
          PROCEEDING<br>
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COLD CHAIN<br>
TECHNOLOGIES, CONVERGENCE & CAPACITY<br>
23rdAugust 2018, The Chancery Pavilion, <br>
THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF INDIA<br>
INTRODUCTION
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         The cold chain industry is seen as an emerging and fast growing business sector in India.
Considering the current issue of food shortage and food security in India, cold chain facilities
will play an important role in the country. According to report by Emerson Climate
Technologies India*, every year fresh produce worth INR 133 billion are thrown away
because of the country's lack of adequate cold storage and transport facilities. However, this
sector has witnessed a considerable growth in the last decade and is expected to have
further improvement in growth rate in the years to come. 
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         The role of Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Government of India is instrumental in
development of cold chain infrastructure in India and is implementing scheme for its
promotion. Other departments such as National Centre for Cold‐chain Development (NCCD),
NABARD, National Horticulture Board (NHB) and State Governments are also taking
initiatives for the development of cold chain industry in India. This will enable industry to
adopt better and more efficient technologies to ensure year‐round availability of perishable
food products and reasonable prices to the consumers but also equitable distribution to
other parts of the country. India&apos;s cold chain sector is a combination of surface storage and
refrigerated transport. The industry has been growing at a CAGR of 20% for the last three
years. The cold chain market in India is anticipated to reach Rs 624 billion (UC$13 billion) by
2017, according to 2014 estimates. Currently, India has 6,300 cold storage facilities unevenly
spread across the country, with an installed capacity of 30.11 million metric tonne. 
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          Latest technology used world over in cold chain sector, is making inroads in India. And with
the government sanctioning new cold chain projects in the recent past, the demand for
more efficient cold storages is going to increase in the future. Hence, with further support
from government, new players are going to enter India and a platform is required where
these latest know how, equipment&apos;s and infra facilities gets noticed and new players are
made aware of.  
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           To address this subject matter of national importance, ASSOCHAM proposes &quot;National
Conference & on Cold Chain - Technology, Convergence and Capacity Building&quot; on 23rd
August 2018 at Bengaluru. The Conference will focus on the areas like latest technology in
the sector, creation of the cold chain infrastructure, statutory clearances required from the
state government, role of clean energy, and linking all these activities with market.
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          <p style='text-align:center;'><strong><span style='font-size:21px;line-height:115%;'>Inaugural Session</span></strong></p>
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