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

New Delhi: 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 344.16 344.10
2014-15 AMI 926.71 878.18
2015-16 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 5156248.38
  2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 945.00
  3 Assam 266 724805.98
  4 Bihar 990 487187.39
  5 Chhattisgarh 581 1973538.47
  6 Goa 1 299.00
  7 Gujarat 11346 4215750.27
  8 Haryana 2138 7562826.96
  9 Himachal Pradesh 78 24797.61
  10 Jammu & Kashmir 10 55648.00
  11 Jharkhand 23 142316.00
  12 Karnataka 4228 3552873.37
  13 Kerala 206 90006.56
  14 Madhya Pradesh 3617 9572573.54
  15 Maharashtra 3353 5791410.75
  16 Meghalaya 16 21011.76
  17 Mizoram 1 302.00
  18 Nagaland 1 813.57
  19 Orissa 419 781575.24
  20 Punjab 1733 6683489.10
  21 Rajasthan     1418 2554768.29
  22 Tamil Nadu 1084 1260841.34
  23 Uttar Pradesh 1122 5243684.58
  24 Uttarakhand 278 752792.59
  25 West Bengal 2480 1394532.51
  26 Tripura 4 25756.00
  27 Telangana 681 4063182.81
    Total  37371  

 

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.

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