Lok Sabha Question No. 2684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Data on Private Warehouses
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA, KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2684 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 ST  AUGUST, 2017

## DATA ON PRIVATE WAREHOUSES

## 2684. SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA:

## SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

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- (a) whether the Government has any data regarding the hiring of private warehouses to keep the foodgrains and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any policy has been formulated to hire godowns on rent by Food  Corporation  of  India  (FCI)  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (c) the number and the details of the godowns hired on rent during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (d) whether FCI has refused to rent certain godowns which have been constructed as per the designs and specifications given by FCI itself; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof including the number of such godowns and the reasons therefor, State-wise?

## A N S W E R

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

(a):    Yes,  Madam.  The  details  of  the  private  warehouses  hired  by  Food Corporation of India (FCI) during the last three years (as on 31 st  March) and current year as on 30.06.2017 are as given below:-

## (Figures in Lakh MT)

| Scheme                                                          |   2014- 15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   30.06.2017 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
| Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS) 2010 (short term hiring)       |      13.43 |     12.35 |      9.04 |         9.51 |
| Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme (long term hiring) |      86.32 |     98.01 |    101.53 |       102.28 |
| Total                                                           |      99.75 |    110.36 |    110.57 |       111.79 |

(b)  &  (c):  Yes  Madam.  FCI  hires  godowns  from  Central  Warehousing Corporation  (CWC),  State  Government  Agencies  and  private  parties  for storage  of  foodgrains.  Hiring  of  godowns  from  CWC  &  State  Government Agencies is the preferred route of hiring by FCI. The rate of rent payable by FCI to CWC/State  Government  Agencies  is  fixed by the  Government. Wherever  sufficient  capacity  is  not  available  with  FCI  or  State  Agencies, private godowns are hired through the process of competitive bidding. Under PEG Scheme, godown is constructed by the private party selected through tendering  process  and  FCI  hires  the  godown  on  guaranteed  basis  for  10 years.

The details indicating number of godowns hired on rent along with capacity during the last three years and the current year are given as below:-

| Date       |   Number of Hired Godowns |   Capacity of Hired godowns (in Lakh MT) |
|------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 31.03.2015 |                      1243 |                                   203.45 |
| 31.03.2016 |                      1347 |                                   203.8  |
| 31.03.2017 |                      1265 |                                   198.5  |
| 30.06.2017 |                      1355 |                                   209.29 |

State-wise details including Chhattisgarh are at Annexure-I.

(d): No, Madam. The godowns constructed as per the design & specifications and as per the terms & conditions specified by FCI, are hired by FCI.

(e): Does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTs (b) & (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2684 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 01.08.2017 IN THE LOK SABHA

