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Roadblocks to Cold-chain Development
                   chain
     Preamble
    Looking ahead, the expectations from market and logistics service providers are quite obvious to
conclude. The Previous year established that manufacturers and marketers will continue to push to
outsource both critical and non-critical areas in logistics to ease working capital pressure on their
                                critical
company.
      Yet, are the LSPs prepared and professional enough to match this opportunity. It will require
                                                                 match
innovative organisational leadership in finance and operations. The typical response though, is to reduce
head count and fixed warehouse & transportation assets while maintaining service. But that is what their
client company did by outsourcing the requirement. LSPs need to respond otherwise and not play in
         ompany
tandem. Besides maintaining service with reduction in controlled assets means opening up to risk or
alternately requires another kind of asset base – technology! The smart ones will manage; there will be
intelligent contingency plans, backhaul network redesigning, productivity realignments and a move from
transactional to strategic management and control
                                            control.
     India’s logistics sector usually
has a limited outlook when
projecting into the future. This is
largely because of the gap in
associated     infrastructure    and
matching processes, thereby never
allowing them to be truly ahead of
the development curve. Within this
sector, what is called the cold-chain
has its own unique concerns. In the cold chain, having complete control on the asset base takes on huge
                                      cold-chain,
import due to its impact ramification on not just the service integrity but inherently on product’s final
value realisation.
     While the cold-chain has frequently been thought of as a temperature controlled supply chain, it
                     chain                       thought
involves total environment control and automatically includes packaging and other accessorial inclusions.
Everything the ordinary supply chain hopes to live upto, is intrinsic to cold chain. Yet, it is a laggard when it
                                                                         cold-chain.
comes to India’s readiness.
     There is robust support from the government aimed at developing an integrated approach to cold    cold-
chain, vis the previous start-up phase of setting up base infrastructure. Yet opinions suggest that there is
                              up
more that needs doing to hasten such development. Where and what, are the moot points In an
         at                                                                      these       points?
attempt to exemplify, the development aspects can be categorised into following sectoral components
that are typically required for an effective chain:
     Static Infrastructure - as initiators of the cold chain, and for term based storage, and as cross dock
                                                  cold-chain,
     distribution hubs.

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Mobile Infrastructure - as links for post production and pre market stages. These are designed to
                                                                 pre-market
      cater to logistical load factors (small volume tran and long haul transits). Additionally cold
                                                     transit                                    cold-chain
      extends onto the merchandising infrastructure at the retail point of sale.
      Standards & Protocols - as procedural processes for safety, designing, handling and for the
      operations of a wide array of finish products & raw produce, largely food or health related.
                                    finished
      Skilled Resources - human resources to implement all above aspects in a cold chain.
                                                                              cold-chain.
     Let us first understand that any integrated Cold chain is intended to serve as a link between
                                                     Cold-chain
 production centres and market. Cold
                                   Cold-chain is not (obviously) solely about preserving and sitting on the
                                                               )
 goods over extended durations. It is a given, that source and markets exist as do national imperatives in
 developing effective and sustainable cold
                                      cold-chains.
The success of any cold-chain relies on how efficiently it can serve as a conduit for products that are
                           chain
sensitive to their holding environment (air composition, temperature, microbial load, etc), from the place
of origin to their destination with full integrity.
          Different products require different controls and practises.
               rent
     The following are some of the additional initiatives that can be undertaken by the
 establishment and industry to ease up bottlenecks to faster implementation.


      Static Infrastructure (Cold stores, Pack-house, Pre-coolers)

 1.    Change of Land Use
      CLU from agricultural use to industrial use is required for setting up cold chain centres and the
                                                                              cold-chain
 procedure is long drawn out. While some centres serve as distribution hubs adjoining large density
 population centres, the initiating centres of cold chain such as pack houses with pre coolers are mostly
                                                                                   pre-coolers
 intended closer to farm-gate or at source farm level.
                         gate
     Cold-chain intrinsically serves as a marketing supply link for agricultural produce and hence directly
           chain
 impacts sustainability of producer/originator of the chain. Unlike typical indu al enterprises it involves
                                                                            industrial enterprises,
 minimal inorganic effluent and other industrial waste.
 The processes and delays in acquiring CLU have a negative impact on the development of cold-chain.
       Since cold-chain is affiliated primarily to Agriculture; ie horticulture, pisciculture, animal husbandry
                  chain                                         ie-       lture,
 etc, the necessitation of CLU can be dispensed with, especially when setting up farm gate based facilities.
                                                                                     farm-gate


 2.    Other Sanctions and Permits
      Permits from TCP (Town and Country Planning), Pollution Control Board, Fire Depart
                                                                                  Departments, etc are
 treated at par with other projects.
 The lack of a fast-track permit system to specifically for cold-chain infrastructure slows down
                      track                                      chain
 development initiatives.

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Since cold-chain is considered imperative to food security and safety, there should be clear directive
                      chain
    to allot priority to processing such permits. This will reduce the delays and help optimise decision making
    for investors.


