Lok Sabha Question No. 13 (STARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Construction/Renovation of Godowns/ Warehouses
Ministry: AGRICULTURE
Asked by: SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI, SANJAY JAISWAL

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & COOPERATION

**LOK  SABHA**

**STARRED QUESTION NO. 13**

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST JULY, 2015

**CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATION OF GODOWNS/ WAREHOUSES**

*13. 	SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE 	  ‡ãðŠãäÓã ½ãâ¨ããè

be pleased to state:

(a) 	whether the Government is implementing a scheme to facilitate construction/renovation of godowns/ warehouses in rural areas of various States  including Karnataka for storage of agricultural produce;

(b) 	if so, the details thereof including the number of godowns/warehouses constructed/renewed under the scheme along with their capacity, State/UT-wise; and

(c) 	the details of the funds allocated/ released/utilised under the scheme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

### ANSWER

####### MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE

###### ‡ãðŠãäÓã ½ãâ¨ããè		 				             (SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

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

**STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 13  DUE FOR REPLY ON 21** **ST** **JULY, 2015.**

(a) to (c):	  Yes, Madam.  The Government is implementing the Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM), a sub-scheme of which,  the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) facilitates *inter-alia* construction/renovation of godowns/warehouses in rural areas of various States  including Karnataka for storage of agricultural produce under its storage component (erstwhile Grameen Bhandaran Yojana).  Under the AMI sub-scheme, for the storage component, subsidy is provided @ 25% for General Category and @ 33.33% for Special Categories such as registered Farmer Producer Organisations, Panchayats, Women, Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe beneficiaries or their Cooperatives/Self Help Groups, North Eastern States, Sikkim, Union Territories (UTs) of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep and in Hilly areas.  Construction of godowns from 25 MT to 30,000 MT is permissible under the scheme. The subsidy pattern under the scheme is provided at **Annexure – I** .

The details of number of godowns/ warehouses constructed and renovated under the scheme along with their capacity,   State/UT-wise, since inception in April, 2001 and up to June, 2015 are at Annexure **– II.** The details   of   funds allocated/ released/ utilized under the scheme   during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise are at **Annexure – III.**

**Annexure – I**

**The subsidy pattern  for Storage component of AMI Sub-Scheme is as under**

| **Category**                                                                                                                               | **Rate of Subsidy**  **(on capital cost)**   | **Subsidy ceiling**         |                                                   |                                           |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                            |                                              | **Up to 1000 MT in Rs./MT** | **More than 1000 MT and upto 30000 MT in Rs./MT** | **Maximum**  **Ceiling**  **(Rs. Lakhs)** |
| A)  North Eastern States, Sikkim, UTs of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands, hilly areas                                            | 33.33%                                       | 1333.20                     | 1333.20                                           | 400.00                                    |
| B) In other Areas                                                                                                                          |                                              |                             |                                                   |                                           |
| 1. For Registered FPOs, Panchayats, Women, Scheduled Caste(SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST) beneficiaries or their cooperatives/ Self-help groups | 33.33%                                       | 1166.55                     | 1000.00                                           | 300.00                                    |
| 2. For all Other categories of beneficiaries                                                                                               | 25%                                          | 875.00                      | 750.00                                            | 225.00                                    |

**Annexure – II**

**State/UT-wise number of godowns/ warehouses constructed and renovated under the scheme along with their capacity, since inception in April, 2001 and up to June, 2015**

