(a) the current demand of temperature-controlled large food storage godowns in the country;
(b) the details of said godowns functioning in the country at present, State-wise;
(c) whether there is shortage of said godowns in the country;
(d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps proposed to be taken to establish said godowns as per demand in the country during 2003-04?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI RAJNATH SINGH)
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 220 DUE FOR REPLY ON 4TH AUGUST, 2003.
(a) to (e): The Working Group on Agriculture Infrastructure/ Warehousing/ Rural
Godowns/ Marketing/ Post Harvest Marketing/Processing and Cold Storages
constituted by Planning Commission for Xth Five year Plan has set a target of
creation of new 40 lakh tonne capacity and renovation of 10 lakh tonne of existing
cold storage capacity during Xth Five Year Plan based on progressive increase in
production. A statement indicating State-wise detail of cold storage functioning in
the country as on 31.12.2002 is enclosed (Annexure- I).
The National Horticulture Board is implementing a Central sector Scheme,
namely, Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme for construction/ Expansion/
Modernisation of Cold Storage/Storage of Horticulture Produce` since 1999-2000.
Under the scheme, back-ended capital investment subsidy is provided to the eligible
organisation @ 25% of the project cost not exceeding Rs. 50.00 lakh per project
and @ 33.33% of the project cost upto a ceiling of Rs. 60.00 lakh per project for
North Eastern States. The Board has , so far, approved assistance of Rs. 208.17
crore under the scheme for creation of additional storage capacity of 31.79 lakh MT
in 716 Nos. of cold storage projects in the country (Annexure-II). A budget provision
of Rs. 46.75 crores has been made for continuation of the Scheme during 2003-04.
ANNEXURE-I
SECTORWISE DISTRIBUTION OF COLD STORAGES AS ON 31/12/2002
S.No. State/UT PRIVATE SECTOR COOPERATIVE PUBLIC SECTOR TOTAL CAPACITY IN SECTOR NO. METRIC TONNES
1 A & N Islands (UT) 01 170 00 00 01 40 02 210 2 Andhra Pradesh 213 556147 13 9270 08 1190 234 566607 3 Arunachal Pradesh 01 5000 00 00 00 00 01 5000 4 Assam 18 62556 00 00 04 320 22 62876 5 Bihar 203 721850 12 56700 00 00 215 778550 6 Chandigarh (UT) 05 11216 00 00 00 00 05 11216 7 Delhi 73 94731 01 2701 16 17680 90 115112 8 Gujarat 315 801942 19 21543 08 7739 342 831224 9 Goa 21 1961 00 00 02 281 23 2242 10 Haryana 215 332700 04 3403 06 11399 225 347502 11 Himachal Pradesh 08 11413 02 767 07 6195 17 18375 12 Jammu & Kashmir 15 40689 03 2134 01 46 19 42869 13 Jharkhand 14 42750 04 11415 00 00 18 54165 14 Kerala 145 28205 06 1080 12 1880 163 31165 15 Karnataka 85 62952 18 7456 13 2739 116 73147 16 Lakshadweep (UT) 00 00 00 00 01 36 01 36 17 Maharashtra 322 372805 53 19839 29 7851 404 400495 18 M.P. & Chhatisgarh 177 796749 20 98877 06 2475 203 898101 19 Manipur 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 Meghalaya 00 00 00 00 003 2500 03 2500 21 Mizoram 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 Nagaland 01 500 01 1150 00 00 02 1650 23 Orissa 72 207435 16 32340 00 00 88 239775 24 Pondicherry (UT) 02 115 01 50 02 35 05 200 25 Punjab 356 1171738 18 39092 00 00 374 1210830 26 Rajasthan 79 255990 09 3832 01 14 89 259836 27 Sikkim 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 Tamil Nadu 98 121685 13 9150 07 4587 118 135422 29 Tripura 02 6950 01 2000 05 7500 08 16450 30 U.P. & Uttranchal 1143 6938118 86 277480 03 8000 1232 7223598 31 West Bengal 345 3792981 53 355301 00 00 398 4148282
TOTAL 3929 16439348 353 955580 135 82507 4417 17477435
(Rs. in crores)
Sl.No. Name of State No.of Capacity Total Eligible Projts. (lakh/MT) Financial Subsidy Outlay
1 Punjab 42 1.34 44.67 10.25 2 Haryana 29 1.01 37.89 8.46 3 Tamil Nadu 22 0.69 35.09 6.40 4 HP 3 0.03 0.93 0.18 5 UP 243 14.72 307.80 71.52 6 Uttranchal 2 0.09 1.97 0.49 7 M.P. 56 1.48 80.42 13.75 8 Rajasthan 37 1.50 44.23 10.65 9 Karnataka 20 0.77 29.72 6.29 10 Gujarat 65 1.79 77.62 14.83 11 Orissa 11 0.53 18.19 4.42 12 M.P. 44 1.59 42.41 10.15 13 Chattisgarh 18 1.14 26.44 6.16 14 West Bengal 37 1.21 52.37 9.42 15 A.P. 31 1.61 56.65 12.67 16 Assam 11 0.51 21.92 5.90 17 Bihar 28 1.27 38.57 9.19 18 Jharkhand 6 0.23 9.01 2.16 19 Tripura 2 0.08 4.10 1.00 20 Delhi 5 0.14 7.99 3.26 21 Kerala 2 0.01 0.30 0.05 22 Nagaland 1 0.05 3.46 0.60 23 Goa 1 0.04 2.12 0.36
Total 716 31.79 943.86 208.17