    3.     Financing Options
         Banks and other funding institutes do not provide priority funding to cold chain projects as ind
                                                                                cold-chain             industry is
    considered nascent in meeting its operational challenges. Neither has NABARD been allowed to refinance
    banks or directly fund private sector entities. NABARD is currently effectively limited to funding operations
    of State Governments and Government sponsored organisations only  only.
    There are minimal preferential options or interest rates for cold-chain infrastructure.
        Since cold-chain is considered a national priority which impacts across various demographic
                     chain
    segments, a definitive initiative by assigning it status of priority lending sector will ease access to
    promoters and entrepreneurs. It is surprising that housing loans and car loans fetch lower interest rates
    than cold-chain. Where is the priority assignation of ‘Rot Kapda, Makaan’.
              chain.                                      ‘Roti,


    4.     Technology Availability
         Domestic equipment manufacturers have been scarce and deficient in developing indigenous
    refrigeration and associated control systems. As such, most modern industrial equipment and technology
    is imported from foreign suppliers or their marketing offices in India. These importers store limited
                            ign
    inventory in the territory of India (DTA), to avoid cash flow concerns due domestic tariff implications.
    ‘Lead time’ delay in sourced equipment adds to the delays in procurement and development.
                                                                 procurement
        To hasten development and in alignment with custom duty abetment to cold chain equipment, such
                                                                               cold-chain
    equipment inventory should be allowed within India on an annual or bi annual basis. This will help speed
                                                                       bi-annual
    up projects and also aid in reducing inactive lead times.


    5.     Regulatory Construal Service Tax
        Under Finance Act, chapter 5 on service tax defines storage and warehousing to include “services for
    goods including liquids and gases but does not include any service provided for storage of agricultu
                                                                                                agricultural
    produce or any service provided by a cold storage
                                              storage1”.
         Yet service tax is applied to services provided at cold storages specially in correlation to definition of
    agricultural produce. Furthermore, the definition of ‘agricultural produce’ is exclusive to activities intrinsic
    to the cold-chain.
         Effectively, the cold-chain is deprived of perceived benefits, with service tax exemption only being
                               chain
    extended to limited single commodity storage, which is contradictory to the agenda of integrated cold
                                                                                                        cold-
    chain development.


1
    Finance Act, Ch-V, Section 65 (102), 66D(d)(v)

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Service tax exemption as intended is not fully applied to modern cold-chain services.
     Clarity on applicable definitions would bring intent in alignment with implementation. Instead of cold
storage, the definition should be amended to cold
                                               cold-chain and allied activities.


6.    Regulatory Construal Excise
     Government exempts certain cold
                                 cold-storage projects from basic custom duty. Yet, there are various
post project equipment and components that are necessary for optimisation of cold storage operations,
namely: energy optimisation and automation systems, data recorders and other sensors These
             rgy                                                                       sensors.
monitoring components are also used in mobile refrigerated trucks. These components also are subject to
rapid technology upgradation and include innovations and inventions that may not have been available
                                                                      that
during project period.
Custom & Excise duties exemption for cold-chain should be extended to energy monitoring &
optimisation gadgets.
     Added costs on new technology options detract from utilisation of such systems and induce low
intake of new technologies. Furthermore, lack of such systems does not allow scope to reduce energy
consumption or alleviate impact to environment from cold
                                                    cold-chain infrastructure.


7.    Energy
      Cold-chain intrinsically requires energy source for maintaining compliance to product specific
            chain
environmental parameters. Availability of energy is random or minimal at farm gate or cold
                                                                                   farm-gate      cold-chain
initiation level. Back-up systems are generally diesel fuel driven with associated costs. Various previously
                       up
built storage units require technology upgradation to bring operational viability.




                            The prevalent bunker coil system of storing potatoes



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While rising energy cost impacts all aspects of modern living, for cold
                                                                            cold-chain specific development,
    policy focus on R&D and promoting the use of alternate energy technology is required. Systems that use
    magnetic levitation, salt-based cooling, solar thermal energy banks as well as intelligent energy monitors
                              based
    need investigation and promotion.
    Acute energy dependency and the lack thereof i
                                                 impact cold-chain development.
         The failure of cold-chain intrinsically affects waste across the entire value chain. Priority intervention
                             chain
    to assure low cost or long term power source as national developmental strategy is required.


    8.     Others
         Cold-chain development efforts were earlier largely focussed on building storage capacity basis
                             ent
    hypothesis of cross seasonal carry through of produce. This resulted in large single commodity bulk
    storage development (in discord to India’s land holding backdrop) Being focussed on potatoes, t
                                                                backdrop).                  ed               this
    missed out development of back-end pre
                                       end pre-cooling or pack-house. The larger majority of agricultural
    produce items require farm-gate activities including pre
                               gate                      pre-cooling to initiate a cold-chain conduit to market.
                                                                                        chain
         Government enablement policies through subsidy schemes allowed for development of cold storages
                                       ies
    in isolation. As a result of such subsidy policies, cold storages developed in clusters, irrespective of
                                              policies,
    business model validation or of demand gap viability in the locations considered. Example, excess capacity
    developed in certain regions for potato resulting in failed potato cold storages in those areas Cold
                                                                                                  areas.
    storages were developed irrespective of any integration agenda.
    Lack of business intelligence parameters effected development trends.
         Future support mechanisms by the government must not be deemed sufficient by just easing capital
    investment requirements. Such monies are better expended by supporting assessment through need gap
    analysis. This specially takes import with increasing farm level cooperatives and farmer groups entering
                                               increasing
    cold-chain.



         Mobile Infrastructure (Reefer Vans/Trucks, Carriers, Merchandising carts)

    9.     Availability
         Cold-chain is ineffective without temperature controlled distribution connectivity between source
              chain
    point and market. Whilst we notionally have ~31 mill MT of cold storage 2 infrastructure, the capacity in
                      .
    reefer transport is estimated at ~7000 vehicles3. At an average of 10MT per vehicle with estimated turn turn-
    around of 1 week, this fleet translates into 3.6 m ill MT only, or transport availability for only 12
                                                     mill                                              12-15% of
    storage capacity.
    Lack of reefer transport deters development of cold
                                                   cold-chain.


