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Project Profile For Cold Storage Project: Location

This document provides a project profile for a cold storage project. Key details include: 1) Cold storages are essential for extending the shelf life of produce and reducing post-harvest losses. 2) The project aims to construct cold storages in major production and consumption centers across India. 3) Back-ended subsidies of 40-55% are available for projects with storage capacity up to 5,000 tons. 4) An indicative project outlay of Rs. 380 lakh is provided, requiring approximately 1 acre of land.

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Project Profile For Cold Storage Project: Location

This document provides a project profile for a cold storage project. Key details include: 1) Cold storages are essential for extending the shelf life of produce and reducing post-harvest losses. 2) The project aims to construct cold storages in major production and consumption centers across India. 3) Back-ended subsidies of 40-55% are available for projects with storage capacity up to 5,000 tons. 4) An indicative project outlay of Rs. 380 lakh is provided, requiring approximately 1 acre of land.

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PROJECT PROFILE FOR COLD STORAGE PROJECT

Cold Storages are essential for extending the shelf life, period of marketing, avoiding glut, post harvest losses reducing transport bottlenecks during peak period of production and maintenance of quality of produce. It is, therefore, necessary that cold storages are to be The constructed in major producing as well as consuming centres.

development of cold storages in the country has an important role in reducing the wastages of the perishable commodities and providing remunerative prices to the growers and to make available farm products to the consumers at competitive and affordable prices. Location The project may be located anywhere in the country suitably either near the producing farms or consumer centres. Project cost The project cost for setting up of 5000 MT Cold Storage may be in the range of Rs.350 - 400 lakh, including cost of the land. Quantum of subsidy Back- ended subsidy @ 40% of the project cost for general and 55% in case of hilly and scheduled areas for maximum storage capacity up to 5,000 per ton under the Govt. of India / NHB Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme.

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Funding pattern under Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme


Through State Government NCDC to State State Govt. to Govt. Society General HS General HS Areas States Areas States 50% 35% 40 % 25% 40% Total *** 90% 55% 40 % 55% 10% 90% *** 10 % 90% 90 % 10 % by Society Direct

Assistance

Loan BES*
Share Capital

General States 35% 40%

HS Areas 20% 55%

*** *** 75% 75% 25% by Society

* subject to availability from Government of India /NHB otherwise loan from NCDC for a cold storage /CA store up to 5,000 ton capacity. HS =Hilly and Scheduled Areas.

Indicative Project Outlay


lakh)

(Rs.in

1. 2. 3. 3. 4 5. 6. 7. 8.

Land and land development Building and civil works Plant & machinery Utilities Technical Know how Misc. fixed assets Pre-operative expenses Contingencies Margin money

50.00 85.00 148.00 23.00 2.00 20.00 17.00 13.00 12.00 380.00

Total Unit size

The storage capacity envisaged for a multi purpose / multi commodity cold storage plant is 5000 MT. Plant operation will be on an average of 10 hours / day. Approximately 1 acre of land of land is required for setting up of a multi purpose / multi commodity cold storage plant. Protocol for Implementation of Technical Standards The Govt. of India vide letter F.No.45-64/2010-Hort. dated 25.2.2010 has informed that all the project proposals received under various schemes of Department of Agriculture & Cooperation for setting up of Cold Chain Projects should invariably comply to the prescribed technical standards. The details of these standards are available on Website http://nhb.gov.in =3=

Procedure for availing assistance Societies willing to set up new cold storage / modernization / expansion of their existing cold storage are required to apply to National Horticulture Board (NHB) for issue of LOI and send copy of DPR and data-sheet duly filled in by consulting engineer to NHB. The DPR and data-sheet shall also be enclosed with the application by the society to NCDC, seeking financial assistance. Loan application forms are available with the office of Registrars of Cooperative Societies/Regional Directorates/HEAD OFFICE of the NCDC at New Delhi. Application forms can also be downloaded from NCDC website (http://ncdc.in).

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