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Cold Storage Innovations for Food Preservation

1) Regular cold storage is most widely used in India for onions and potatoes as India is the largest producer of onions globally, with 92% private sector participation in cold storage. 2) India loses over 50,000 crores INR annually due to wastage of fruits, vegetables, fish, meat and dairy products. 3) The top three states for cold storage capacity are Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Punjab, with 75% of storage plants supporting single commodities like potatoes and only 25% being multi-commodity.

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Cold Storage Innovations for Food Preservation

1) Regular cold storage is most widely used in India for onions and potatoes as India is the largest producer of onions globally, with 92% private sector participation in cold storage. 2) India loses over 50,000 crores INR annually due to wastage of fruits, vegetables, fish, meat and dairy products. 3) The top three states for cold storage capacity are Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Punjab, with 75% of storage plants supporting single commodities like potatoes and only 25% being multi-commodity.

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Saturday, 29 April 2017

Irradiation in Cold Storage

1. Regular cold storage is most widely used for Onions and Potatoes in India as it is the largest
producer of onions in the world with 92% private sector participation.
2. Over 50,000 crores INR of annual losses in wastage of fruits, vegetables, fish, meat and
dairy products.
3. Top three states in terms of cold storage capacity are UP, West Bengal and Punjab. 75% of
these storage plants supports single commodity (primarily potato) and only 25% are multi
commodity.
4. Focus is shifting towards more sophisticated machinery, multipurpose storage plants rather
than single commodity, ripening facilities, modern packaging and energy efficient technology.
5. Some areas of cold chain interventions can be found on the below table. 


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6. Under Income Tax Act 1961, deduction @150% permitted for expenditure on capital
investment. Concessional rate of custom duty @5% on imported machinery and equipment.
7. Government of India through MoFPI is putting up 42 mega food parks. The parks have
around 1200 developed plots (approximately 1 acre each) with basic infrastructure enabled,
the entrepreneurs can lease for the setting up food processing units. Out of these food parks,
Murshidabad has 46 acres in progress.

8. List of cold chain projects in West Bengal assisted under the scheme for cold chain by
MoFPI.

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9. Now, let's talk about how atomic energy can be used to preserve food. One of the beneficial
applications of atomic energy is in preserving foods for extended periods.

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