Parliament Question: Storage of Agricultural Produce

dIA IP a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 660 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD DECEMBER, 2025 STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE 'i-660. SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:

SHRI NEERAJ MAURYA:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be

pleased to state:

(a) whether warehouses/storage units are being established in rural areas for the storage of agricultural produce under the Food Consumer Infrastructure and Agriculture Marketing Scheme;

(b) if so, the details of the total number of rural storage warehouses sanctioned and constructed under the said scheme in the districts of Etah, Kasganj, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Auraiya and Ac>nIa

(Bareilly) during the last three years, year-wise;

(C) the details of storage capacity (in metric tons) constructed/created in the said districts;

(d) the details of the total amount of funds spent on these projects, district-wise and yearwise;

(e) whether the Government proposes to approve additional projects in the future to increase storage capacity in the said districts; and

(f) if so, the details thereoP ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

(a): Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD) is augmenting its storage capacity by creating capacities under following schemes through Food Corporation of India (FCI) :

1. Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Schemes

2. Central Sector Scheme ’Storage & Godown', Focus on NE States

3. Asset Monetization Scheme

4. Construction of Silos under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode In addition to the above, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare(MoAFW), has been implementing capital subsidy scheme, Rural Godown Scheme (RGS) for creation of scientific Storage capacity since 01.04.2001 and Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure Grading & Standardization (AMIGS) since 20.10.2004 for creation of other than storage agricultural marketing infrastructure. Both the sche;mes have been subsumed as “Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)” sub-scheme oflntegrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) since 01,04.2014, and is implemented across the country including rural areas through its attached office, Directorate of Marketing & Inspection (DMI).

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(b) to (d): The sanctioned capacities under the Department of Food & PD, under various schemes of

FCI in the referred district is tabulated below:- Scheme Kasganj Kannauj Mainpuri Aurraiya Bareilly PEG 25000 0 0 Asset 0 0 0 0 0 Monetization a 0 50000 25000 Further, in Kannauj, there is one operational Silo of 50,000 MT capacity.

As these schemes are being run in PPP Mode, no fund is upfront spent on these projects.

By the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, the year-wise details of the total number of rural storage warehouses sanctioned and constructed under the scheme in the districts of Etah, Kasganj, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Auraiya and Aonla (Bareilly) during the last three years is as under:

Name of 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 Districts No. of Storag Subsidy No. Storage Subsidy No. Storage Subsidy Proje e release of capacIty released of capacIty released cts capacl d (Rs in Proje (in MT) (Rs in Proje (in MT) (Rs in assrst ty (in lakh) cts lakh) cts lakh) ed MT) assist assl st ed ed Etah 2 8024 0.00 I 3900 16.50 I 4000 30.00 Kasganj I 3836 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 Ra-ria 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 Malnpuri i 4947 27.98 I 8301 24.32 I 4863 0.00 Auraiya 0 0 0.00 I 4819 13.32 0 0 0.00 Aonla 0 0 0.00 O 8385 32.44 0 0 0.00

(Bareilly) Total of Uttar Pradesh State for 33 1 138889 1 742.60 281 1148701 1486.oo 31 1 124981 95.58 all districtsP b q -3-

(e) & (f): The requirement of Storage capacity in FCI depends upon the level of procurement, requirement of buffer norms and PDS operations for Rice and Wheat mainly. FCI continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity and based on the storage gap assessment, storage capacities are created/hired as per the requirement.

As regards MoAFW, AMI is a demand driven scheme, however, the allocated budget under scheme, has been fully utilized, and no further funds are available. Hence, the implementation of AMI Sub Scheme of ISAM has been kept in abeyance with effect from 10.06.2025.

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