2
    Existing estimates and pending confirmation from NHB cold storage survey.
                            ending
3
    Trade Estimates, no definite count available

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Special focus on development of reefer vehicles is required. All other development will come to
naught if all important connectivity between Origin and Destination is missing.
                         onnectivity


10.   Supply
   Reefer trucks are typically not sold off the shelf as in case of other vehicles. Very limited OEM
manufacturers are supplying fully built refrigerated vehicles (reefers).
    Normally, the OEM manufacturer supplies the base chassis. The same is retrofitted with its insulated
body at a different premise by the insulated body manufacturer. Finally the refrigeration equipment
supplier installs and commissions the reefer equipment. This arrangement has procedural, financial,
warranty and cost repercussions.
Supply side constraints limit faster growth in reefer vehicle market.
    Industry and manufacturers must realise the vacuum and already large truck manufacturers are
stepping into this space. A one stop shop with associated warranties will help mend this supply gap.


11.   Financing
     Vehicle procurement loans are available at low cost or through bank hypothecation route. Yet in case
of reefers, the component chassis, insulated body and refrigeration are subject to differing financing
                                  ,                                           ject
norms.
     The base chassis is financed at preferential market rates (8
                                                                (8-13% interest for 80-100% cost), whereas
                                                                                        100%
the cold-chain components (insulated body and refrigeration unit) are financed at higher costs (10
          chain                                                                                    (10-15%
interest for only 50-75% of their cost). In effect, a reefer vehicle has a higher cost impact than ordinary
commercial vehicles.
There exists a lack of domain understanding amongst financiers..
                ack
     Despite the existing focus to ease financing options to cold cold-chain, there instead exists a higher
                                                                                          ead
financing cost to reefer vehicles. Priority lending to cold chain must specifically include the reefer trucks.
Alternately, the ‘cold-chain’ aspect (body and reefer plant) must be assigned priority or low interest funds.
                       chain’


12.   Procedural Impediment
                     diment
    Reefer vehicles are subject to excise duty exemption. Yet, as they are supplied in disassembled
components, the industry is effectively deprived from availing this fiscal benefit in a cost effective manner.
Currently Central Excise authorities hold the view that the "Cab Chassis" itself is a finished product and as
such cannot be moved for further job work.
     Hence per Central Excise Rules, moving the cabcab-chassis for job work to complete the final reefer
vehicle (fitment of cold-chain equipment) is subject to payment of excise duty (14% plus cess).
                         chain equipment),
     Alternately, the core utility components - reefer body comprising insulated container and
refrigeration unit - are required to be transported to the truck chassis manufacturer’s facility after paying
                                                                                     ’s


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excise duty. Thereafter, the aggregate vehicle is returned to originating plant for final inspection,
    integration and testing prior delivery. Finally, the tested vehicle has to be returned to the chassis OEM
    factory to comply with procedural (CENVAT4) requirements.
                                       CENVAT
         These activities to avail benefit involve extra to/fro transportation. This multiple movement adds to
                                                                               .
    fuel wastage & costs, driver cost, delay in delivery to cold-chain users and increase to no
                                                                                             none-earning period
    of the asset owner.
    Regulations intended for support, did not account for the production process.
       Industry must collectively impress upon the regulators to correct these irritants. Such micro
                                                                                               micro-level
    amendments escape policy makers until the stakeholders represent them appropriate for corrective
                                                                             appropriately
    measures.


    13.    National Permits
         Reefer trucks are subject to National Permit to travel between states. This permit is applied annually
    and is typically not issued after 8th year thereafter the vehicles are allowed to move intra
                                          year;                                            intra-state only.
         While some other commercial utility vehicles can be issued permits for larger periods of upto 25
                   me
    years, there is no specific consideration or rules for reefer vehicles under MVA 1988. R
                                                                                          . Reefer vehicles also
    subject to colour coding for ordinary vehicles – a dark brown shade is required to move interstate
                                                                wn                           interstate.
         An important resource for cold
                                     cold-chain development thereby faces blanket generic restriction to its
                                 th
    area of operation after its 8 year, and this raises cost of the utility.
    Regulations limit the operating and earni life of Reefer vehicles.
                                        earning
         If cold-chain is to be accorded priority, Reefer trucks must get specifically licensed on record, and be
    assigned long term permits basis regular road worthiness checks and not be limited by age. Furthermore,
    no permit licence needs be charged from food carriers. This resource is already one of th      those critically
    depleted, and the gap is expected to increase.


    14.    Monitoring and Traceability
         There is no promotion of monitoring of reefer parameters in vehicles. This allows for spoilage and
    excursions in the cold-chain, effecting trade. The user industry also does not look beyond immediate costs
                                                                      lso
    to understand the value gain of such added systems. The same applies to cold storages. Any resulting loss
    becomes a transaction offset instead of viewing its long term impact on our food supply.
    There is no incentive to operators to roll in new technology in monitoring of reefer transport.
        With India wishing to bring in more stringent food traceability and quality norms, to lead the way, use
    of data loggers and operational monitors should be supported through specific policy interventio
                                                                                  specific        interventions




4
    CENVAT Credit Rule 4-5a (Subcontracting or Job work challan)
                             Subcontracting

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(instead of being enforced) by discount toll charges to those using traceability, etc. Monitoring will also
                                iscounting
allow implementation of long standing need for a fast track corridor to cold chain transportation.
                                                                        cold-chain


15.    Merchandising Infrast
                     Infrastructure
     Front end retail that completes cold chain includes street vending carts and retail shelves, display
                                     cold-chain
cabinets and retail side storage.
    This has met little promotional focus and is cause for last mile loss in value including physical
wastage. This also applies to non-F&V cold
                                  F&V cold-chain in case of vaccines, ice-cream and meats & fish.
                                                                          cream
Cold-chain development focus misse out on development of retail infrastructure.
     chain                   missed
     Promoting a modern front end will not only reduce daily wastage at POS, but will also complete the
integrity of intent of the cold-chain. A modern retail format intrinsically brings quality, traceability and
                                chain.
promotes direct collaboration. The government has already started taking initial measures to modernise
this much ignored part of the food supply chain.
                               ood



