“How to Start a Cold Storage Business”
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@manoj maheshwari, Subsidy is available from NHB, NHM and NARBAD as well . Let me know the product you intend to store . Tax benefit is available on income tax up to 8 year. For more information you can contact us.

@janga reddy, Let me know the commodity you want to store? The mulch-commodity which is very popular run through whole year .

@ROHIT DEHURY, What kind of facility you are planning for tomato is it ripening as well as storage.

@prashant wagh, For banana approx cost of setting up ripening plant is 1 lac Rs per metric ton. 1000 MT is a big capacity. As banana became perishable after ripening and can not be stored longer . Lemon also have short lift of storage is about 5 week. Let me know the market you will cater from jalgaon.

@Vinay (Varanasi), You can establish a cold storage of 500 MT in this capacity  of land and finance. Let me know the product you are storing in cold storage

@Vinay (Varanasi), Try to find viability of the project based on the rental rate you have in your area , hire some CA he will let you know. 

@prashant wagh, Let me know the budget of your project. Mail us for more details.

@Manoj Patel, All these commodity comes under kiryana . In this land you can set cold storage of  2500 MT . Product smell and other factor also determine the size of chamber . Give some more details of construction you are planning for . Mail us .

@sukhjit, The viability will not come for storing this quantity . Apple are stored in CA cold store and peas are stored by processing and freezing and stored at -18 deg . Let me know the investment you are doing . Mail me.

@DURGESWAR ROY, The cost of multicommodity cold storage of  5000 MT is around 10000 to 12000 Rs per Metric Ton . The land requirement is around 2 acre .

@Ram Kumar Sharma,  It depends on the product you want to store for multicommodity cold storage of 5000 MT land requirement is 2 acre. and investment of 5 Crore.

@Ram Kumar Sharma, Potato and onion have different condition to store . The Minimum size of chamber should be 1000 to 1500 MT . BEP will depends on the rent you will get on per Kg. Generally it is seen that promoter invest 25 to 50 % of money and rest is finance . Subsidy amount is credited to bank. For more information you can mail your specification . If you are planning your cold storage  near Mandi you can go  for Banana ripening as well .

@Ram Kumar Sharma, By product an be banana and ice . Banana is current trend now. for 1000 MT you require a space of 450 sq. Mtr. But how you setting up the chamber 1000 MT one chamber or what. I will suggest you set up 1000 MT X 4 chamber . for potato investment will be around 4 crore .for this including subsidy 

@ishtiyaq khan, vegetable and fish altogether a different product. Vegetable can be stored above 2 deg c. fish require -18 deg C for storing it long term as well as it require quick freezer , Let me know the quantity you want to store and what is the near by market for it.

@Noush, With this investment you can have a multicommodity  cold storage .

@HASTIMAL JAIN, Let me know the investment you / land you have and want to invest.

@HASTIMAL JAIN, Investment you said is well able to start a multicommodity cold storage of 1000 to 1500 MT . As per as survey is concerned some agency are doing like CRISIL but not for small project like this . For client you have to get in touch with local mandi or some companies like reliance , bharti and other retails store who buy fruit like banana apple , potato etc. for financial analysis you can hire some CA locally. We are located in Delhi NCR and can help you when you make a decision .

@Nayak, For short term basis storing of most of the vegetable are not viable. For long term you can store potato etc i.e root vegetable . Tomato and other vegetable which grow above earth have a short storage of 4-6 week . Leafy vegetable require specific conditions , so it is a lot of thing you must know. Let me know the vegetable you want to store. mail me.

@Anjani Kumar Pandey, Size for the cold storage can be optimum 5000 MT, Cost is around 5 Crore . Subsidy amount is 1.2 Crore . The agency which provide subsidy are NHB, NHM and NARBAD . Local market can be develop with help of addtahi ( Local Contractor ) . Trading can be proceed along with the storage but i advice you to plan the cold storage on rental basis . NOC is required by town planning , pollution, fire etc. For more info you can mail us.

@Ms.rujvi, Selection is very important  and it depends on the type of cold storage . Some cold storage for apple are located in producing area i.e CA Cold storage while some cold storage are located near consumption are i.e Multi commodity cold storage. First you decide what you want to store and sell.

@Anjani Kumar Pandey, Land cost is not included in the project. but land development is .

@Ms.rujvi, may i know what amount you are willing to invest.

@Ms.rujvi, In this budget you can go for multicommodity cold storage . We can suggest you good location in north . Kundli is a upcoming market in sonepat.

@manish, May i know the capacity of each freezer and if you are willing to put processing line for frozen fruit and vegetable.

@naveen khanna, What type of fruit and vegetable you want to cater . 

@Ilesh Patel, We can work with you mail us the exect requirment.

@manish, you can go for IQF ( Individual Quick Freezer ) , The most popular product is peas and has a huge market for it . You can go for baby corn as well as other items . give me your mail id i will send you some information on it if you are interested. 900 means 900 MT per chamber ?

@akshay samdariya, There are various kind of cold storage it all depends on the commodity you want to keep , so let me know the product or commodity you are interested in keeping. There are various kind of permission as required by any other industry . Subsidy is offered by various organisation such as NHB , NHM and Narbad. There are various manufacturer available , indian as well as MNC . Govt norm are few but they are there for a cold storage.

@Naveen, You can apply online on nhb.gov.in. with fee of Rs 5000 . 

@SUNDEEP KEDIA, Most of the cold storage are of potato , let me know the product you want to store. Potato price is fixed by gov. of west bengal

@kuldeep mundhra, Solar cold storage is not possible. The commodity you are talking about are suitable for storage , but some can be stored for long duration like potato and onion . Other green vegetable are for short duration . Tomato can be stored only for a month. The system which you are talking about are very small. Give me your mail id i will send some information.

@prakash parmar gujrat, 2500 MT will require 1 acre of land for normal cold storage . Cost will be around 2.5 Crore. Subsidy will be 60 Lac.

@MANGESH SUDHAKAR BHANDARI, You can set up ripening facility for mango and banana. Cost of ripening is about 1 lac per MT . Chamber size can be 10 to 15 MT . You have to select the size depending upon the produce require per day.

@vijay, tomato can only be stored up to a month . Ripening of tomato is also possible . For a cold storage to be viable through out the year you have to select  more commodity. Let me the fruit and vegetable you want to store.

@Hrithik, for the cold storage you have to select the cold storage commodity you want to store. 1000 MT can be multicommodity as well as CA . Standard say the cold storage chamber should be 1000 to 1500 MT per chamber . For control atmosphere you can go for chamber above 150 MT. You have to apply for data sheet along with your application. We can help you in that.

@Hrithik, It is technical data of your cold storage you want to put up . Let me know the email id i will send the information to you .

@Raj kumar, NHB has a well defined format for giving subsidy . They give subsidy depending upon the type of cold storage. 

1. Bulk cold storage - @6000 Rs per MT X 40 % 
2. Cold storage with Precooler - Rs 7000----do----
3. Cold storage with processing -RS8000---do---
4. CA cold storage - Rs 32000 ---do----

NHM give 25 % of project cost .

@karan, 4-6 month.

@Satyanaraian Choudhary, For this you require land of around 1/2 acre . Fund of 2.5 crore and various application you have to apply for bank , subsidy etc. for more information contact us.