Lok Sabha Question No. 203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Warehousing Capacity for Paddy
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.203 To BE ANSWERED ON 7TH DECEMBER, 2022

## WAREHOUSING CAPACITY FOR PADDY

## 203. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

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

- (a) whether the warehousing facilities for storage of paddy and other agricultural produces are inadequate across the country including Telangana State;
- (b) if sO, the details thereof;
- whether the Government is planning to take expeditious measures to build sufficient number of warehouses on priority; and
- (d) if so, the details of such proposals which are under consideration?

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

- (a) & (b): FCI mainly stores wheat & rice after procurement for PDS operation and to maintain buffer stock: As on 01.11.2022, Covered Storage Capacity available with FCI and State agencies for storage of Central Pool foodgrain stock is 718.75 Lakh MT against stored stock of 376.43 LMT The State-wise details are enclosed at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d): FCI continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity and based on the storage gap assessment, storage capacities are createdlhired through the following schemes:
1. Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme
3. Construction of Silo's under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode
2. Central Sector Scheme (CSS)
4. Hiring of godown from Central Warehousing Corporation (CWCState Warehousing Corporations (SWCs)State Agencies
5. Hiring of godown through Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS)

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## Annex-[ ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.203 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2022 IN THE LOK SABHA REG. WAREHOUSING CAPACITY FOR PADDY

| Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt Agencies as on 01.11.2022 (OB)   | Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt Agencies as on 01.11.2022 (OB)   | Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt Agencies as on 01.11.2022 (OB)   | Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt Agencies as on 01.11.2022 (OB)   | Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt Agencies as on 01.11.2022 (OB)   | Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt Agencies as on 01.11.2022 (OB)   | Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt Agencies as on 01.11.2022 (OB)                                        | Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt Agencies as on 01.11.2022 (OB)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    | State                                                                              | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired )                                     | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired )                                     | Total (Owned-Hired)                                                                | Total Storage Capacity with State Agencies including SWCs (excluding capacities given to FCI) for storage of foodgrains | Grand Total                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    | State                                                                              | Owned                                                                              | Hired                                                                              | Total (Owned-Hired)                                                                | State Agencies                                                                                                          | Grand Total                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                  |                                                                                    | Bihar                                                                              | 4.07                                                                               | 6.92                                                                               | 10.99                                                                              | 4.66                                                                                                                    | 15.65                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                  | 2                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                          | 0.79                                                                               | 3.47                                                                               | 4.26                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                                    | 4.26                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                  | 3                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                             | 3.65                                                                               |                                                                                    | 537                                                                                | 5.94                                                                                                                    | 1131                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                  |                                                                                    | West Bengal                                                                        |                                                                                    | 0.97                                                                               | 10.50                                                                              | 9.10                                                                                                                    | 19.60                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                  | 5                                                                                  | Sikkim                                                                             | 0.14                                                                               | 0.01                                                                               | 0.11                                                                               | 0.12                                                                                                                    | 0.23                                                                               |
| Total East Zone                                                                    | Total East Zone                                                                    | Total East Zone                                                                    | 18.15                                                                              | 13.08                                                                              | 31.23                                                                              | 19.82                                                                                                                   | 51.05                                                                              |

| 4                     |                       | Assam                 |   3.74 | 1.71   |   5.45 |   0.00 |   5.45 |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 4                     |                       | Arunachal Pradesh     |   0.4  | 0.02   |   0.42 |   0    |   0.42 |
| 4                     | 8                     | Meghalya              |   0.17 | 0.09   |   0.26 |   0    |   0.26 |
| 4                     |                       | Mizoram               |   0.32 | 0.00   |   0.32 |   0    |   0.32 |
| 4                     | 10                    | Tripura               |   0.4  | 0.08   |   0.48 |   0    |   0.48 |
| 4                     |                       | Manipur               |   0.59 | 0.04   |   0.63 |   0.17 |   0.8  |
| 4                     | 12                    | Nagaland              |   0.42 | 0.16   |   0.57 |   0.08 |   0.65 |
| Total North East Zone | Total North East Zone | Total North East Zone |   6.04 | 2.09   |   8.13 |   0.25 |   8.38 |
|                       | 13                    | Delhi                 |   3.27 | 0.00   |   3.27 |   0    |   3.27 |
|                       | 14                    | Haryana               |   8.75 | 44.31  |  53.06 |  32.33 |  85.39 |
|                       | 15                    | Himachal Pradesh      |   0.26 | 0.66   |   0.92 |   0    |   0.92 |
|                       | 16                    | Jammu & Kashmir       |   0.95 |        |   2.06 |   0    |   2.06 |
|                       | 17                    | Ladakh                |   0.25 | 0.07   |   0.31 |   0    |   0.31 |
|                       | 18                    | Punjab                |  27.17 | 85.00  | 112.17 |  54.41 | 166.58 |
|                       | 19                    | Chandigarh            |   0    | 0.07   |   0.07 |   0    |   0.07 |

|                  | 20               | Rajashthan       | 8.39   | 3.25   |   14.64 |   0.00 |   11.64 |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------|--------|---------|--------|---------|
|                  | 21               | Uttar Pradesh    |        | 25.31  |   40.89 |   0    |   40.89 |
|                  | 22               | Uttarkhand       | 0.73   | 1.19   |    1.92 |   1.69 |    3.61 |
| Total North Zone | Total North Zone | Total North Zone | 65.35  | 160.97 |  226.32 |  88.43 |  314.75 |
|                  | 23               | Andhra Pradesh   | 9.00   | 0.56   |    9.56 |  18.57 |   28.13 |
|                  | 24               | AeN Island       |        | 0.00   |    0.07 |   0.03 |    0.1  |
|                  | 25               | Telangana        | 6.68   | 6.92   |   13.6  |   1.95 |   15.55 |
|                  | 26               | Kerela           | 5.88   | 0.06   |    5.94 |   2.74 |    8.68 |
|                  | 27               | Karnatka         | 4.60   |        |    9.32 |   0.92 |   10.24 |
|                  | 28               | Lakshadwecp      | 0.03   | 0.00   |    0.03 |   0    |    0.03 |
|                  | 29               | Tamilnadu        | 7.08   | 5.12   |   12.2  |  17.06 |   29.26 |
|                  | 30               | Puducherry       | 0.52   | 0.00   |    0.52 |   0    |    0.52 |
| Total South Zone | Total South Zone | Total South Zone | 33.86  | 17.38  |   51.24 |  41.27 |   92.51 |

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|                 | 31              | Gujrat          |   4.93 |   3.17 | 8.10   |   0.58 |   8.68 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|                 | 32              |                 |   0    |   0    | 0.00   |   0    |   0    |
|                 | 33              | Maharashtra     |   9.23 |  10.03 | 19.26  |   0.04 |  19.3  |
|                 | 34              | Goa             |   0.19 |   0.06 | 0.25   |   0    |   0.25 |
|                 | 35              | Madhya Pradesh  |   4.2  |   0.2  | 4.40   | 190.67 | 195.07 |
|                 | 36              | Chattisgarh     |   6.32 |   7.46 | 13.78  |  14.98 |  28.76 |
| Total West Zone | Total West Zone | Total West Zone |  24.87 |  20.92 | 45.79  | 206.27 | 252.06 |
| G. Total        | G. Total        | G. Total        | 148.27 | 214.44 |        | 356.04 | 718.75 |