Lok Sabha Question No. 2418 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Dhaanya Lakshmi Scheme
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Bhola Singh, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sukanta Majumdar

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIG DISTRIBUTIOil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 24{8

## TO BE ANSWERED  ON 3Ro AUGUST,  202,1

## DHAANYA  LAKSHMI SCTIEME

24{8. SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI RA.'VEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

DR. JAYAI{TA KUMAR ROY:

DR. SUK/INTA MAJUMDAR:

Will the Minister of  GONSUMER AFFAIRS' FOOD AND PUBLIC DtsTRIBUTtoN 5cs#rdl rnrd, ur<-+ Eft  qr6-{BEI  fkfl{sI d*  be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has launched the Dhaanya Lakshmi Scheme - a Village Storage scheme to be run by the Self Help Groups (SHGs) to provide  a good holding capacity azld reduce their logistics costr if so, the detaits thereof including  sueh vittage storages hreated since its inception,
- State-wise;
- (b)  whether Government  announced Viability Gap Funding for setting up efficient  warehouses  at the block/taluk tevel, if so' the details thereof;
- (c)  whether Govemment ha$ planned Financing on  Negotiable llvarehousing Receipts (e-NWR) to be integrated  with e-NAMr if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the other steps being taken by the Gcvernment  to  undertake warehouse building by the FCI and Gentral Warehousing Gorporation? ANSWER

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

- (a): As per the Budget Announcement  2O'lfJ-20, it  was proposed to implement a scheme catled  rtDhaanya  Lakshnri $cheme"  for construGting storage facilities for agriculture  produce  at village level by Department  of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, whieh is under aetive consideration.

(b): Storage capacity of FCI is augmented  through sghemes with varied modes of funding like Gentral government allocation (Gentral sector Scheme  "Storage  &Godowiis"  2lJ17'22 for North- East and Some other small/remote states), Pubtic Private: Partnership  [Private  Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme, Gonstruction of silos under Public Private Partnership  (PPP) mode, Private Warehousing  Scheme  (PWS)I

FGI has been constructing silos in VGF mode. Till dater 8 silos under VGF have been awarded and grant has been requested for 3 locations only, as at other locations  premium has been received.  Locations wise details are Annexed.

- (c):  Warehouse registered by Warehousing  Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) can issue etectronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipts (eNWRs) against deposited  goods of notified commodities.  eNWRs can be used for obtaining  pledge loans from banks and settlement of contracts in commodity  exchanges and off market sale of goods.

An integration  of e-NWR and eNAM platform has been completed and any warehouse registered with WDRA and declared as sub mandi by the State Governmentr  can trade on eNAM through e'NWR'

- (d): There as a plan to construct total storage capacity of {'65,45O MT (t,05,89O MT in North East and 59,560 MT in other than North East) by FGI under Gentral Sector Scherne  'rstorage  & Godown" (focus on NElr 2017'22.

Further, Gentral  Warehousing  Gorporation (GWG)  has planned for construction of {6.O{ LMT betureen 2021-22 lo 2o.24'25 through its own funds.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.24I8 FOR ANSWER ON O3.08.2O2I IN THE LOK SABHA.

Silos under VGF mode

| Location              | Date of Award   | Total Proiect Cost in Crores   | Gapaci ty in LMT   | Grant (G) soughU Premium (P) received in Rs.   | Fixed Storage Charges in Rs per MT/Month   | Net Base fixed storage charges in Rs. pel MT/Month   |
|-----------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| Narela, Delhi         | 30.o3.{6        | 41.44                          | o.5                | 82,23,0OO (P)                                  | 97.40                                      | 83,70                                                |
| Ghangsari, Assam      | 30.o3.{6        | 42.48                          | o.5                | 68,22,000 (P)                                  | 97.40                                      | 86.03                                                |
| Sahnewal, Punjab      | 30.o3,{ 6       | 42.37                          | o.5                | 66,66,OOO (P)                                  | 97.40                                      | 86.29                                                |
| Katihar, Bihar        | 07.o3.16        | 44,63                          | 0.5                | 2O,2O,OOO.OO (P)                               | 97,40                                      | 94.O3                                                |
| Dhamora, UP           | ?o.o6.19        | 37,86                          | o.5                | {,5Or,13,55O (P)                               | 1o'4.44                                    | 79.42                                                |
| Kaimur&B uxar, Bihar* | 28.O8.18        | 65.28                          | 0.5 each           | 7,65,OO,OOO (G)                                | 65.O4                                      |                                                      |
| Kotkapura, Puniab     | 07.03.16        | 35.52                          | o.25               | 5,69rOOrOOO (G)                                | 97.40                                      |                                                      |