State wise distribution of Cold Storage capacity

As per All India Cold Storage Capacity and Technology - Base line Survey (10.12.2014) conducted by M/s Hansa Research Group, commissioned by National Horticulture Board (NHB) under Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, 75% of the total cold storage capacity in the country was used for the purpose of storage of horticulture crops including potato. Out of total production of potatoes in the country, 75% was stored in cold storages for long term storage at farm gate.  Further, 95% of cold storages in the country were owned by private sector, 3% by cooperatives and remaining 2% were under Public Sector Undertakings.

                 As per the information available as on 31.03.2017, there were 7645 cold storages with a capacity of 34.95 million MT in the country. The State wise and agencies wise details are as follows:

State wise & Agency wise distribution of Cold Storage as on 31.03.2017

			upto 2009*			2009-10 to 2016-17
S. No.		Name of the State				NHB				NHM				MoFPI			Total
			No.	Capacity (MT)		No.		Capacity (MT)		No.		Capacity (MT)		No.		Capacity (MT)	No.		Capacity (MT)
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)		2	210		0		0		0		0		1		600	3		810
2	Andhra Pradesh & Telangana		290	900606		36		220158		101		619021		15		42776	442		1782561
3	Arunachal Pradesh		1	5000		0		0		0		0		1		1000	2		6000
4	Assam		24	88068		10		61738		0		0		2		8100	36		157906
5	Bihar		246	1147041		28		111821		29		153233		3		3500	306		1415595
6	Chandigarh (UT)		6	12216		1		246		0		0		0		0	7		12462
7	Chhattisgarh		69	341885		14		68323		13		65349		2		8530	98		484087
8	Delhi		95	126158		2		3699		0		0		0		0	97		129857
9	Goa		29	7705		0		0		0		0		0		0	29		7705
10	Gujarat		398	1267304		50		169199		295		1419209		21		46095	764		2901807
11	Haryana		244	393121		39		147816		45		152509		10		56384	338		749830
12	Himachal Pradesh		18	19858		7		20504		29		54805		12		35850	66		131017
13	Jammu & Kashmir		19	42869		6		24630		7		37707		6		7310	38		112516
14	Jharkhand		45	170148		8		36757		5		29775		0		0	58		236680
15	Karnataka		170	407165		8		78844		12		49392		8		24777	198		560178
16	Kerala		193	58105		1		5000		0		0		4		17300	198		80405
17	Lakshadweep (UT)		1	15		0		0		0		0		0		0	1		15
18	Madhya Pradesh		197	808052		22		114580		71		320083		10		20950	300		1263665
19	Maharashtra		466	546748		30		106860		58		151122		50		173662	604		978392
20	Manipur		0	0		0		0		0		0		2		5500	2		5500
21	Meghalaya		3	3200		1		5000		0		0		0		0	4		8200
22	Mizoram		0	0		1		3471		0		0		2		530	3		4001
23	Nagaland		2	6150		0		0		0		0		2		1200	4		7350
24	Orissa		101	291039		0		0		68		247100		2		2002	171		540141
25	Pondicherry (UT)		3	85		0		0		0		0		0		0	3		85
26	Punjab		422	1345193		55		176908		166		584902		17		48701	660		2155704
27	Rajasthan		110	324226		26		98907		21		88760		9		43385	166		555278
28	Sikkim		1	2000		0		0		1		100		0		0	2		2100
29	Tamil Nadu		148	238536		16		65047		1		6000		9		28042	174		337625
30	Tripura		11	29450		3		16027		0		0		0		0	14		45477
31	Uttar Pradesh		1589	10118000		503		2975267		184		1016530		23		66265	2299		14176062
32	Uttrakhand		15	68499		5		9272		10		21650		16		60998	46		160419
33	West Bengal		463	5682000		14		47812		26		153699		9		64050	512		5947561
	Total		5381	24450652		886		4567886		1142		5170946		236		767507	7645		34956991
(Source: Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) upto 2009, National Horticulture Board (NHB), National Horticulture Mission (NHM) & Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)

This information was given by the Minister of Food Processing Industries Ms. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha

Courtesy: pib.nic.in