Centre Allocated Rs. 675.86 crore for Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure in 2015-16

37371 Godown Projects Sanctioned for Renovation/ Construction under Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) Scheme up to 30th June 2016

The Government is implementing capital investment subsidy sub-scheme "Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)" of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) scheme [the erstwhile two schemes viz. (i) Grameen Bhandaran Yojna (GBY), also known as Rural Godown Scheme; and (ii) Scheme for Strengthening/Development of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading & Standardization (AMIGS) have been subsumed into one scheme known as Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) on 01.04.2014]. Under the scheme, capital investment subsidy @ 25% of the capital cost for general category beneficiary and @33.33% for special category beneficiary is provided for construction/creation of scientific godowns and other marketing infrastructure in the country. However, the assistance for renovation is restricted to storage infrastructure projects of cooperatives only. Currently, AMI scheme is temporarily stopped w.e.f. 05.08.2014 for general category promoters due to exhaustion of funds. However, the scheme is open for SC/ST promoters and for promoters in North-Eastern Region.

There is no State-wise allocation of funds under the scheme. The releases of funds are made to the States as per sanction of projects under the scheme in the particular state.

The details of the funds earmarked, allocated by the Government and utilized under the scheme during the last three years, is as below:

(Rs. In crore)

Year Name of the Scheme Allocation of funds Utilization / Release of Funds 2013-14 GBY 344.16 344.102014-15 AMI 926.71 878.182015-16 AMI 675.86 518.81

Under AMI scheme (storage component) (erstwhile GBY), up to 30.06.2016, a total of 37371 godown projects have been sanctioned for renovation/ construction throughout the country. The State-wise details are given below.

Further, under Private Entrepreneur Guarantee (PEG) Scheme, storage capacity of 134.83 lakh MT has been constructed.

State-wise Godown projects Sanctioned for renovation/ construction under Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (Storage component) (erstwhile GBY) as on 30.06.2016 (Cumulative)

Sl. No. State/U.T. No. of Projects Storage Capacity (in MT)1

Andhra Pradesh

1296 5156248.382

Arunachal Pradesh

1 945.003

Assam

266 724805.984

Bihar

990 487187.395

Chhattisgarh

581 1973538.476

Goa

1 299.007

Gujarat

11346 4215750.278

Haryana

2138 7562826.969

Himachal Pradesh

78 24797.6110

Jammu & Kashmir

10 55648.0011

Jharkhand

23 142316.0012

Karnataka

4228 3552873.3713

Kerala

206 90006.5614

Madhya Pradesh

3617 9572573.5415

Maharashtra

3353 5791410.7516

Meghalaya

16 21011.7617

Mizoram

1 302.0018

Nagaland

1 813.5719

Orissa

419 781575.2420

Punjab

1733 6683489.1021

Rajasthan

1418 2554768.2922

Tamil Nadu

1084 1260841.3423

Uttar Pradesh

1122 5243684.5824

Uttarakhand

278 752792.5925

West Bengal

2480 1394532.5126

Tripura

4 25756.0027

Telangana

681 4063182.81

Total

37371 62133977.07

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