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Samba                     | 1                         | 0                          |
| 11.      | Karnataka        |                           |                           |                            |
|          |                  | Banglore                  | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Belgaum                   | 3                         | 2                          |
|          |                  | Bijapur                   | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Dakshin Kannada           | 3                         | 2                          |
|          |                  | Hassan, Belgam, Bangalore | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Haveri                    | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Kolar                     | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                  | Ramnagara                 | 2                         | 2                          |

| S. No.   | State/UT       | District       | No. of Approved Project   | No. of Completed Project   |
|----------|----------------|----------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|          |                | Tumkuar        | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Udupi          | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Uttar Kannada  | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Vijaypura      | 1                         | 0                          |
| 12.      | Kerala         |                |                           |                            |
|          |                | Alappuzha      | 3                         | 2                          |
|          |                | Kochi          | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Pattanamthitta | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Ernakulam      | 2                         | 0                          |
|          |                | Idduki         | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                | Thirssur       | 1                         | 0                          |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh |                |                           |                            |
|          |                | Barwani        | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Betul          | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Bhopal         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Indore         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Jabalpur       | 3                         | 2                          |
|          |                | Morena         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Ujjain         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Dhar           | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                | Jhabua         | 1                         | 0                          |
| 14.      | Maharashtra    |                |                           |                            |
|          |                | Ahmednagar     | 3                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Amravati       | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Aurangabad     | 2                         | 0                          |
|          |                | Beed           | 2                         | 0                          |
|          |                | Osmanabad      | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |                | Chandrapur     | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Kolhapur       | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Latur          | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Mumbai         | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |                | Nagpur         | 6                         | 5                          |
|          |                | Nashik         | 15                        | 11                         |
|          |                | Navi Mumbai    | 3                         | 3                          |
|          |                | Palghar        | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Pune           | 14                        | 13                         |
|          |                | Raigad         | 8                         | 7                          |
|          |                | Sangli         | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Satara         | 3                         | 3                          |
|          |                | Sholapur       | 5                         | 3                          |
|          |                | Srirampur      | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |                | Thane          | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |                | Pune           | 1                         | 1                          |

| S. No.   | State/UT   | District        | No. of Approved Project   | No. of Completed Project   |
|----------|------------|-----------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| 15.      | Manipur    |                 |                           |                            |
|          |            | Senapati        | 1                         | 1                          |
| 16.      | Mizoram    |                 |                           |                            |
|          |            | Aizawal         | 2                         | 2                          |
| 17.      | Nagaland   |                 |                           |                            |
|          |            | Dimapur         | 2                         | 1                          |
| 18.      | Odisha     |                 |                           |                            |
|          |            | Balasore        | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |            | Cuttack         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Khurda          | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Sambalpur       | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |            | Balangir        | 2                         | 0                          |
| 19.      | Punjab     |                 |                           |                            |
|          |            | Amritsar        | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Fatehgarh Sahib | 4                         | 4                          |
|          |            | Fazilka         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Hoshiarpur      | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Jalandhar       | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |            | Kapurthala      | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |            | Ludhiana        | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |            | Moga            | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Mohali          | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Nawansher       | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Patiala         | 3                         | 3                          |
|          |            | Ropar           | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Muktsar Sahib   | 1                         |                            |
|          |            | S A S Nagar     | 1                         |                            |
|          |            | Sangrur         | 1                         | 1                          |
| 20.      | Rajasthan  |                 |                           |                            |
|          |            | Alwar           | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Bikaner         | 3                         | 3                          |
|          |            | Bundi           | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Barmer          | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |            | Dholpur         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Hanumangarh     | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Jaipur          | 4                         | 4                          |
|          |            | Kota            | 2                         | 2                          |
| 21.      | Tamil Nadu |                 |                           |                            |
|          |            | Chennai         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Coimbatore      | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Dindigul        | 4                         | 3                          |
|          |            | Erode           | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |            | Kancheepuram    | 2                         | 1                          |

| S. No.   | State/UT      | District          | No. of Approved Project   | No. of Completed Project   |
|----------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|          |               | Krishnagiri       | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Theni             | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |               | Thiruvallur       | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |               | Tirunelveli       | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Trichy            | 4                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Tuticorin         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Namakkal          | 1                         | 0                          |
|          |               | Tiruppur          | 1                         | 0                          |
| 22.      | Telangana     |                   |                           |                            |
|          |               | Hyderabad         | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Karimnagar        | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Medak             | 3                         | 3                          |
|          |               | Mehboobnagar      | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Rangareddy        | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |               | Vikarabad         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Yadadari Bhavana  | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Nalgonda          | 2                         |                            |
|          |               | Malkagiri         | 1                         |                            |
|          |               | Sangareddy        | 2                         |                            |
| 23.      | Uttar Pradesh |                   |                           |                            |
|          |               | Agra              | 2                         | 2                          |
|          |               | Allahabad         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Amroha            | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Aligarh           | 1                         |                            |
|          |               | Balia             | 1                         |                            |
|          |               | Auraiya           | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Badaun            | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Bulandshar        | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Etawah            | 1                         |                            |
|          |               | Farukhabad        | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Gautam Budh Nagar | 3                         | 3                          |
|          |               | Gorakhpur         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Hapur             | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Jalaun            | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Kanpur Dehat      | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Lucknow           | 1                         |                            |
|          |               | Mathura           | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Panchsheel Nagar  | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Shahjahanpur      | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |               | Unnao             | 2                         | 2                          |
| 24.      | Uttarakhand   |                   |                           |                            |
|          |               | Haridwar          | 5                         | 3                          |

| S. No.   | State/UT    | District          | No. of Approved Project   | No. of Completed Project   |
|----------|-------------|-------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|          |             | Kashipur          | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |             | Nainital          | 3                         | 2                          |
|          |             | Udham Singh Nagar | 21                        | 21                         |
| 25.      | West Bengal |                   |                           |                            |
|          |             | Bardhhaman        | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |             | Hooghly           | 4                         | 3                          |
|          |             | Howrah            | 4                         | 4                          |
|          |             | Medinipur         | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |             | North 24 Parganas | 2                         | 1                          |
|          |             | Paschim Medinipur | 1                         | 1                          |
|          |             | South 24 Parganas | 3                         | 1                          |
|          |             | Total             | 402                       | 301                        |

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