Lok Sabha Question No. 3902 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: Foreign Investment in Marketing and Cold Storage
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY, ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, SANTOSH AHLAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3902

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  9 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN MARKETING AND COLD STORAGE

3902.  SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE   ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Government is  aware that  the  horticulture sector  in  the  country  is facing huge losses due to post-harvest wastages and lack of cold storages for them, if so, the details of the estimated losses of the fruits and vegetables production during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is considering to develop a system through horticultural research  and  invention  to  make  it  possible  flowering  of  fruit  orchards  in  a  phased manner so that the crop can also be harvested in a phased manner to reduce wastage, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is considering to set up more cold storages in various States of the country, if so, the details thereof, State-wise including the present capacity of cold storages in various States of the country, details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) the  details of  the  assistance provided  by the  Government to various States for setting up of cold storages during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  promote  FDI  in  marketing  and  cold storage of agricultural produce, if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to bring down the wastages of perishable fruits and vegetables?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): A study was commissioned by Ministry of Food Processing Industries and carried out  by  Central  Institute  of  Post  Harvest  Engineering  &  Technology  (CIPHET),  Indian Council  of  Agricultural  Research (ICAR),  on 'Assessment of Quantitative Harvest and

Post-Harvest  Losses  of  Major  Crops  and  Commodities  in  India',  published  in  2015, estimated that quantum of quantitative harvest and post harvest losses of agricultural produce  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), 4.58% to 12.44% (vegetables), 5.23% to 10.52% (fish), 2.71% (meat), 6.74% (Poultry) and 0.92% (milk).

(b): Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have standardized the flowering regulation  in  banana,  citrus,  grapes,  guava,  mango,  papaya,  pineapple,  pomegranate and strawberry.

(c): Government, through various schemes/ mission, is providing financial assistance for  creation  of  additional  cold  storage/cold  chain  capacities  in  the  country.  As  on 31.03.2016, about 34 million MT capacity of Cold storage/cold chain infrastructure have been assisted/created in various parts of the country. State wise cold storage capacity created is at Annexure - I.

(d): The  details  of  assistance  provided  by  the  Government  to  various  States  for setting up of cold storages during the last three years and the current year, State-wise is at Annexure - II.

(e): 100%  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  is  allowed  under  automatic  route  for setting up storage and warehousing including warehousing of agriculture products with refrigeration  under    automatic  route.  Further,  100%  FDI  under  Government  approval route for trading, including through e-commerce, in respect of food products manufactured or produced in India is permitted.

(f): The Government is implementing the following programmes to reduce wastages of perishables fruits and vegetables in the country.

- i. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)  of  DAC&FW.
2. ii Integrated cold chain Scheme of MOFPI:
- iii. Scheme of Agricultural Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under Ministry of Commerce.
- iv. Scheme of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) under DAC &FW

Under these programmes, financial assistance is provided to farmers/entrepreneurs for creation of post harvest infrastructure which includes setting up cold storages/cold chain infrastructure.

## State wise Cold Storage capacity as on 31.03.2016

| S. No.   | Name of the State              |   No. |   Capacity (MT) |
|----------|--------------------------------|-------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |     2 |             210 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana     |   426 |         1729286 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              |     1 |            5000 |
| 4        | Assam                          |    35 |          152706 |
| 5        | Bihar                          |   305 |         1416095 |
| 6        | Chandigarh (UT)                |     7 |           12462 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   |    98 |          484557 |
| 8        | Delhi                          |    97 |          129857 |
| 9        | Goa                            |    29 |            7705 |
| 10       | Gujarat                        |   692 |         2570973 |
| 11       | Haryana                        |   318 |          695795 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh               |    53 |          105726 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                |    33 |          100976 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                      |    57 |          226680 |
| 15       | Karnataka                      |   193 |          548001 |
| 16       | Kerala                         |   196 |           78105 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep (UT)               |     1 |              15 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                 |   294 |         1253715 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                    |   575 |          881860 |
| 20       | Manipur                        |     1 |            3000 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                      |     4 |            8200 |
| 22       | Mizoram                        |     3 |            4471 |
| 23       | Nagaland                       |     2 |            6150 |
| 24       | Orissa                         |   167 |          523139 |
| 25       | Pondicherry (UT)               |     3 |              85 |
| 26       | Punjab                         |   655 |         2152003 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                      |   159 |          521387 |
| 28       | Sikkim                         |     2 |            2100 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                     |   168 |          316583 |
| 30       | Tripura                        |    14 |           45477 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh                  |  2250 |        13978608 |
| 32       | Uttrakhand                     |    44 |          148921 |
| 33       | West Bengal                    |   511 |         5940511 |
|          |                                |  7395 |        34050359 |

## Annexure-I

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

Annexure-II

State wise assistance provided for cold storage during last three years (2013-14 to 2015-16) & current year (2016-17)

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | State                      |   2013-14 to 2015-16 |   2016-17 (as on 31.07.2016) |
|----------|----------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana |              6099.1  |                        90    |
| 2        | Assam                      |              2019.55 |                         0    |
| 3        | Bihar                      |               222.67 |                         0    |
| 4        | Chandigarh                 |                24.6  |                         0    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh               |              1632.56 |                         0    |
| 6        | Delhi                      |               135.98 |                         0    |
| 7        | Gujarat                    |             18951    |                      3188.2  |
| 8        | Haryana                    |             10118.7  |                      1158.76 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh           |             12251.2  |                       312    |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir            |             11059    |                       480    |
| 11       | Jharkhand                  |               245.58 |                         0    |
| 12       | Karnataka                  |              2092.97 |                         0    |
| 13       | Kerala                     |               480    |                         0    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh             |              5754.09 |                       250    |
| 15       | Maharashtra                |             11472.6  |                      2410.97 |
| 16       | Manipur                    |               745    |                         0    |
| 17       | Meghalaya                  |                28.28 |                         0    |
| 18       | Mizoram                    |              1049    |                         0    |
| 19       | Orissa                     |              7530.95 |                         0    |
| 20       | Punjab                     |             12910.3  |                       500    |
| 21       | Rajasthan                  |              2263.17 |                       295    |
| 22       | Sikkim                     |               300    |                         0    |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                 |               481.75 |                         0    |
| 24       | Tripura                    |               305    |                         0    |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh              |             17049.8  |                      1312.05 |
| 26       | Uttrakhand                 |              9364.22 |                       675    |
| 27       | West Bengal                |              1969.17 |                       165    |
|          | TOTAL                      |            136556    |                     10837    |

Source: National Horticulture Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM) & Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI))

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