      Standards and Protocols

16.    Handling Protocols
     Standards & Protocols must be as guided by regulatory authorities like FSSAI, WDRA, BEE etc. In the
cold-chain, standards are guidelines to assure an end result and not merely a restrictive BOQ list of goods.
     chain,                                       end-result
As such, compliance protocols require development as the primary driver for standards that need to be
maintained.
Product and sector specific Protocols are required at a national level.
    Collective approach to develop standardised operations and safety checks is underdeveloped. This is
making the cold-chain too esoteric for its participants.
                chain


17.    Infrastructure Design Standards
     Current Standards are in nascent stage and largely to facilitate the process for appraising a project.
This attention to the engineering costs and design has a tendency to limit innovation or the induction of
new technologies.
    Design Standards require developing which focus on the specific safety of users and generic safety of
consumers. Standards should focus across the ent activity chain. For example, our standards are largely
                                             entire
focussed on cold store design only.
     Specific standards on alternate technologies could be developed to strategically focus attention pilot
projects for innovation incubation.
Current design standards focus on initial project components and need to extend across other
                         ds
integrating aspects of cold-chain.

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Critical aspect of any cold-chain is first mile preconditioning (blast freezers, pre-coolers etc) and last
                                    chain                                                    coolers,
    mile delivery. Standards, protocols or guidelines should not ignore these components which are most
    important to developing trade in the cold chain. Special design standards for delivery transport and
    product specific design for pack-house and pre
                                     house       pre-coolers are missing.
         Cold-chain also requires extensive monitoring when serving as conduit to consumer. This requires
                     lso
    localised and remote monitoring controls critical to its efficacy. Standards must be used to promote use of
    such equipment.


    18.    Commercial Protocols
         There exist no guiding principles to assist transactional bottleneck in cold-chain trade. There is an
                                    nciples                                           chain
    enhanced risk to cold-chain operators when handling perishable products wherein the service cost is
                            chain
    disproportionate to risk and cost of goods handled.
         Protocols for commercial transactions with a cold-chain specific redressal mechanism are not
                                       ansactions
    available. Neither is there any domain specific national level focus on this.
    Fear of risk exposure negatively impacts cold
     ear                                     cold-chain development.
         Developing models that serve to empower and en able the producers to extend reach to the end
                                                            enable
    consumers are being explored. In case of horticulture, w must take on a target that our farmers actually
                                                            we
    are able to sell to different markets every year, instead of being restricted to the closest mandi. The one
                                                     ,
    area that the logistics industry has failed to recognise, is that this vacuum allows them to move up the
    value chain by partnering with the producers. Worldwide, the logistics service provider have required
                                                                                        providers
    extending themselves beyond merely servicing the value chain to own the cold-chain. This space is today
    open for service brands to be established, new business streams to develop.



          Skilled Resources

    19.    Promoting Knowledge Based Services
         Agriculture extension5 services including education and training at farmer level is exempted from
    Service Taxes. Yet, cold-chain which serves as an extension to market from farm, does not find mention in
                             chain
    such waivers.
        The knowledge gap is most acutely felt in cold
                                                  cold-chain, largely as this service sector has yet to develop
                                                                    y
    beyond the previous infrastructure development focus.
         Appropriate skill-sets are intrinsic to cold chain since such service involves product and cargo specific
                           sets                  cold-chain
    inputs and continuous attention. These skill sets are in addition to those needed in the ordinary supply
                                                         are
    chain or other generic logistics activities.



5
    Finance Act Ch-V, 65B(4), 66D(d)

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Knowledge dissemination as a service to cold
                                        cold-chain development needs a thrust.
    Cold-chain training, awareness initiatives and skill development services shou be included in
           chain                                                                       should
negative list for service taxation, as part of the national cold chain development initiative.


20.       Resource Integration
    Cold-chain is evident and successful in segments like frozen foods, dairy, pharmaceutical products as
         chain
these require minimal skill-sets. Yet, the infrastructure and resource use has commonality.
                            sets.
   Cold-chain is identified primarily with fresh farm produce whereas processed, fresh frozen and
         chain
medical cold-chain is synergistic in skill and other resource utilisation.
     Incorporating various synergistic uses will aid cold chain development by providing scope to reduce
                                                     cold-chain
viability gap and in enhancing operational skill sets. Most critically it will promote sharing of skilled
resources across segments.
Inter-industry coordination is required to promote resource integration of cold chain across segments
                                   ired                                    cold-chain
and not focus only on term storage of F&V produce.
    Policy makers & industry should cater to allow for the total cold chain utility instead of differentiating
                                                                 cold-chain
between product types. An inclusive policy across segments will add viability to the developing trade.
                               sive


21.       Knowledge Cadre Missing
     Cold-chain is currently the domain of technology makers, the focus rem ains on equipment and
          chain                                                             remains
machinery whereas these are but tools of the service trade. Flexible designs of cold chain infrastructure
will allow added utility given diverse produce cachement and flexible work force. Yet earlier focus
remained on rigid standard designs as marketed by companies.
      The operational and handling practises for perishable cargos does not factor in the fragmented yield
lots that will be handled at Indian cold
                                    cold-chain establishments at first mile stage. The economic learnings on
the cold chain from non-Indian sources focuses on large volume yields... leading to injudicious choices of
                          Indian
equipment and machinery.
    India would benefit from a move from mass storage to direct access storage, yet there is minimal
                                                                direct-access
focus on this option – most thought is focussed on traditionally understood concepts on cold
                                                                                        cold-chain.
     Disconnected from India’s Huma backdrop - The largest disconnect exists in ignoring the awareness
               ted             Human
and training gap. Untrained application of the cold chain creates greater losses.
      •    While the viability gap and the seminars addressing it focus largely on the power factor. In truth,
           untrained utilisation adds phenomenally to power wastage.

