Lok Sabha Question No. 660 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: Storage of Agricultural Produce
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Neeraj Maurya, Shri Devesh Shakya

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## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 660 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD DECEMBER, 2025

## STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL  PRODUCE

'i-660. SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:

SHRI NEERAJ MAURYA:

Will  the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  warehouses/storage  units  are being  established in  rural  areas for  the  storage of agricultural produce under the Food Consumer Infrastructure and Agriculture  Marketing  Scheme;
- (b) if  so, the details of the total number of rural  storage warehouses sanctioned and constructed under the said scheme in the districts of Etah, Kasganj, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Auraiya and Ac>nIa (Bareilly)  during the last three years, year-wise;
- (C) the details of storage  capacity (in  metric tons) constructed/created in the said districts;
- (d) the details of the total amount of funds spent on these projects, district-wise  and yearwise;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to approve additional projects in the future to increase storage capacity in the said districts; and
- (f) if  so, the details thereoP

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): Department of  Food &  Public  Distribution (DFPD)  is augmenting its  storage capacity by creating capacities  under following  schemes through Food Corporation of India (FCI)  :
1.  Private Entrepreneurs  Guarantee (PEG) Schemes
2. Central Sector Scheme 'Storage & Godown', Focus on NE States
3.  Asset Monetization Scheme
4. Construction of Silos under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode

In addition to the above, the Ministry of Agriculture &  Farmers' Welfare(MoAFW), has been implementing capital  subsidy scheme, Rural  Godown Scheme (RGS) for  creation of  scientific  Storage capacity since 01.04.2001 and Agricultural  Marketing Infrastructure Grading &  Standardization (AMIGS) since 20.10.2004 for  creation of  other than storage agricultural  marketing  infrastructure. Both the sche;mes have been subsumed as 'Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure  (AMI)' sub-scheme oflntegrated Scheme for Agricultural  Marketing (ISAM)  since 01,04.2014, and is  implemented across the country  including rural areas through its attached office, Directorate of Marketing &  Inspection (DMI).

(b) to (d): The sanctioned capacities under the Department of Food &  PD, under various schemes of FCI in the referred district  is tabulated below:-

| Scheme             |   Kasganj | Kannauj   | Mainpuri   |   Aurraiya | Bareilly   |
|--------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| PEG                |     25000 |           | 0          |          0 |            |
| Asset Monetization |         0 | 0         | 0          |          0 | 0          |
| a                  |         0 | 50000     |            |      25000 |            |

Further, in Kannauj, there is one operational Silo of 50,000 MT  capacity.

As these schemes are being run  in  PPP Mode,  no fund  is upfront  spent on these projects.

By the Ministry of Agriculture &  Farmers' Welfare, the year-wise details of the total number of rural  storage warehouses sanctioned and  constructed  under the  scheme in the  districts  of  Etah, Kasganj, Kannauj, Mainpuri,  Auraiya  and Aonla (Bareilly)  during the last three years is as under:

| Name of Districts                              | 2024-25                    | 2024-25                    | 2024-25                        | 2023-24                    | 2023-24                  | 2023-24                       | 2022-23                     | 2022-23                  | 2022-23                       |
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Name of Districts                              | No. of Proje cts assrst ed | Storag e capacl ty (in MT) | Subsidy release d (Rs in lakh) | No. of Proje cts assist ed | Storage capacIty (in MT) | Subsidy released (Rs in lakh) | No. of Proje cts assl st ed | Storage capacIty (in MT) | Subsidy released (Rs in lakh) |
| Etah                                           | 2                          | 8024                       | 0.00                           | I                          | 3900                     | 16.50                         | I                           | 4000                     | 30.00                         |
| Kasganj                                        | I                          | 3836                       | 0.00                           | 0                          | 0                        | 0.00                          | 0                           | 0                        | 0.00                          |
| Ra-ria                                         | 0                          | 0                          | 0.00                           | 0                          | 0                        | 0.00                          | 0                           | 0                        | 0.00                          |
| Malnpuri                                       | i                          | 4947                       | 27.98                          | I                          | 8301                     | 24.32                         | I                           | 4863                     | 0.00                          |
| Auraiya                                        | 0                          | 0                          | 0.00                           | I                          | 4819                     | 13.32                         | 0                           | 0                        | 0.00                          |
| Aonla (Bareilly)                               | 0                          | 0                          | 0.00                           | O                          | 8385                     | 32.44                         | 0                           | 0                        | 0.00                          |
| Total of Uttar Pradesh State for all districts | 33                         | 1138889                    | 1 742.60                       | 281                        | 1148701                  | 1486.oo                       | 31                          | 1 124981                 | 95.58                         |

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(e)  & (f):  The  requirement  of  Storage  capacity  in  FCI  depends upon  the  level  of  procurement, requirement of buffer norms and PDS operations for  Rice and Wheat mainly. FCI continuously assesses and  monitors the  storage capacity and  based  on  the  storage  gap  assessment,  storage capacities  are created/hired as per the requirement.

As regards MoAFW,  AMI  is  a demand driven  scheme, however, the allocated budget under scheme, has been fully  utilized,  and no  further funds are available. Hence, the implementation of AMI Sub Scheme of ISAM  has been kept in abeyance with  effect from  10.06.2025.

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