(a) the details of the existing warehouse and cold storage capacity in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise?
(a) the details of the existing warehouse and cold storage capacity in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
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(a): In order to promote creation of Scientific Storage infrastructure and Marketing infrastructure (other than Storage), the Govt. of India implemented sub-scheme “Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)” under Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) across the country including Uttar Pradesh. Since inception of the scheme 1,114 storage infrastructure projects (Godowns), with storage capacity of 5.42 million MT has been assisted under AMI sub-scheme in Uttar Pradesh. The district-wise detail is at Annexure-I. Further, the details of operational covered capacity including Food Corporation of India(FCI), State Warehousing Corporation(SWC), Central Warehousing Corporation(CWC), Private entrepreneur Guarantee scheme(PEG), Private Warehousing Scheme(PWS) in Uttar Pradesh Region as on 31.07.2021 is at Annexure – II.
Furthermore, as informed by the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, the details of District-wise number of cold storages being operated in Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure –III.