Lok Sabha Question No. 2576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-17
Subject: Canteen Stores Department
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2576

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  MARCH, 2017

## CANTEEN STORES DEPARTMENT

2576.  SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE

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be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of  Canteen  Stores  Department  (CSD)  stores  located  in  the  country, State / UT-wise;
- (b) the  estimated number of  beneficiaries  and  products  sold by the  CSD  stores  and turnover  and  profits  earned  by  the  CSD  during  the  last  three  years,  year-wise  and  the future targets thereof;
- (c) whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  open  more  CSD  stores  in  various  parts  of  the country and also to turn them fully cashless; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) There  are  35  CSD  store  depots  across  the  country.  Details  are enclosed in Annexure-I.
- (b)    The  number  of  primary  card  holders  of  CSD  are  50,89,856  and  5744 products  are  enlisted  in  CSD.  The  turnover  and  profit  earned  by  CSD during last three years and future target is as under:
- (c) & (d): Presently, there are proposals for opening new CSD Depots at Raipur,  Jodhpur  and  in  Sikkim  and  Manipur.  All  existing  35  depots  are operating on cashless basis.

| F.Y.             |   Turnover (in Crore) |   Profit (in Crore) |
|------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
| 2013-14          |               12202.4 |              177.94 |
| 2014-15          |               13709.3 |              235.69 |
| 2015-16          |               15781.7 |              230.32 |
| 2016-17 (Target) |               16400   |              250    |
| 2017-18 (Target) |               18000   |              280    |

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2576 FOR ANSWER ON 17.3.2017

## State/UT-wise list of CSD Depots in the country

| Sl. No.   | State             | CSD Depots                                            |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1)        | Uttar Pradesh     | Lucknow Depot Meerut Depot Agra Depot Bareilly Depot  |
| 2)        | Uttaranchal       | Dehradun Depot                                        |
| 3)        | Madhya Pradesh    | Jabalpur Depot                                        |
| 4)        | West Bengal       | Kolkata Depot Baghdogra Depot                         |
| 5)        | Nagaland          | Dimapur Depot                                         |
| 6)        | Assam             | Narangi Depot Masimpur Depot Misamari Depot           |
| 7)        | Jharkhand         | Ramgarh Depot                                         |
| 8)        | Gujarat           | Ahmedabad Depot                                       |
| 9)        | Haryana           | Hisar Depot Ambala Depot                              |
| 10)       | Rajasthan         | Bikaner Depot Jaipur Depot                            |
| 11)       | Delhi             | Delhi Depot                                           |
| 12)       | Jammu & Kashmir   | BD Bari Depot Srinagar Depot Leh Depot Udhampur Depot |
| 13)       | Punjab            | Pathankot Depot Jalandhar Depot Bhatinda Depot        |
| 14)       | Karnataka         | Bangalore Depot                                       |
| 15)       | Tamil Nadu        | Chennai Depot                                         |
| 16)       | Kerala            | Kochi Depot                                           |
| 17)       | Maharashtra       | Khadki Depot Mumbai Base Depot Mumbai Area Depot      |
| 18)       | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair Depot                                      |
| 19)       | Andhra Pradesh    | Secunderabad Depot Visakhapatnam Depot                |

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