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The Gramin Bhandaran Yojana
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- It aims to build specialised storage facilities in rural areas to accommodate farmers’ needs for storing agricultural output and encouraging agricultural produce grading, standardisation, and quality assurance to increase marketability.
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Warehouse Infrastructure Fund
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- It was established to provide loans to public and private sectors to build cold chain infrastructure, including silos, storage, and warehouses.
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Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (NWR) or Electronic NWR
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- The Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) was established to introduce the Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (NWR)/Electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (e-NWR) system in India in order to encourage farmers (as well as businesses) not to sell their produce right after harvest, when prices typically fall to their lowest levels of the year.
- They can keep their produce in WDRA-approved warehouses that provide NWRs or e-NWRs.
- Farmers can use e-NWR to apply for institutional financing from banks using their NWR or e-NWR as collateral.
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Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme
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- It is being implemented for construction of storage godowns in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode through private entrepreneurs, Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs).
- It aims to overcome storage constraints and ensure safe stocking of foodgrains across the country.
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Central Sector Scheme for construction of godowns
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- It focuses on augmenting capacity in the North Eastern Region (NER) along with few other States
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PM Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)
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- For Development of cold storage facilities, specialised packaging units, warehousing facilities, etc.
- One component of PMKSY is Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure scheme, which promotes integrated and complete cold chain facilities without any break from the farm gate to the consumer, to reduce losses by improving efficiency in collection of farmers produce, storage, transportation, and minimal processing.
- Both horticultural and non-horticultural produce are eligible for support under this scheme.
- Under this scheme, as of December 31, 2022, cold storage capacity of 8.38 lakh MT has been created.
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Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
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- Under this, financial assistance is provided for various horticulture activities, includingconstruction/Expansion/ Modernisation of cold storages of capacity up to 5000 MT in the country.
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Capital Investment subsidy scheme for Construction/expansion/modernisation of Cold Storage and Storage for Horticulture Products
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- It provisions credit linked back-ended subsidy at the rate of 35% of the capital cost of the project in general areas and 50% in case of North East, hilly & scheduled areas for construction/expansion/modernisation of cold storage and Controlled Atmosphere (CA) storage of capacity above 5000 MT and up to 10000 MT.
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Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
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- It addresses critical gaps in fish production, productivity, quality, technology, post-harvest infrastructure — with emphasis on a seamless cold chain — and management, modernisation, and strengthening of the value chain, reduction of post-harvest losses, traceability, etc.
- The scheme aims to enhance fish production to 22 million MT, exports to INR 1 lakh Cr, and generate about 55 lakh direct and indirect employment opportunities by 2024-25.
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Priority Sector Lending
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- It cover loans for the construction of storage facilities (warehouse, market yards, godowns, and silos), including cold storage units/cold storage chains designed to store agricultural produce/products, irrespective of their location.
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Integrated Cold Chain Availability Platform
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- It is envisaged to be a national database that enables active linkage between multiple cold-chain assets across owners, promoting integration of use though collaboration.
- It is a joint effort of various institutions like National Horticulture Board, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, Ministry of Food Processing Industries and National Centre for Cold-chain Development.
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