## State-wise no. of godowns and capacity hired by FCI during the last three years and current year

|         |                                                       | 31.03.2015                  | 31.03.2015                         | 31.03.2016                  | 31.03.2016                         | 31.03.2017                  | 31.03.2017                         | 30.06.2017                  | 30.06.2017                         |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | Region                                                | No. of Godowns Hired by FCI | Capacity of Hired Godowns (in LMT) | No. of Godowns Hired by FCI | Capacity of Hired Godowns (in LMT) | No. of Godowns Hired by FCI | Capacity of Hired Godowns (in LMT) | No. of Godowns Hired by FCI | Capacity of Hired Godowns (in LMT) |
| 1       | BIHAR                                                 | 34                          | 2.37                               | 37                          | 2.59                               | 40                          | 3.00                               | 42                          | 3.45                               |
| 2       | JHARKHAND                                             | 24                          | 1.52                               | 28                          | 1.81                               | 26                          | 1.84                               | 27                          | 1.86                               |
| 3       | ORISSA                                                | 35                          | 2.49                               | 35                          | 2.35                               | 33                          | 2.48                               | 31                          | 2.66                               |
| 4       | WEST BENGAL (Including Sikkim)                        | 8                           | 1.15                               | 2                           | 1.22                               | 8                           | 1.22                               | 9                           | 1.27                               |
| 5       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                     | 8                           | 0.05                               | 9                           | 0.03                               | 8                           | 0.04                               | 8                           | 0.02                               |
| 6       | ASSAM                                                 | 19                          | 1.04                               | 14                          | 1.02                               | 19                          | 0.98                               | 19                          | 0.96                               |
|         | NAGALAND                                              | 1                           | 0.13                               | 0                           | 0.13                               | 1                           | 0.08                               | 1                           | 0.08                               |
| 7       | MANIPUR                                               | 1                           | 0.04                               | 12                          | 0.04                               | 1                           | 0.04                               | 1                           | 0.04                               |
| 8       | MEGHALAYA                                             |                             | 0.14                               |                             | 0.09                               |                             | 0.09                               |                             | 0.09                               |
| 9       | MIZORAM                                               | 10                          | 0                                  | 7                           | 0                                  | 6                           | 0.00                               | 6                           | 0                                  |
| 10      | TRIPURA                                               |                             | 0.08                               |                             | 0.06                               |                             | 0.08                               |                             | 0.08                               |
| 11      | DELHI                                                 | 0                           | 0                                  | 0                           | 0                                  | 0                           | 0                                  | 0                           | 0                                  |
| 12      | HARYANA                                               | 183                         | 36.42                              | 194                         | 41.32                              | 181                         | 42.29                              | 189                         | 44.42                              |
| 13      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                      | 13                          | 0.29                               | 11                          | 0.30                               | 12                          | 0.14                               | 12                          | 0.35                               |
| 14      | J & K                                                 | 12                          | 1.15                               | 13                          | 1.36                               | 14                          | 1.46                               | 14                          | 1.46                               |
| 15      | PUNJAB (including Chandigarh)                         | 319                         | 82.38                              | 405                         | 80.13                              | 425                         | 83.47                              | 429                         | 83.94                              |
| 16      | RAJASTHAN                                             | 144                         | 13.93                              | 120                         | 10.38                              | 111                         | 10.06                              | 113                         | 10.52                              |
| 17      | UTTAR PRADESH                                         | 144                         | 24.13                              | 179                         | 30.17                              | 148                         | 26.2                               | 226                         | 32.47                              |
| 18      | UTTARAKHAND                                           | 13                          | 1.01                               | 14                          | 1.01                               | 14                          | 0.95                               | 14                          | 0.94                               |
| 19      | ANDHRA PRADESH (Including Andman Nikobar & Telangana) | 77                          | 9.46                               | 45                          | 4.47                               | 22                          | 2.2                                | 39                          | 3.47                               |
| 20      | KARNATAKA                                             | 33                          | 3.34                               | 31                          | 3.68                               | 30                          | 3.34                               | 29                          | 3.34                               |
| 21      | KERALA                                                | 1                           | 0.05                               | 1                           | 0.05                               | 1                           | 0.05                               | 1                           | 0.05                               |
| 22      | TAMILNADU (including Pondicherry)                     | 37                          | 5.06                               | 46                          | 4.73                               | 40                          | 4.43                               | 36                          | 3.86                               |
| 23      | CHHATTISGARH                                          | 31                          | 3.33                               | 43                          | 4.44                               | 34                          | 3.58                               | 28                          | 3.17                               |
| 24      | GUJARAT                                               | 19                          | 2.35                               | 17                          | 1.82                               | 13                          | 1.19                               | 13                          | 1.31                               |
| 25      | MADHYA PRADESH                                        | 4                           | 1.16                               | 1                           | 0.05                               | 2                           | 0.03                               | 2                           | 0.03                               |
| 26      | MAHARASTRA (including Goa)                            | 81                          | 10.38                              | 83                          | 10.55                              | 76                          | 9.26                               | 66                          | 9.45                               |
|         | GRAND TOTAL                                           | 1251                        | 203.45                             | 1347                        | 203.80                             | 1265                        | 198.50                             | 1355                        | 209.29                             |