Question : NATIONAL CENTRE FOR COLD CHAIN DEVELOPMENT

(a) the number of cold storages set up/ proposed to be set up in the country as on date, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government has set up a National Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD) to provide financial as well as technical assistance to States in setting up of cold storages and cold chains in the country;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) the details of assistance provided by the NCCD to various States and the target achieved in this regard; and

(e) the estimated number of farmers benefited/likely to be benefited under the scheme for cold storage and cold chain, State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI HARISH RAWAT)

(a): State-wise cold storages is at Annexure-I.

(b) to (e): The Government has set up a National Centre for Cold Chain Development to establish standards and protocols, with regard to testing, verification, certification and accreditation of cold chain infrastructure.