Lok Sabha Question No. 2521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Allocation for Warehouse Infrastructure Fund
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, C. MAHENDRAN

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2521 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 nd  JANUARY, 2018

## ALLOCATION FOR WAREHOUSE

## INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

2521.   SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA: SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:

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- (a) the  details  about  the  total  allocation  made  by  the  Government  for Warehouse Infrastructure Fund for the last three years;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  sanctioned  financial  assistance  from Warehouse Infrastructure Fund for the States to construct new warehouses mainly to prevent post harvest losses;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the total number of scientific warehousing  storage  house  developed  under  this  fund  for  the  last  three years, State-wise including Haryana;
- (d) whether the Government has launched the web portal of Warehousing Development  and  Regulatory  Authority  (WDRA)  and  Electronic  Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (e-NWR) System under Digital India Mission recently, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the said initiative aims at simplifying Warehousing Registration  Rules,  digitizing  entire  process  of  registration,  monitoring  and surveillance as well as creation and management of NWRs in electronic form through two repositories, if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a)  &  (b)  Warehouse  Infrastructure  Fund  (WIF)  was  constituted  in  National Bank  for  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development  (NABARD),  out  of  the  priority sector  lending  shortfall  by  Commercial  Banks,  with  a  corpus  of  Rs.5,000 crore for the year 2013-14. Further, a corpus of Rs.5,000 crore was allocated for  the  financial  year  2014-15. There was no corpus allocated towards WIF for  the  year  2015-16,  2016-17  and  2017-18.  Thus  the  cumulative  allocation towards  WIF  was  Rs.10,000  crore  as  on  31.03.2015.  Since  inception,  the cumulative sanction under WIF is Rs.7,332 crore and the disbursement made is Rs.4,029 crore. Out of this, an amount of Rs.250.76 crore was sanctioned in 2017-18. The details regarding State-wise utilisation of corpus of Rs.5000 crore each allocated under WIF during 2013-14 and 2014-15 is enclosed as

- Annexure-I.

- (c): The total number of scientific warehousing storage house developed under  this  fund  since  inception  till  December  2017,  including  Haryana  is enclosed as  Annexure-II.
- (d): The web portal of WDRA viz. www.wdra.gov.in has been launched on 26.09.2017.  The  process  of  online  registration  of  warehouses  and  issue  of electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipts (eNWRs) has become operational from 26.09.2017. These activities have been taken up under the Transformation Plan of WDRA, which was approved by the Government.
- (e): The Warehousing (Development & Regulation) Registration of Warehouses  Rules  2017  has  been  notified  on  23.02.2017  with  a  simplified process  of  warehouse  registration.  The  web  portal  of  WDRA  launched  on 26.09.2017  includes  online  registration  of  warehouses,  to  facilitate  the process  of  registration.  Two  repositories,  one  sponsored  by  the  National Commodity Derivative Exchange (NCDEX), namely, M/s National E-Repository Limited (NERL) and other sponsored by the Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL), namely, M/s CDSL Commodity Repository Limited (CCRL), have been set up for the purpose of creation and management of e NWRs.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 2521 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  JANUARY, 2018 IN THE LOK SHABA

ASKED  BY  SHRI  DUSHYANT  CHAUTALA  AND  SHRI  C.  MAHENDRAN, THE  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING  ALLOCATION FOR WAREHOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.

