Lok Sabha Question No. 1353 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Increase in number of Warehouses
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Rattan Lal Kataria

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1353 To BE ANSWERED ON 14TH DECEMBER, 2022

## INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WAREHOUSES

t1353. SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of warehouses have been increased by the Government in different parts of the Country in the last three years for handling the storage of foodgrains using scientific method;
- (b) if sO, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any accountability has been fixed for cases of spoilageldamage of foodgrains;
- (d) if s0, the details thereof;
- (e) whether storage facility is available in Haryana as per the requirement; and
- if so, the details thereof?

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

## AN SWE R

- Sir. State-wise details of number and capacity of warehouse constructed during the last three and upto Nov"22 by Food Corporation of India (FCI) are Annexed: Yes,
- (c) & (d): Sir: The details are as given below:Yes,
- (e) & (f): Sir. As on 01.11.2022, a quantity of 32.21 LMT of stock (FCI: 23.96 LMT & State Agencies: 8.25 LMT) is stored against the available covered storage capacity of 85.39 Lakh MT available with FCI (53.06 LMT) and State agencies (32.33 LMT) for Central Pool: Yes,

| Year                 |   No. of Cases where accountability was fixed |
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20              |                                             7 |
| 2020-21              |                                             0 |
|                      |                                             0 |
| 2022 (till November) |                                             2 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED To IN REPLY To PART (a) (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1353 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 14.12.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA REG. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WAREHOUSES

## State Wise Details of Warehouse including Silos constructed during last three years by FCI upto Nov"22

| SI: No   | State             | No.   |   Capacity LMT |
|----------|-------------------|-------|----------------|
|          | Bihar             | 3     |           0.65 |
|          | Gujarat           | 1     |           0.5  |
| 3        | Haryana           | 8     |           2.33 |
| 4        | Himachal Pradesh  | 5     |           0.35 |
| 5        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2     |           0.17 |
| 6        | Jharkhand         | 7     |           0.73 |
| 7        | Odisha            | 1     |           0.05 |
| 8        | Punjab            | 2     |           1.5  |
| 9        | Telengana         | 2     |           0.5  |
| 10       | Uttar Pradesh     | 20    |           2.17 |
| 11       | Assam             | 2     |           0.7  |
| 12       | Arunachal Pradesh |       |           0.01 |
| 13       | Manipur           | 1     |           0.02 |
|          | Total             |       |           9.68 |