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Ministry of Food Processing Industries

1303 Cold Storages with total capacity of over 45 lakh MT established in country since 2015

Posted On: 03 DEC 2019 1:57PM by PIB Delhi

1303 cold storages with a total capacity of 45,62,860 Metric Tonnes (MT) have been established in the country under the schemes under Ministry of Food Processing Industries and Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) from 2015-16 to 2019-20 (as on 31.10.2019). This information was given by the Minister of State forFood Processing IndustriesShRameswarTeliin a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. The details of the capacity generation are as follows:

State/ UT-wise and Year-wise distribution of cold storages financially assisted under the Schemes of MoFPI and DAC&FW with their respective capacities from2015-16 to 2019-20 (as on 31.10.2019)

S.No.

State

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

Total

Number of cold storage

Capacity in MT

Number of cold storage

Capacity in MT

Number of cold storage

Capacity in MT

Number of cold storage

Capacity in MT

Number of cold storage

Capacity in MT

Number of cold storage

Capacity in MT

1

Andhra Pradesh

7

31037

11

54780

7

19860

13

39397

3

36888

41

181962

2

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0

0

0

0

2

1000

0

0

0

0

2

1000

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0

0

0

0

1

1000

0

0

0

0

1

1000

4

Assam

4

21577

2

10552

0

0

2

15200

2

3500

10

50829

5

Bihar

2

3500

0

0

0

0

5

26682

7

42400

14

72582

6

Chhattisgarh

1

5200

0

0

0

0

6

3827

3

6500

10

15527

7

Gujarat

62

219958

72

355615

126

576389

72

295767

8

19217

340

1466945

8

Haryana

13

40794

24

64831

17

39754

5

10890

0

0

59

156269

9

Himachal Pradesh

19

39092

11

15441

0

0

19

21484

2

5700

51

81717

10

Jammu & Kashmir

6

26207

4

14730

20

72209

6

17134

0

0

36

130280

11

Jharkhand

1

5000

1

10000

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

15000

12

Karnataka

1

4900

5

24579

12

28277

15

46723

7

45024

40

149503

13

Kerala

0

0

0

0

3

3600

3

4900

3

2500

9

11000

14

Madhya Pradesh

22

109129

0

0

3

22102

5

26340

4

1800

34

159371

15

Maharashtra

11

41157

7

26747

35

80600

31

25630

0

0

84

174134

16

Manipur

0

0

0

0

1

1600

0

0

1

90

2

1690

17

Nagaland

0

0

0

0

3

1000

1

500

0

0

4

1500

18

Odisha

47

156440

7

39982

5

5300

0

0

4

9600

63

211322

19

Punjab

36

107727

1

8015

22

59560

28

111438

2

200

89

286940

20

Rajasthan

3

10979

2

6506

20

39350

11

41873

1

0

37

98708

21

Tamil Nadu

12

7912

0

0

12

31200

8

18817

15

24900

47

82829

22

Telangana

10

56029

5

23000

5

11600

8

20400

10

45446

38

156475

23

Tripura

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

5000

0

0

1

5000

24

Uttar Pradesh

44

174184

42

207098

84

306062

49

211271

4

28295

223

926910

25

Uttarakhand

19

36150

3

11200

13

25500

10

6170

0

0

45

79020

26

West Bengal

5

30077

0

0

1

1000

10

7570

5

6700

21

45347

 

Total

325

1127049

197

873076

392

1326962

308

957013

81

278760

1303

4562860

 

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing Pradhan MantriKisanSampadaYojana (PMKSY), which comprises of component schemes namely (i) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, (ii) Mega Food Park, (iii) Creation of Backward & Forward Linkages, (iv)Creation / Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (v) Agro processing Cluster and (vi) Operation Greens. Cold storages are established as a part of these schemes. The prospective entrepreneurs may apply against the Expression of Interest as and when floated by thisMinistry.

 

Cold storages are also established through the schemes of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) namely (i) Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) for development of Horticulture in the country and (ii) Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/ Expansion / Modernization of Cold Storages and Storages for Horticulture Products of National Horticulture Board.

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