      •    Operating errors lead to shrinkage, wastage, damage and all these occur after energy application.
           This thereby translates into gross energy loss.
      •    Lack of Domain Skills or access to trained knowledge base – nascent centralised knowledge
           resource specific to F&V care.

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•   No specialized institutes for cold chain technicians – only on the job training.

    •   No central body of knowledge on good cold chain practices for managers.
    •   No Training to financing bodies – lack of domain understanding.
    Require focused development of –
        Technical Cadre – Engineers and technicians, who can install, commission, maintain and maximise
        the various equipment required in the cold chain.
        Knowledge Cadre – a cadre who will take decisions on appropriate climate control and handling
        for various cargo types; to enable extracting maximum realisation from any unit of produce.


Both user and service Industry requires allocating more resources to enhance knowledknowledge. Financiers
need to understand this domain better. Regulators and legislators need to further develop this as an
                                   better.
industry. Else far from feeding the world.... India could well begin to go hungry again!




                                                            Inputs by Capt. Pawanexh Kohli
                                                            Principal Advisor, CrossTree




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Bottlenecks to Cold-chain Development

  • 1. Roadblocks to Cold-chain Development chain Preamble Looking ahead, the expectations from market and logistics service providers are quite obvious to conclude. The Previous year established that manufacturers and marketers will continue to push to outsource both critical and non-critical areas in logistics to ease working capital pressure on their critical company. Yet, are the LSPs prepared and professional enough to match this opportunity. It will require match innovative organisational leadership in finance and operations. The typical response though, is to reduce head count and fixed warehouse & transportation assets while maintaining service. But that is what their client company did by outsourcing the requirement. LSPs need to respond otherwise and not play in ompany tandem. Besides maintaining service with reduction in controlled assets means opening up to risk or alternately requires another kind of asset base – technology! The smart ones will manage; there will be intelligent contingency plans, backhaul network redesigning, productivity realignments and a move from transactional to strategic management and control control. India’s logistics sector usually has a limited outlook when projecting into the future. This is largely because of the gap in associated infrastructure and matching processes, thereby never allowing them to be truly ahead of the development curve. Within this sector, what is called the cold-chain has its own unique concerns. In the cold chain, having complete control on the asset base takes on huge cold-chain, import due to its impact ramification on not just the service integrity but inherently on product’s final value realisation. While the cold-chain has frequently been thought of as a temperature controlled supply chain, it chain thought involves total environment control and automatically includes packaging and other accessorial inclusions. Everything the ordinary supply chain hopes to live upto, is intrinsic to cold chain. Yet, it is a laggard when it cold-chain. comes to India’s readiness. There is robust support from the government aimed at developing an integrated approach to cold cold- chain, vis the previous start-up phase of setting up base infrastructure. Yet opinions suggest that there is up more that needs doing to hasten such development. Where and what, are the moot points In an at these points? attempt to exemplify, the development aspects can be categorised into following sectoral components that are typically required for an effective chain: Static Infrastructure - as initiators of the cold chain, and for term based storage, and as cross dock cold-chain, distribution hubs. Page 1 of 11
  • 2. Mobile Infrastructure - as links for post production and pre market stages. These are designed to pre-market cater to logistical load factors (small volume tran and long haul transits). Additionally cold transit cold-chain extends onto the merchandising infrastructure at the retail point of sale. Standards & Protocols - as procedural processes for safety, designing, handling and for the operations of a wide array of finish products & raw produce, largely food or health related. finished Skilled Resources - human resources to implement all above aspects in a cold chain. cold-chain. Let us first understand that any integrated Cold chain is intended to serve as a link between Cold-chain production centres and market. Cold Cold-chain is not (obviously) solely about preserving and sitting on the ) goods over extended durations. It is a given, that source and markets exist as do national imperatives in developing effective and sustainable cold cold-chains. The success of any cold-chain relies on how efficiently it can serve as a conduit for products that are chain sensitive to their holding environment (air composition, temperature, microbial load, etc), from the place of origin to their destination with full integrity. Different products require different controls and practises. rent The following are some of the additional initiatives that can be undertaken by the establishment and industry to ease up bottlenecks to faster implementation. Static Infrastructure (Cold stores, Pack-house, Pre-coolers) 1. Change of Land Use CLU from agricultural use to industrial use is required for setting up cold chain centres and the cold-chain procedure is long drawn out. While some centres serve as distribution hubs adjoining large density population centres, the initiating centres of cold chain such as pack houses with pre coolers are mostly pre-coolers intended closer to farm-gate or at source farm level. gate Cold-chain intrinsically serves as a marketing supply link for agricultural produce and hence directly chain impacts sustainability of producer/originator of the chain. Unlike typical indu al enterprises it involves industrial enterprises, minimal inorganic effluent and other industrial waste. The processes and delays in acquiring CLU have a negative impact on the development of cold-chain. Since cold-chain is affiliated primarily to Agriculture; ie horticulture, pisciculture, animal husbandry chain ie- lture, etc, the necessitation of CLU can be dispensed with, especially when setting up farm gate based facilities. farm-gate 2. Other Sanctions and Permits Permits from TCP (Town and Country Planning), Pollution Control Board, Fire Depart Departments, etc are treated at par with other projects. The lack of a fast-track permit system to specifically for cold-chain infrastructure slows down track chain development initiatives. Page 2 of 11