| Warehouse Infrastructure Fund Position of sanction since inception as on 22.12.2017   | Warehouse Infrastructure Fund Position of sanction since inception as on 22.12.2017   | Warehouse Infrastructure Fund Position of sanction since inception as on 22.12.2017   | Warehouse Infrastructure Fund Position of sanction since inception as on 22.12.2017   | Warehouse Infrastructure Fund Position of sanction since inception as on 22.12.2017   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.                                                                                   |                                                                                       | WIF 2013-14                                                                           | WIF 2014-15                                                                           | Total                                                                                 |
| No.                                                                                   |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |
| 1                                                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                  | 228.00                                                                                | 228.00                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                     | Assam                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                  | 47.16 113.07                                                                          | 47.16                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                     | Bihar                                                                                 | 488.83                                                                                |                                                                                       | 601.90                                                                                |
| 4 5                                                                                   | Chattisgarh                                                                           | 79.66                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                  | 79.66 948.74                                                                          |
|                                                                                       | Gujarat $                                                                             | 663.57                                                                                | 285.17                                                                                |                                                                                       |
| 6 7                                                                                   | Haryana $                                                                             | 70.46                                                                                 | 44.29                                                                                 | 114.75                                                                                |
|                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                  | 8.55                                                                                  | 8.55                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                     | Karnataka $                                                                           | 224.38                                                                                | 877.43                                                                                | 1101.81                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                    | Kerala                                                                                | 44.09                                                                                 | 1.66                                                                                  | 45.75                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                    | Maharashtra                                                                           | 5.65                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  | 5.65                                                                                  |
| 12                                                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                    | Mizoram                                                                               | 31.05                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                  | 31.05                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                    | Odisha                                                                                | 77.34                                                                                 | 79.52                                                                                 | 156.86                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                    | Punjab                                                                                | 210.95                                                                                | 6.80                                                                                  | 217.75                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                    | Rajasthan &                                                                           | 8.17                                                                                  | 185.05                                                                                | 193.22                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                    | Tamil Nadu $                                                                          | 729.37                                                                                | 763.91                                                                                | 1493.28                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                    | Telangana                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                  | 972.79                                                                                | 972.79                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                    | Tripura                                                                               | 5.24                                                                                  | 12.53                                                                                 | 17.77                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  |
| 21                                                                                    | Uttarakhand                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  |
| 22                                                                                    | West Bengal                                                                           | 680.44                                                                                | 259.27                                                                                | 939.71                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                    | Multi-State (NCMSL)                                                                   | 128.00                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                  | 128.00                                                                                |
|                                                                                       | Total                                                                                 | 3447.21                                                                               | 3885.21                                                                               | 7332.42                                                                               |
| $                                                                                     | Sanctions accorded in 2017- 18 from WIF 2013- 14                                      | Sanctions accorded in 2017- 18 from WIF 2013- 14                                      | Sanctions accorded in 2017- 18 from WIF 2013- 14                                      | Sanctions accorded in 2017- 18 from WIF 2013- 14                                      |
| &                                                                                     | Sanctions accorded in 2017- 18 from WIF 2014- 15                                      | Sanctions accorded in 2017- 18 from WIF 2014- 15                                      | Sanctions accorded in 2017- 18 from WIF 2014- 15                                      | Sanctions accorded in 2017- 18 from WIF 2014- 15                                      |
|                                                                                       | Source: NABARD                                                                        | Source: NABARD                                                                        | Source: NABARD                                                                        | Source: NABARD                                                                        |

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ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 2521 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  JANUARY, 2018 IN THE LOK SHABA

ASKED  BY  SHRI  DUSHYANT  CHAUTALA  AND  SHRI  C.  MAHENDRAN,  THE HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING ALLOCATION FOR WAREHOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.

State-wise details of storage since inception under WIF as on 22 December 2017

| Sl. No   | State        |   No. of project sanctioned |   Capacity (MT) envisaged |
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | AP           |                          45 |                    400000 |
| 2        | Assam        |                           2 |                     10000 |
| 3        | Bihar        |                         144 |                    615000 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh |                          54 |                    301200 |
| 5        | Gujarat      |                        1954 |                   1129480 |
| 6        | Haryana      |                          26 |                    312890 |
| 7        | HP           |                           3 |                      3480 |
| 8        | Karnataka    |                         350 |                   1274608 |
| 9        | Kerala       |                          27 |                     54361 |
| 10       | Maharashtra  |                           5 |                     15800 |
| 11       | Mizoram      |                          27 |                      8350 |
| 12       | Odisha       |                         398 |                    193900 |
| 13       | Punjab       |                          12 |                    519800 |
| 14       | Rajasthan    |                           5 |                    314500 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu   |                        2122 |                    955580 |
| 16       | Telangana    |                         364 |                   1830000 |
| 17       | Tripura      |                          44 |                     17400 |
| 18       | West Bengal  |                         203 |                    315970 |
| 19       | NCMSL        |                          22 |                    364600 |
|          | Total        |                        5807 |                   8636915 |

Source: NABARD