Cold Chain Infrastructure In India

Cold Chain Infrastructure in India For Food Security

S.R.SWAMINATHAN S.SIYAMALAN

TNAU

Introduction • India is the world’s second largest producer of food • Agriculture sector contributes 24% of our GDP. • Annual agricultural produce wasted is 30-35% of the production (40 million tones worth 50,000 Crores)

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2nd Green Revolution – prevention of Agri. Wastage through processing & preservation. Major constraints

– post harvest handling – poor infrastructure, – unavailability of cold storages, – poor transportation

a COLD CHAIN is the

need of the

Cold chain concept A Cold Chain is a system which provides a series of facilities for maintaining ideal storage conditions for perishables from the point of origin to the point of consumption

Cold Chain

Farm

Pack house

Cold storage

Retail outlets

Reefer van

PACK HOUSE WITH COLD STORAGE

FARM PRECOOLING

WASHING & DRYING

SORTING AND GRADING

COLD STORAGE

PACKING

Benefits of a Cold Chain  Minimizes post-harvest spoilage  Extends shelf life e.g. fruits, vegetables and flowers Safeguards potency e.g. vaccines Retains quality e.g. Ice cream Prevents decay e.g. Frozen food

Market scope • Indian retail industries about US $ 336 billion, accounts for nearly 37 % of India’s GDP. • 8th largest retail market in the world. • The GDP is projected to grow by around 40 % in

Incentives Organisation providing subsidy MOFPI (Tenth Five Year Plan )

Financial Assistance

25% of common MOFPI (proposed 11 lakhs 50% of th Year Plan ) common crores National 25% of

the cost of P&M, ceiling of Rs. 75 the cost of P&M, ceiling of Rs. 10

the cost of Horticultural project, common ceiling Board Rs.chain 50 lakhs exempt excise duty of cold refrigeration equipment

Cold chain covering Dindigul, Theni and Madurai

Cold storage

• 6 collection centers with pre-cooling unit. • 3 refeer vans • 200 MT pack house • 3000 MT cold storage

Cold Storage with Pack House

30 m

Cold Room III

Cold Room II

Capacity 500 MT

Capacity 500 MT

75 m

Cold Room I

5 m

Packing and Grading Hall Packaging materials 10 m

Capacity 500 Loading MT

10 m 18 m Unloading

Capacity 500 MT

Pre CoolingRipening Chamber Chamber

Office

Capacity 500 MT

Cold Room VI

Ante Room

Capacity 500 MT

Cold Room V

5 m

30 m

Cold Room IV

10m

10 m

25 m

Financials Means of Finance Share Capital Venture Capital Capital Subsidy Term loan from Bank Total

(Rs. in Lakhs) 130.00 30.00 50.00 320.00 530.00

Conclusion Cold chain - increases shelf life & Reduces wastage, Avoids glut in the market & difference in price range. Retail Boom •A group of 3 - 4 farmers can set up these pack houses with minimum investment

Links Farmers To This will provide employment also in Superstores rural areas