  • 3. Since cold-chain is considered imperative to food security and safety, there should be clear directive chain to allot priority to processing such permits. This will reduce the delays and help optimise decision making for investors. 3. Financing Options Banks and other funding institutes do not provide priority funding to cold chain projects as ind cold-chain industry is considered nascent in meeting its operational challenges. Neither has NABARD been allowed to refinance banks or directly fund private sector entities. NABARD is currently effectively limited to funding operations of State Governments and Government sponsored organisations only only. There are minimal preferential options or interest rates for cold-chain infrastructure. Since cold-chain is considered a national priority which impacts across various demographic chain segments, a definitive initiative by assigning it status of priority lending sector will ease access to promoters and entrepreneurs. It is surprising that housing loans and car loans fetch lower interest rates than cold-chain. Where is the priority assignation of ‘Rot Kapda, Makaan’. chain. ‘Roti, 4. Technology Availability Domestic equipment manufacturers have been scarce and deficient in developing indigenous refrigeration and associated control systems. As such, most modern industrial equipment and technology is imported from foreign suppliers or their marketing offices in India. These importers store limited ign inventory in the territory of India (DTA), to avoid cash flow concerns due domestic tariff implications. ‘Lead time’ delay in sourced equipment adds to the delays in procurement and development. procurement To hasten development and in alignment with custom duty abetment to cold chain equipment, such cold-chain equipment inventory should be allowed within India on an annual or bi annual basis. This will help speed bi-annual up projects and also aid in reducing inactive lead times. 5. Regulatory Construal Service Tax Under Finance Act, chapter 5 on service tax defines storage and warehousing to include “services for goods including liquids and gases but does not include any service provided for storage of agricultu agricultural produce or any service provided by a cold storage storage1”. Yet service tax is applied to services provided at cold storages specially in correlation to definition of agricultural produce. Furthermore, the definition of ‘agricultural produce’ is exclusive to activities intrinsic to the cold-chain. Effectively, the cold-chain is deprived of perceived benefits, with service tax exemption only being chain extended to limited single commodity storage, which is contradictory to the agenda of integrated cold cold- chain development. 1 Finance Act, Ch-V, Section 65 (102), 66D(d)(v) Page 3 of 11
  • 4. Service tax exemption as intended is not fully applied to modern cold-chain services. Clarity on applicable definitions would bring intent in alignment with implementation. Instead of cold storage, the definition should be amended to cold cold-chain and allied activities. 6. Regulatory Construal Excise Government exempts certain cold cold-storage projects from basic custom duty. Yet, there are various post project equipment and components that are necessary for optimisation of cold storage operations, namely: energy optimisation and automation systems, data recorders and other sensors These rgy sensors. monitoring components are also used in mobile refrigerated trucks. These components also are subject to rapid technology upgradation and include innovations and inventions that may not have been available that during project period. Custom & Excise duties exemption for cold-chain should be extended to energy monitoring & optimisation gadgets. Added costs on new technology options detract from utilisation of such systems and induce low intake of new technologies. Furthermore, lack of such systems does not allow scope to reduce energy consumption or alleviate impact to environment from cold cold-chain infrastructure. 7. Energy Cold-chain intrinsically requires energy source for maintaining compliance to product specific chain environmental parameters. Availability of energy is random or minimal at farm gate or cold farm-gate cold-chain initiation level. Back-up systems are generally diesel fuel driven with associated costs. Various previously up built storage units require technology upgradation to bring operational viability. The prevalent bunker coil system of storing potatoes Page 4 of 11
  • 5. While rising energy cost impacts all aspects of modern living, for cold cold-chain specific development, policy focus on R&D and promoting the use of alternate energy technology is required. Systems that use magnetic levitation, salt-based cooling, solar thermal energy banks as well as intelligent energy monitors based need investigation and promotion. Acute energy dependency and the lack thereof i impact cold-chain development. The failure of cold-chain intrinsically affects waste across the entire value chain. Priority intervention chain to assure low cost or long term power source as national developmental strategy is required. 8. Others Cold-chain development efforts were earlier largely focussed on building storage capacity basis ent hypothesis of cross seasonal carry through of produce. This resulted in large single commodity bulk storage development (in discord to India’s land holding backdrop) Being focussed on potatoes, t backdrop). ed this missed out development of back-end pre end pre-cooling or pack-house. The larger majority of agricultural produce items require farm-gate activities including pre gate pre-cooling to initiate a cold-chain conduit to market. chain Government enablement policies through subsidy schemes allowed for development of cold storages ies in isolation. As a result of such subsidy policies, cold storages developed in clusters, irrespective of policies, business model validation or of demand gap viability in the locations considered. Example, excess capacity developed in certain regions for potato resulting in failed potato cold storages in those areas Cold areas. storages were developed irrespective of any integration agenda. Lack of business intelligence parameters effected development trends. Future support mechanisms by the government must not be deemed sufficient by just easing capital investment requirements. Such monies are better expended by supporting assessment through need gap analysis. This specially takes import with increasing farm level cooperatives and farmer groups entering increasing cold-chain. Mobile Infrastructure (Reefer Vans/Trucks, Carriers, Merchandising carts) 9. Availability Cold-chain is ineffective without temperature controlled distribution connectivity between source chain point and market. Whilst we notionally have ~31 mill MT of cold storage 2 infrastructure, the capacity in . reefer transport is estimated at ~7000 vehicles3. At an average of 10MT per vehicle with estimated turn turn- around of 1 week, this fleet translates into 3.6 m ill MT only, or transport availability for only 12 mill 12-15% of storage capacity. Lack of reefer transport deters development of cold cold-chain. 2 Existing estimates and pending confirmation from NHB cold storage survey. ending 3 Trade Estimates, no definite count available Page 5 of 11
