Cabinet nod for cold chain centre as registered society

The cabinet on Thursday approved the status of a registered society for the National Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD), which provides cold storage facilities to perishables.

India is the second-largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits, vegetables and flowers in the world.

It produced 71.5 million tonnes (MT) of fruits, 133.7 MT of vegetables and 17.8 MT of other commodities like flowers, spices, coconut, cashew, mushroom and honey.

A significant percentage of this is wasted due to lack of cold chain facilities.