Lok Sabha Question No. 5489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Lack of Adequate Storage Facilities
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5489 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5TH APRIL, 2023

## LACK OF ADEQUATE STORAGE FACILITIES

## +5489. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- (a) the arrangement available for  storage of wheat, rice, pulses and other foodgrains in the country at present;
- (b) whether the Government has received complaints of spoilage of foodgrains due to lack of adequate storage facilities;
- (c) if sO, the various steps being taken by the Government to make adequate arrangements for storage; and
- (d) the status of the storage in Madhya Pradesh; district-wise?

## A NSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): Food Corporation of India (FCI) mainly stores wheat & rice after procurement for Public Distribution System (PDS) operation and to maintain buffer stock: As on 01.03.2023, Covered Storage Capacity available with FCI and State agencies for storage of Central Pool foodgrain is 714.82 LMT against stored stock of 321.23 LMT.
- (b) & (c): Sir. However, FCI continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity and based on the storage gap assessment, storage capacities are createdlhired through the following schemes: No,
1. Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme
2. Central Sector Scheme (CSS)
3. Construction of Silo's under PPP mode
4. Hiring of godown from Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs)State Agencies
5. Hiring of godown through Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS):
- (d): As information provided by Madhya Pradesh Warehousing And Logistics Corporation; district-wise storage capacity in Madhya Pradesh State is Annexed: per

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5489 FOR ANSWER ON 05.04.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA.

District-wise storage capacity (in MT) of Madhya Pradesh:

| SN   | District Name   | Capacity   |         |
|------|-----------------|------------|---------|
|      | Agar Malwa      |            |  262479 |
| 2    | Alirajpur       |            |   26873 |
| 3    | Anuppur         |            |   96248 |
| 4    | AshokNagar      |            |  291717 |
| 5    | Balaghat        |            |  362954 |
| 6    | Barwani         |            |   61240 |
| 7    | Betul           |            |  392812 |
| 8    | Bhind           |            |  119262 |
| 9    | Bhopal          |            |  778380 |
| 10   | Burhanpur       |            |   16116 |
| 11   | Chhatarpur      |            |  464191 |
| 12   | Chhindwara      |            |  443917 |
| 13   | Damoh           |            |  365181 |
| 14   | Datia           |            |  281750 |
| 15   | Dewas           |            |  959893 |
| 16   | Dhar            |            |  346665 |
| 17   | Dindori         |            |   32201 |
| 18   | Guna            |            |  297243 |
| 19   | Gwalior         |            |  299338 |
| 20   | Harda           |            |  983601 |
| 21   | Indore          |            |  545865 |
| 22   | Jabalpur        |            | 2219574 |
| 23   | Jhabua          |            |   73121 |
| 24   | Katni           |            |  589743 |
| 25   | Khandwa         |            |  320670 |
| 26   | Khargone        |            |  343229 |
| 27   | Mandla          |            |  288369 |

| 28   | Mandsour     |          |
|------|--------------|----------|
| 29   | Morena       |   107197 |
| 30   | Narmadapuram |  2517386 |
| 31   | Narsinghpur  |   582308 |
| 32   | Neemuch      |   165740 |
| 33   | Niwari       |    20740 |
| 34   | Panna        |   633895 |
| 35   | Raisen       |  2411051 |
| 36   | Rajgarh      |   927051 |
| 37   | Ratlam       |   301375 |
| 38   | Rewa         |   692162 |
| 39   | Sagar        |  1105558 |
| 40   | Satna        |  1136640 |
| 41   | Sehore       |  1911116 |
| 42   | Seoni        |  1050662 |
| 43   | Shahdol      |   257447 |
| 44   | Shajapur     |   632347 |
| 45   | Sheopur      |   443682 |
| 46   | Shivpuri     |   116549 |
| 47   | Sidhi        |   154351 |
| 48   | Singrauli    |   132708 |
| 49   | Tikamgarh    |   306085 |
| 50   | Ujjain       |  1209373 |
| 51   | Umariya      |   196749 |
| 52   | Vidisha      |  1938548 |
|      | Total        | 30847849 |