As per available information, there are 8186 number of cold storages with capacity of 374.25 Lakh MT is available in the country for storing perishable horticulture produce like fruits and vegetables. State/UT wise details of cold storage is at Annexure – I.

 

The information regarding capacity utilization, real time data regarding availability, cost etc on cold storage facilities for farmers and traders etc. is not centrally maintained by the Ministry. There is no real-time monitoring System.

 

A study on All India Cold-chain Infrastructure Capacity (AICIC-2015) carried out by NABARD Consultancy Service (NABCONS) assessed requirement of 350 lakh MT capacity of cold storage for perishable fruits and vegetables. Currently, there is 374.25 Lakh MT capacity of cold storages is available in the country.

 

Government is implementing following schemes under which financial assistance is provided for setting up of cold storages throughout the country to bridge the gap between availability and required cold storage capacity:

 

1. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH):

 

Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare is implementing Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) under which financial assistance is provided for various horticulture activities including setting up of cold storages. The component is demand/entrepreneur driven for which Government assistance in the form of credit linked back ended subsidy is available at the rate of 35% (for general areas) and 50% (for hilly and scheduled areas) of eligible capital cost of the project for both public and private sector enterprises.

 

2. Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY):

 

Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing the Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure as one of the component of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) with the objective of reducing post-harvest losses of horticulture & non-horticulture produce and providing remunerative price to farmers for their produce. Under the scheme, Ministry provides financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid at the rate 35% for general areas and 50% for North East States, Himalayan States, ITDP areas and Islands for storage and transport infrastructure and at the rate of 50% and 75% respectively for value addition and processing infrastructure subject to a maximum of Rs.10 crore per project for setting up Integrated Cold Chain projects including Irradiation facility. Standalone cold storages are not covered under the Scheme.

 

This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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Annexure-I

 

State wise distribution of Cold Storages as on 31.08.2020

 

S. No.	Name of the State	Total
		No.	Capacity (MT)
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)	3	810
2	Andhra Pradesh & Telangana	405	1567664
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2	6000
4	Assam	39	178096
5	Bihar	311	1479122
6	Chandigarh (UT)	7	12462
7	Chhattisgarh	99	487292
8	Delhi	97	129857
9	Goa	29	7705
10	Gujarat	969	3822112
11	Haryana	359	819809
12	Himachal Pradesh	76	146769
13	Jammu & Kashmir	69	250169
14	Jharkhand	58	236680
15	Karnataka	223	676832
16	Kerala	199	81705
17	Lakshadweep (UT)	1	15
18	Madhya Pradesh	302	1293574
19	Maharashtra	619	1009693
20	Manipur	2	4500
21	Meghalaya	4	8200
22	Mizoram	3	4001
23	Nagaland	3	7150
24	Orissa	179	572966
25	Pondicherry (UT)	3	85
26	Punjab	697	2315096
27	Rajasthan	180	611831
28	Sikkim	2	2100
29	Tamil Nadu	183	382683
30	Telangana	74	410905
31	Tripura	14	46354
32	Uttar Pradesh	2406	14714235
33	Uttrakhand	55	191314
34	West Bengal	514	5947311
		8186	37425097

 

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

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