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Central Government/Public Sector | Not Classified - india | PID: 189869
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The Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries has stated that of the 292 approved cold chain projects under the integrated cold chain scheme, 154 cold chain projects have commenced commercial operations.
The remaining 138 are under various stages of implementation. Under the Central Sector Scheme of Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, the Ministry provides financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid at the rate of 35 percent for general areas and at the rate of 50 percent for North-Eastern States, Himalayan States, ITDP areas and Islands for storage and transport infrastructure.
The ministry also gives assistance at 50 percent and 75 percent respectively for value addition and processing infrastructure subject to a maximum grant-in-aid of Rs 10 crore per project for setting up integrated cold chain projects, including irradiation facility without any break from the farm gate to the consumer.
| Updated on: 17 - Jul - 2019
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