| **S.N**   | **State**         | **Constructed**   |                    | **Renovated**   |                    |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|           |                   | **Number**        | **Capacity in MT** | **Number**      | **Capacity in MT** |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1350              | 6181913.78         | 8               | 800                |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 01                | 945.00             | 0               | 0                  |
| 3         | Assam             | 231               | 592652.75          | 0               | 0                  |
| 4         | Bihar             | 929               | 427661.13          | 16              | 3600               |
| 5         | Chhatisgarh       | 515               | 1518921.00         | 0               | 0                  |
| 6         | Goa               | 01                | 299.00             | 0               | 0                  |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 9925              | 3081659.00         | 19              | 19600              |
| 8         | Haryana           | 835               | 4314347.00         | 400             | 302617             |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 71                | 9405.42            | 0               | 0                  |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 06                | 45348.00           | 0               | 0                  |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 15                | 77477.00           | 0               | 0                  |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 4187              | 3125898.00         | 3               | 415                |
| 13        | Kerala            | 112               | 64492.21           | 9               | 2090               |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 2359              | 7378203.00         | 73              | 76620              |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 2440              | 4550735.33         | 45              | 118300             |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 15                | 20375.46           | 0               | 0                  |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 01                | 302.00             | 0               | 0                  |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 01                | 813.00             | 0               | 0                  |
| 19        | Odisha            | 237               | 572989.33          | 4               | 12000              |
| 20        | Punjab            | 1388              | 5639262.00         | 209             | 385828             |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 1006              | 1642083.90         | 127             | 12700              |
| 22        | Tamilnadu         | 385               | 1018190.96         | 178             | 19240              |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh     | 648               | 3308562.20         | 635             | 1239668            |
| 24        | Uttarakhand       | 189               | 473612.98          | 4               | 18600              |
| 25        | West Bengal       | 1316              | 908164.58          | 13              | 1300               |
| 26        | Tripura           | 04                | 25592.00           | 0               | 0                  |
| 27        | Telangana         | 527               | 3079364.26         | 0               | 0                  |
| 28        | Manipur           | 0                 | 0.00               | 0               | 0                  |
| 29        | UTs               | 0                 | 0.00               | 0               | 0                  |
| **Total** |                   | **28694**         | **48059270.29**    | **1743**        | **2213378**        |

**Annexure – III**

**State-wise subsidy released under the scheme during the last three years and current year (upto June, 2015)**

| **Sl.**  **No.**   | **State**         | **Subsidy released in Rs. lakhs**   |              |              |                                |
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
|                    |                   | **2012-13**                         | **2013-14**  | **2014-15**  | **2015-16 (up to June, 2015)** |
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh    | 4777.08                             | 6313.17      | 1540.92      | 657.5                          |
| 2                  | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                   | 0            | 0            | 0                              |
| 3                  | Assam             | 1220.28                             | 467.84       | 0            | 454.62                         |
| 4                  | Bihar             | 387.95                              | 266.01       | 438.71       | 0                              |
| 5                  | Chhatisgarh       | 538.99                              | 1174.55      | 179.16       | 0                              |
| 6                  | Goa               | 0                                   | 0            | 0            | 0                              |
| 7                  | Gujarat           | 2145.31                             | 672.93       | 2015.78      | 1636.49                        |
| 8                  | Haryana           | 4502.48                             | 4752.91      | 4707.75      | 927.83                         |
| 9                  | Himachal Pradesh  | 1.3714                              | 78.55        | 9.56         | 0                              |
| 10                 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 62.16                               | 0.75         | 37.59        | 0                              |
| 11                 | Jharkhand         | 1.367                               | 103.34       | 83.55        | 4.62                           |
| 12                 | Karnataka         | 1447.70                             | 1739.68      | 1629.59      | 1284.11                        |
| 13                 | Kerala            | 11.74                               | 26.27        | 1.92         | 30.00                          |
| 14                 | Madhya Pradesh    | 528.20                              | 4655.70      | 7383.75      | 1832.31                        |
| 15                 | Maharashtra       | 803.09                              | 1396.72      | 2567.98      | 1170.79                        |
| 16                 | Meghalaya         | 0                                   | 73.35        | 0            | 0                              |
| 17                 | Mizoram           | 0                                   | 0            | 0            | 0                              |
| 18                 | Nagaland          | 0                                   | 3.52         | 1.60         | 0                              |
| 19                 | Orissa            | 319.14                              | 259.28       | 112.69       | 0                              |
| 20                 | Punjab            | 4810.38                             | 8003.74      | 707.32       | 0                              |
| 21                 | Rajasthan         | 356.54                              | 619.41       | 1112.32      | 1963.41                        |
| 22                 | Tamilnadu         | 483.54                              | 556.77       | 586.40       | 25.83                          |
| 23                 | Uttar Pradesh     | 1597.79                             | 1935.43      | 5584.40      | 133.20                         |
| 24                 | Uttarakhand       | 648.35                              | 840.55       | 5.12         | 0                              |
| 25                 | West Bengal       | 177.48                              | 713.42       | 275.15       | 138.77                         |
| 26                 | Tripura           | 0                                   | 36.46        | 119.10       | 0                              |
| 27                 | Telangana         | 0                                   | 0            | 1908.83      | 3087.75                        |
| 28                 | UTs               | 0                                   | 0            | 0            | 0                              |
| **Total**          |                   | **24820.94**                        | **34690.35** | **31009.20** | **13347.23**                   |
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