Lok Sabha Question No. 5329 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: New Warehouses in Jharkhand
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5329 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5TH APRIL, 2023

## NEW WAREHOUSES IN JHARKHAND

## 5329. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- (a) the number and capacity of warehouses constructed in the country, State-wise including Jharkhand during the last three years;
- (b) whether there is any plan to construct new warehouses in Jharkhand in the near future;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a): Details of covered storage capacity of Food Corporation of India (FCI) increased during last three years are as given below:

(Capacity in LMT)

| Schemes                       | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   |
|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|                               | Capacity  | No.       | Capacity  | No.       | Capacity  | No.       |
| Private                       | 0.55      | 06        | 0.48      | 05        | 1.48      | 16        |
| Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) |           |           |           |           |           |           |
| Central Sector                |           |           | 0.20      | 01        | 0.08      | 02        |
| Scheme (CSS)                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |
| Silo                          | 2.00      | 03        | 3.00      | 06        | 1.50      | 03        |
| Total                         | 2.55      | 09        | 3.68      | 12        | 3.06      | 21        |

The State wise details of capacity created by FCI under the above mentioned Schemes in the last three years are at Annexure-I:

FCI also augment storage capacity by under Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS): As on 01.03.2023, a covered storage capacity 6.42 LMT (including Jharkhand) is hired: hiring

Further, the number and capacity of warehouses constructed during the last three years by Central  Warehousing Corporation (CWC) in the country, State-wise including Jharkhand are at Annexure-II:

The number and capacity of warehouses sanctionedlconstructed in the last three years by Department of Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs, Government of Jharkhand is as given below:-

|   Number of Godowns |   Capacityin MT |
|---------------------|-----------------|
|                  31 |           31000 |

(b), (c) & (d): Under various Schemes capacityunder construction by FCI in Jharkhand are as given below: Yes,

| Schemes                               |   Capacity (in_LMT) |   No. |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------|-------|
| Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee_(PEG) |                0.55 |    04 |
| Central Sector Scheme (CSS)           |                0.3  |    03 |
| Total                                 |                0.85 |    07 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART () OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION

## State-wise and year-wise details of Storage capacity created by FCI under PEG, CSS and Silo during last Three years

(Fig: in LMT)

| SI: no   | State             |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   Total |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|          | Bihar             |      0    |      0.5  |      0    |    0.5  |
| 2        | Gujarat           |      0    |      0.5  |      0    |    0.5  |
| 3        | Haryana           |      0    |      1.5  |      0.5  |    2    |
| 4        | Himachal Pradesh  |      0.08 |      0.03 |      0.02 |    0.13 |
| 5        | Jammu & Kashmir   |      0.07 |      0    |      0    |    0.07 |
| 6        | Jharkhand         |      0.3  |      0.15 |      0.13 |    0.58 |
| 7        | Kerala            |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
|          | Madhya Pradesh    |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
| 9        | Odisha            |      0.05 |      0    |      0    |    0.05 |
| 10       | Punjab            |      2    |      0    |      0    |    2    |
| 11       | Rajasthan         |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
| 12       | Tamilnadu         |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
| 13       | Telengana         |      0    |      0    |      0.2  |    0.2  |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     |      0.05 |      0.3  |      2.1  |    2.45 |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
| 16       | West Bengal       |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
| 17       | Assam             |      0    |      0.7  |      0    |    0.7  |
| 18       | Nagaland          |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
| 19       | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |      0    |      0.01 |    0.01 |
| 20       | Manipur           |      0    |      0    |      0.05 |    0    |
| 21       | Meghalaya         |      0    |      0    |      0.05 |    0.05 |
|          |                   |      2.55 |      3.68 |      3.06 |    9.24 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5329 FOR ANSWER ON 05.04.2023 IN THE LOK SABHA.

## State Wise Number and Capacity of Warehouses constructed in the country during the last three years by CWC

|                    | 2020-21          | 2020-21                            | 2021-22          | 2021-22                            | 2022-23 (Upto Feb 23)   | 2022-23 (Upto Feb 23)              |
|--------------------|------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
| No. STATEIUT       | No. of Warehouse | capacity of warehouses constructed | No. of Warehouse | capacity of warehouses constructed | No. of Warehouse        | capacity of warehouses constructed |
| ANDHRA PRADESH     | 2                | 7373                               |                  | 29890                              |                         |                                    |
| 2 ASSAM            |                  |                                    |                  | 843                                |                         |                                    |
| 3 BIHAR            |                  | 390                                | 2                | 9743                               |                         |                                    |
| 4 DELHI            | 6                | 4725                               |                  |                                    |                         |                                    |
| 5 GUJARAT          |                  | 12032                              |                  | 12000                              |                         |                                    |
| 6 HARYANA          |                  | 18319                              |                  |                                    | 2                       | 32184                              |
| HIMACHAL 7 PRADESH |                  |                                    | 2                | 3843                               |                         |                                    |
| 8 JHARKHAND        |                  |                                    |                  |                                    |                         |                                    |
| 9 KARNATAKA        | 2                | 7173                               | 5                | 149377                             |                         | 12268                              |
| 10 KERALA          |                  | 5345                               | 2                | 14538                              |                         | 8448                               |
| MADHYA 11 PRADESH  |                  | 300                                | 1                | 13063                              | 2                       | 4853                               |
| 12 MAHARASHTRA     |                  | 3580                               | 2                | 15474                              |                         |                                    |
| 13 ODISHA          |                  |                                    |                  |                                    |                         | 1147                               |
| 14 PUNJAB          | 2                | 1100                               | 1                | 12528                              |                         |                                    |
| 15 RAJASTHAN       | 4                | 47809                              | 5                | 45537                              |                         | 2978                               |
| 16 TAMIL NADU      | 2                | 1932                               | 4                | 14832                              | 3                       | 21700                              |
| TELANGANA          |                  |                                    | 1                | 3237                               |                         |                                    |
| UTTAR 18 PRADESH   | 2                | 66236                              | 2                | 16994                              |                         |                                    |
| 19 WEST BENGAL     | 2                | 3028                               | 2                | 3455                               |                         | 1374                               |
| Total              | 28               | 179342                             | 35               | 345354                             | 12                      | 84952                              |