  • 6. Special focus on development of reefer vehicles is required. All other development will come to naught if all important connectivity between Origin and Destination is missing. onnectivity 10. Supply Reefer trucks are typically not sold off the shelf as in case of other vehicles. Very limited OEM manufacturers are supplying fully built refrigerated vehicles (reefers). Normally, the OEM manufacturer supplies the base chassis. The same is retrofitted with its insulated body at a different premise by the insulated body manufacturer. Finally the refrigeration equipment supplier installs and commissions the reefer equipment. This arrangement has procedural, financial, warranty and cost repercussions. Supply side constraints limit faster growth in reefer vehicle market. Industry and manufacturers must realise the vacuum and already large truck manufacturers are stepping into this space. A one stop shop with associated warranties will help mend this supply gap. 11. Financing Vehicle procurement loans are available at low cost or through bank hypothecation route. Yet in case of reefers, the component chassis, insulated body and refrigeration are subject to differing financing , ject norms. The base chassis is financed at preferential market rates (8 (8-13% interest for 80-100% cost), whereas 100% the cold-chain components (insulated body and refrigeration unit) are financed at higher costs (10 chain (10-15% interest for only 50-75% of their cost). In effect, a reefer vehicle has a higher cost impact than ordinary commercial vehicles. There exists a lack of domain understanding amongst financiers.. ack Despite the existing focus to ease financing options to cold cold-chain, there instead exists a higher ead financing cost to reefer vehicles. Priority lending to cold chain must specifically include the reefer trucks. Alternately, the ‘cold-chain’ aspect (body and reefer plant) must be assigned priority or low interest funds. chain’ 12. Procedural Impediment diment Reefer vehicles are subject to excise duty exemption. Yet, as they are supplied in disassembled components, the industry is effectively deprived from availing this fiscal benefit in a cost effective manner. Currently Central Excise authorities hold the view that the "Cab Chassis" itself is a finished product and as such cannot be moved for further job work. Hence per Central Excise Rules, moving the cabcab-chassis for job work to complete the final reefer vehicle (fitment of cold-chain equipment) is subject to payment of excise duty (14% plus cess). chain equipment), Alternately, the core utility components - reefer body comprising insulated container and refrigeration unit - are required to be transported to the truck chassis manufacturer’s facility after paying ’s Page 6 of 11
  • 7. excise duty. Thereafter, the aggregate vehicle is returned to originating plant for final inspection, integration and testing prior delivery. Finally, the tested vehicle has to be returned to the chassis OEM factory to comply with procedural (CENVAT4) requirements. CENVAT These activities to avail benefit involve extra to/fro transportation. This multiple movement adds to . fuel wastage & costs, driver cost, delay in delivery to cold-chain users and increase to no none-earning period of the asset owner. Regulations intended for support, did not account for the production process. Industry must collectively impress upon the regulators to correct these irritants. Such micro micro-level amendments escape policy makers until the stakeholders represent them appropriate for corrective appropriately measures. 13. National Permits Reefer trucks are subject to National Permit to travel between states. This permit is applied annually and is typically not issued after 8th year thereafter the vehicles are allowed to move intra year; intra-state only. While some other commercial utility vehicles can be issued permits for larger periods of upto 25 me years, there is no specific consideration or rules for reefer vehicles under MVA 1988. R . Reefer vehicles also subject to colour coding for ordinary vehicles – a dark brown shade is required to move interstate wn interstate. An important resource for cold cold-chain development thereby faces blanket generic restriction to its th area of operation after its 8 year, and this raises cost of the utility. Regulations limit the operating and earni life of Reefer vehicles. earning If cold-chain is to be accorded priority, Reefer trucks must get specifically licensed on record, and be assigned long term permits basis regular road worthiness checks and not be limited by age. Furthermore, no permit licence needs be charged from food carriers. This resource is already one of th those critically depleted, and the gap is expected to increase. 14. Monitoring and Traceability There is no promotion of monitoring of reefer parameters in vehicles. This allows for spoilage and excursions in the cold-chain, effecting trade. The user industry also does not look beyond immediate costs lso to understand the value gain of such added systems. The same applies to cold storages. Any resulting loss becomes a transaction offset instead of viewing its long term impact on our food supply. There is no incentive to operators to roll in new technology in monitoring of reefer transport. With India wishing to bring in more stringent food traceability and quality norms, to lead the way, use of data loggers and operational monitors should be supported through specific policy interventio specific interventions 4 CENVAT Credit Rule 4-5a (Subcontracting or Job work challan) Subcontracting Page 7 of 11
  • 8. (instead of being enforced) by discount toll charges to those using traceability, etc. Monitoring will also iscounting allow implementation of long standing need for a fast track corridor to cold chain transportation. cold-chain 15. Merchandising Infrast Infrastructure Front end retail that completes cold chain includes street vending carts and retail shelves, display cold-chain cabinets and retail side storage. This has met little promotional focus and is cause for last mile loss in value including physical wastage. This also applies to non-F&V cold F&V cold-chain in case of vaccines, ice-cream and meats & fish. cream Cold-chain development focus misse out on development of retail infrastructure. chain missed Promoting a modern front end will not only reduce daily wastage at POS, but will also complete the integrity of intent of the cold-chain. A modern retail format intrinsically brings quality, traceability and chain. promotes direct collaboration. The government has already started taking initial measures to modernise this much ignored part of the food supply chain. ood Standards and Protocols 16. Handling Protocols Standards & Protocols must be as guided by regulatory authorities like FSSAI, WDRA, BEE etc. In the cold-chain, standards are guidelines to assure an end result and not merely a restrictive BOQ list of goods. chain, end-result As such, compliance protocols require development as the primary driver for standards that need to be maintained. Product and sector specific Protocols are required at a national level. Collective approach to develop standardised operations and safety checks is underdeveloped. This is making the cold-chain too esoteric for its participants. chain 17. Infrastructure Design Standards Current Standards are in nascent stage and largely to facilitate the process for appraising a project. This attention to the engineering costs and design has a tendency to limit innovation or the induction of new technologies. Design Standards require developing which focus on the specific safety of users and generic safety of consumers. Standards should focus across the ent activity chain. For example, our standards are largely entire focussed on cold store design only. Specific standards on alternate technologies could be developed to strategically focus attention pilot projects for innovation incubation. Current design standards focus on initial project components and need to extend across other ds integrating aspects of cold-chain. Page 8 of 11
