POST-HARVEST LOSSES
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) had commissioned a study through NABARD Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. (NABCONS), namely, “Study to determine Post harvest losses of Agri Produce in India” in 2022 with reference year 2020-22. The details of estimated loss of perishable food during transportation reported in the study are as under:
Category | Estimated Loss (%) | |
At Farm level | At Market level | |
Fruits | 0.27-1.41 | 0.50-1.30 |
Vegetables | 0.11-0.85 | 0.12-1.57 |
Milk | 0.21 | 0.12 |
Egg | 0.30 | 0.39 |
Meat | - | 0.02 |
Poultry meat | - | 0.02 |
Inland fish | 0.14 | 0.14 |
Marine fish | 0.42 | 0.52 |
MoFPI implements Central Sector Umbrella Scheme-Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) since 2016-17 to create post-harvest infrastructure and processing facilities to boost the overall development of the food processing sector including reduction in post-harvest losses, enhancing value addition etc. The component schemes under PMKSY are (i) Mega Food Parks (the component has been discontinued with effect from 01.04.2021 with provision for committed liabilities only) (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, (iii) Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters, (iv) Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages (The component has been discontinued from 1st April 2021) (v) Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities and (vi) Operation Greens. MoFPI provides credit linked financial assistance (capital subsidy) in the form of grants-in-aid to entrepreneurs for setting up of food processing/preservation infrastructure which, interalia, includes cold storages to minimize post-harvest losses. As on 31st October, 2024, 1187 projects have been approved under PMKSY.
Apart from MoFPI, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has also launched the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme in July 2020 under the Atmanirbhar Bharat package in order to improve post-harvest infrastructure and create community farming assets. The AIF Scheme facilitates sanction of medium to long term loans by Banks and other lending institutions for the setting up of cold storage facilities, warehouses and processing units, aimed at reducing crop wastage and enhancing value addition.
(b). As per the above said study conducted by NABCONS in 2022 with reference year 2020-22, the estimated monetary post-harvest loss for various commodities are as below:
Category | Estimated monetary loss (Rs. in crore) |
Cereals | 26000.79 |
Pulses | 9289.21 |
Oilseeds | 10924.97 |
Fruits | 29545.07 |
Vegetables | 27459.08 |
Plantation crops | 16412.56 |
Livestock produce | 29871.41 |
Eggs | 3287.32 |
Crop-specific data for cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables are at Annexure.The information was given by the union minister of state food processing industries shri Ravneet Singh Bittu in a written reply today in Loksabha
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