Cold Storage Facilities

The existing cold chain facilities in India are capable of storing the first shipment of nearly three crore novel coronavirus vaccines that have been earmarked for frontline healthcare and medical workers, the Health Ministry said Tuesday evening

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today emphasized the need for both safety and speed in vaccine distribution, saying "whichever vaccine India gives its citizens will be safe on all scientific standards". "Our priority is to make vaccine available for all. States should put in the necessary mechanism including cold storage," he added at an online meetin...

With the likelihood of a vaccine against coronavirus being available within months, the government has begun a massive exercise to map out cold chain storage facilities to ensure the vaccine is delivered quickly across the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a debt financing facility under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund with a budget of Rs 1 lakh crore. Under this, Farmer Producer Organisation Schemes, self-help groups and agri-entrepreneurs can take loans to build infrastructure for post-harvest management and community farming assets, like cold storage, ...

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have inadequate cold storage facilities for vaccines, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has revealed.

India will provide a 46 million Nepali Rupees as financial assistance for the construction of a five storey cold storage facility in Western Nepal's Dang district, the fifth development project funded by the Indian government in the area.

A suspected ammonia gas leak at a cold storage unit in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on Sunday night triggered panic. Forty-two workers were evacuated from the facility, a senior police officer told news agency ANI.

The humble tomato, a key ingredient in many dishes made across the country, usually retails anywhere between Rs 20 and 40 per kg. But in the last 15 days, tomato prices have gone by from 20 per cent to a whopping 100 per cent.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday launched a series of initiatives in the agriculture department totalling Rs 70 crore, the government said today.

About 2000 tonnes of fruits going waste every year can now be saved as Railways has built a modern cold storage and ripening facility in line with the government's agenda of building a chain of such units.

India wastes about Rs 13,300 crore worth fruits and vegetables per year due to lack of adequate cold storage facilities, according to a report by US-based technology firm Emerson.

Facebook is building a vast new "cold storage" facility in the US to archive all the messages, photos and other postings.

Exuding confidence about the benefits of the Global Agri-business meet-2011, slated to begin on Friday in Bangalore, to the farming community, Minister for Horticulture and Sugar S A Ravindranath said that it will enable good prices, marketing and cold storage facilities for farm produce round the year.

The existing cold chain facilities in India are capable of storing the first shipment of nearly three crore novel coronavirus vaccines that have been earmarked for frontline healthcare and medical workers, the Health Ministry said Tuesday evening

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today emphasized the need for both safety and speed in vaccine distribution, saying "whichever vaccine India gives its citizens will be safe on all scientific standards". "Our priority is to make vaccine available for all. States should put in the necessary mechanism including cold storage," he added at an online meetin...

With the likelihood of a vaccine against coronavirus being available within months, the government has begun a massive exercise to map out cold chain storage facilities to ensure the vaccine is delivered quickly across the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a debt financing facility under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund with a budget of Rs 1 lakh crore. Under this, Farmer Producer Organisation Schemes, self-help groups and agri-entrepreneurs can take loans to build infrastructure for post-harvest management and community farming assets, like cold storage, ...

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have inadequate cold storage facilities for vaccines, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has revealed.

India will provide a 46 million Nepali Rupees as financial assistance for the construction of a five storey cold storage facility in Western Nepal's Dang district, the fifth development project funded by the Indian government in the area.

A suspected ammonia gas leak at a cold storage unit in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on Sunday night triggered panic. Forty-two workers were evacuated from the facility, a senior police officer told news agency ANI.

The humble tomato, a key ingredient in many dishes made across the country, usually retails anywhere between Rs 20 and 40 per kg. But in the last 15 days, tomato prices have gone by from 20 per cent to a whopping 100 per cent.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday launched a series of initiatives in the agriculture department totalling Rs 70 crore, the government said today.

About 2000 tonnes of fruits going waste every year can now be saved as Railways has built a modern cold storage and ripening facility in line with the government's agenda of building a chain of such units.

India wastes about Rs 13,300 crore worth fruits and vegetables per year due to lack of adequate cold storage facilities, according to a report by US-based technology firm Emerson.

Facebook is building a vast new "cold storage" facility in the US to archive all the messages, photos and other postings.

Exuding confidence about the benefits of the Global Agri-business meet-2011, slated to begin on Friday in Bangalore, to the farming community, Minister for Horticulture and Sugar S A Ravindranath said that it will enable good prices, marketing and cold storage facilities for farm produce round the year.