As on 31 March 2017, there were 7645 cold storages with a capacity of 34.95 million MT in the country

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State wise distribution of Cold Storage capacity

As per All India Cold Storage Capacity and Technology - Base line Survey (10 December 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 March 2017, The State wise and agencies wise details are as follows:

State wise & Agency wise distribution of Cold Storage as on 31 March 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)

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