Lok Sabha Question No. 3892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: Cold Storages
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, DILIP PATEL

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3892

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  22 ND  DECEMBER, 2015

## COLD STORAGES

3892.  SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRI DILIP PATEL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं किसान िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that a big portion of fruits and vegetables gets wasted due to shortage of cold storage/storages in various States of the country, if so, the details of the loss suffered during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the present number of cold storages along with the storage capacity and the extent of utilization thereof in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the schemes being implemented by the Government for promoting entrepreneurs  for  setting  up  cold  storages  in  various  States  of  the  country  including Haryana during the twelfth five year plan period;
- (d) whether with a view to preventing the farmers from selling their produce at lower prices in Haryana  and  creating  storage  capacity in the rural areas  the  Union Government  proposes  to  introduce  rural  storage  scheme  in  various  States  of  the country including Haryana; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/UT wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं किसान िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè ( SHRI MOHANBHAI KUNDARIA )

- (a): 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).

(b): As per the information available  there  are 7091  cold  storages  with  capacity  of 32.72 million MT. The State wise details are at Annexed .

As per survey report commissioned by NHB and conducted by Hansa Research Group  (December,  2014),  capacity  utilization  of  the  cold  storage  in  the  country  was 75%.

(c) to (e): Government of India is implementing following programmes during twelfth five year plan for setting up of cold storages to reduce losses in the country including Haryana.

(i) Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is being implemented during 12 th Five Year Plan, in all States/UTs, including Haryana. MIDH provides credit linked back ended subsidy at 35% of the project cost in general areas and at 50% in hilly and scheduled areas for post-harvest infrastructure including cold storages.

(ii) Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) provides assistance for setting up of  integrated  clod  chain  and  preservation  infrastructure  under  the  Central  Sector scheme of Cold-chain development where in financial assistance @ 50% of total cost in general areas and @ 75% for North Eastern & difficult areas is available.

(iii) Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) implements Public Private Partnership Viability Gap Funding (PPP-VGF) Scheme which is also available to private enterprises for developing the cold-chain infrastructure.

## State wise Cold Storage Capacity

## Annexure

(As on 31.03.2015)

| S.No.   | State                          |   No. |   Capacity (MT) |
|---------|--------------------------------|-------|-----------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |     2 |             210 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                 |   413 |         1622320 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh              |     2 |            5000 |
| 4       | Assam                          |    35 |          126179 |
| 5       | Bihar                          |   304 |         1411395 |
| 6       | Chandigarh (UT)                |     7 |           12462 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                   |    97 |          470546 |
| 8       | Delhi                          |    97 |          129857 |
| 9       | Goa                            |    29 |            7705 |
| 10      | Gujarat                        |   625 |         2323175 |
| 11      | Haryana                        |   307 |          638601 |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh               |    34 |           53009 |
| 13      | Jammu & Kashmir                |    29 |           69769 |
| 14      | Jharkhand                      |    56 |          221680 |
| 15      | Karnataka                      |   192 |          536333 |
| 16      | Kerala                         |   197 |           78355 |
| 17      | Lakshadweep (UT)               |     1 |              15 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh                 |   275 |         1168321 |
| 19      | Maharashtra                    |   555 |          762798 |
| 20      | Manipur                        |     1 |            2175 |
| 21      | Meghalaya                      |     4 |            8200 |
| 22      | Mizoram                        |     3 |            3931 |
| 23      | Nagaland                       |     2 |            6150 |
| 24      | Orissa                         |   120 |          366699 |
| 25      | Pondicherry (UT)               |     3 |              85 |
| 26      | Punjab                         |   617 |         2051377 |
| 27      | Rajasthan                      |   157 |          490888 |
| 28      | Sikkim                         |     3 |            2100 |
| 29      | Tamil Nadu                     |   165 |          304771 |
| 30      | Tripura                        |    14 |           45477 |
| 31      | Uttar Pradesh                  |  2209 |        13807762 |
| 32      | Uttrakhand                     |    30 |           89689 |
| 33      | West Bengal                    |   506 |         5912237 |
|         | Total                          |  7091 |        32729271 |

Source:    Directorate  of  Marketing  and  Inspection  (DMI)  upto  2009,  National  Horticulture  Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM) & Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

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