Parliament Question: Post-Harvest Management Projects under AIF

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5288 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24TH March, 2026 POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT PROJECTS UNDER AIF

5288. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE be pleased to

state:

(a) the details of the total number of Post-Harvest Management Projects sanctioned and completed under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund in the State of Andhra Pradesh, component-wise and district-wise;

(b) the details of the amount sanctioned and disbursed for Post-Harvest Management Projects under the scheme, district-wise; and

(c) the details of the number of female beneficiaries who have been granted loans under the scheme along with the details of the projects for which loans were availed, district-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ िष एवं िकसान क(cid:670)ाण रा(cid:475)मं(cid:361)ी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) & (b) : The district-wise details of Post-Harvest Management projects sanctioned, completed and amount disbursed under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) in the State of Andhra Pradesh is given at Annexure-I.

(c) : The district-wise details of number of female beneficiaries who have been granted loans under the scheme along with the details of the projects is given at Annexure-II.ANNEXURE-I District wise No of Projects sanctioned under AIF in Andhra Pradesh Districts Sanctioned Projects Disbursed No. of Fully Number Amount (₹ in Amount(₹ in Disbursed/ Cr) crores) Completed projects Alluri Sitharama Raju 4 3.43 0.38 0 Anakapalli 51 13.13 7.21 28 Ananthapuramu 139 97.66 31.29 8 Annamayya 9 4.02 0.71 3 Bapatla 90 75.99 44.3 22 Chittoor 40 54.33 43.87 14 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 45 39.27 21.07 8 Konaseema East Godavari 106 223.47 120.36 24 Eluru 93 128.33 78.3 36 Guntur 127 204.63 150.2 39 Kakinada 44 72.23 47.01 20 Krishna 175 167.5 52.93 17 Kurnool 128 96.96 35.94 15 Nandyal 175 132.77 42.75 30 Ntr 88 71.49 18.47 8 Palnadu 134 182.84 94.82 16 Parvathipuram Manyam 90 57.73 29.93 43 Prakasam 69 71.68 38.72 12 Sri Potti Sriramulu 117 104.71 56.34 38 Nellore Sri Sathya Sai 106 46.14 2.6 4 Srikakulam 151 96.26 50.73 70 Tirupati 60 67.64 33.74 12 Visakhapatnam 19 15.41 14.06 11 Vizianagaram 182 107.12 65.67 87 West Godavari 201 135.59 83.67 42 Y.S.R. 52 49.82 33.22 14 Total 2495 2320.11 1198.27 621

Note: Post-Harvest Management Projects includes Supply chain services including e-marketing platforms, Warehouse & Silos, Cold Stores and Cold Chain, Packaging Units, Assaying Units, Sorting and grading units, Logistic Facilities- Reefer Van & Insulated vehicles, Ripening Chambers, Farm residue/waste management infrastructures, Primary Processing activities, Integrated primary and secondary processing activities.ANNEXURE-II District wise No of Projects sanctioned for Female beneficiaries under AIF in Andhra Pradesh Districts of Andhra Warehouse Custom Primary/ Sorting Others* Total Pradesh / Silos /Cold Hiring Integrated & store and Centres primary Grading cold chain and Units secondary processing Ananthapuramu 2 32 6 0 14 54 Anakapalli - 1 17 2 2 22 Annamayya 1 1 3 1 1 7 Alluri Sitharama Raju - 1 0 0 0 1 Bapatla 5 4 3 2 8 22 Chittoor - - 9 - 3 12 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema 1 1 - 1 29 32 East Godavari 8 9 7 1 73 98 Eluru 7 17 7 1 13 45 Guntur 22 2 6 - 6 36 Kakinada 5 - 5 3 28 41 Krishna 3 3 4 2 19 31 Kurnool 4 - 2 - 7 13 Nandyal 17 7 6 2 25 57 Ntr 3 - 4 - 25 32 Palnadu 12 4 6 1 4 27 Parvathipuram Manyam - 1 12 3 6 22 Prakasam 10 - 1 2 6 19 Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore 17 3 2 1 43 66 Sri Sathya Sai - 1 - - 5 6 Srikakulam 2 2 - 9 35 48 Tirupati 1 2 2 1 8 14 Visakhapatnam - - 8 2 1 11 Vizianagaram 3 5 44 7 38 97 West Godavari 9 1 8 4 49 71 Y.S.R. 10 4 3 1 10 28 Total 142 101 165 46 458 912 *others include projects like Farm/harvest Automation, Infrastructure for smart and precision agriculture, Ripening chambers, Poly house/Greenhouse, Logistic Facilities, Organic input production, Post- Harvest Management activities etc.

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