  • 9. Critical aspect of any cold-chain is first mile preconditioning (blast freezers, pre-coolers etc) and last chain coolers, mile delivery. Standards, protocols or guidelines should not ignore these components which are most important to developing trade in the cold chain. Special design standards for delivery transport and product specific design for pack-house and pre house pre-coolers are missing. Cold-chain also requires extensive monitoring when serving as conduit to consumer. This requires lso localised and remote monitoring controls critical to its efficacy. Standards must be used to promote use of such equipment. 18. Commercial Protocols There exist no guiding principles to assist transactional bottleneck in cold-chain trade. There is an nciples chain enhanced risk to cold-chain operators when handling perishable products wherein the service cost is chain disproportionate to risk and cost of goods handled. Protocols for commercial transactions with a cold-chain specific redressal mechanism are not ansactions available. Neither is there any domain specific national level focus on this. Fear of risk exposure negatively impacts cold ear cold-chain development. Developing models that serve to empower and en able the producers to extend reach to the end enable consumers are being explored. In case of horticulture, w must take on a target that our farmers actually we are able to sell to different markets every year, instead of being restricted to the closest mandi. The one , area that the logistics industry has failed to recognise, is that this vacuum allows them to move up the value chain by partnering with the producers. Worldwide, the logistics service provider have required providers extending themselves beyond merely servicing the value chain to own the cold-chain. This space is today open for service brands to be established, new business streams to develop. Skilled Resources 19. Promoting Knowledge Based Services Agriculture extension5 services including education and training at farmer level is exempted from Service Taxes. Yet, cold-chain which serves as an extension to market from farm, does not find mention in chain such waivers. The knowledge gap is most acutely felt in cold cold-chain, largely as this service sector has yet to develop y beyond the previous infrastructure development focus. Appropriate skill-sets are intrinsic to cold chain since such service involves product and cargo specific sets cold-chain inputs and continuous attention. These skill sets are in addition to those needed in the ordinary supply are chain or other generic logistics activities. 5 Finance Act Ch-V, 65B(4), 66D(d) Page 9 of 11
  • 10. Knowledge dissemination as a service to cold cold-chain development needs a thrust. Cold-chain training, awareness initiatives and skill development services shou be included in chain should negative list for service taxation, as part of the national cold chain development initiative. 20. Resource Integration Cold-chain is evident and successful in segments like frozen foods, dairy, pharmaceutical products as chain these require minimal skill-sets. Yet, the infrastructure and resource use has commonality. sets. Cold-chain is identified primarily with fresh farm produce whereas processed, fresh frozen and chain medical cold-chain is synergistic in skill and other resource utilisation. Incorporating various synergistic uses will aid cold chain development by providing scope to reduce cold-chain viability gap and in enhancing operational skill sets. Most critically it will promote sharing of skilled resources across segments. Inter-industry coordination is required to promote resource integration of cold chain across segments ired cold-chain and not focus only on term storage of F&V produce. Policy makers & industry should cater to allow for the total cold chain utility instead of differentiating cold-chain between product types. An inclusive policy across segments will add viability to the developing trade. sive 21. Knowledge Cadre Missing Cold-chain is currently the domain of technology makers, the focus rem ains on equipment and chain remains machinery whereas these are but tools of the service trade. Flexible designs of cold chain infrastructure will allow added utility given diverse produce cachement and flexible work force. Yet earlier focus remained on rigid standard designs as marketed by companies. The operational and handling practises for perishable cargos does not factor in the fragmented yield lots that will be handled at Indian cold cold-chain establishments at first mile stage. The economic learnings on the cold chain from non-Indian sources focuses on large volume yields... leading to injudicious choices of Indian equipment and machinery. India would benefit from a move from mass storage to direct access storage, yet there is minimal direct-access focus on this option – most thought is focussed on traditionally understood concepts on cold cold-chain. Disconnected from India’s Huma backdrop - The largest disconnect exists in ignoring the awareness ted Human and training gap. Untrained application of the cold chain creates greater losses. • While the viability gap and the seminars addressing it focus largely on the power factor. In truth, untrained utilisation adds phenomenally to power wastage. • Operating errors lead to shrinkage, wastage, damage and all these occur after energy application. This thereby translates into gross energy loss. • Lack of Domain Skills or access to trained knowledge base – nascent centralised knowledge resource specific to F&V care. Page 10 of 11
  • 11. No specialized institutes for cold chain technicians – only on the job training. • No central body of knowledge on good cold chain practices for managers. • No Training to financing bodies – lack of domain understanding. Require focused development of – Technical Cadre – Engineers and technicians, who can install, commission, maintain and maximise the various equipment required in the cold chain. Knowledge Cadre – a cadre who will take decisions on appropriate climate control and handling for various cargo types; to enable extracting maximum realisation from any unit of produce. Both user and service Industry requires allocating more resources to enhance knowledknowledge. Financiers need to understand this domain better. Regulators and legislators need to further develop this as an better. industry. Else far from feeding the world.... India could well begin to go hungry again! Inputs by Capt. Pawanexh Kohli Principal Advisor, CrossTree Page 11 of 11