Lok Sabha Question No. 2178 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Existing Warehouses in the Country
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2178 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2ND AUGUST 9 2023

## EXISTING WAREHOUSES IN THE  COUNTRY

## 21788 SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATI Li

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRSI FOOD AND PUBLIC

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- (a) the details of existing warehouses in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the steps taken for augmenting the capacity and modernizing the storage
- capacity of foodgrains across the country;
- (c) whether the IBovernrnent has fixed any time limit  in this regard; and
- (d) if sol the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As  on  O<1.07,2023, Food  Corporation  of  India  has  a  network  of  1923 of warehouses (Owned/Hired) with a capacity of 371.93 LMT for storage of Central Pool foodgrains. Statement showing State-wise covered storage capacity  is Annexed.
- (b) to (d): The requirement of Storage capacity in Food Corporation of India (FOI) depends upon the level of procurement! requirement of buffer norms and Public Distribution System (PDS) operations for  Rice and Wheat mainly. Storage gap is  assessed in the  procuring States based on the highest stock levels in the last  three years and in the consuming States on the basis of 4 months (6 months in case of North Eastern states and in some other states like  J&K,  Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andaman &  Nicobar and Lakshadweep) requirement under National Food Security Act (NFSA) and Other Welfare Scheme (OWS). FCI continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity and based on the storage gap assessment, storage capacities are created/hired through following  schemes:

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- Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme
- Central Sector  Scheme (CSS).
- Construction  of SILO's under PPP mode
- 481 Hiring of godown from Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)/ State Warehousing Corporation  (SWCs)/ State Agencies
5. Hiring of godown through Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS)

## As far as timelines are concerned:

On PEG Scheme, investor  gets one year for the  completion  construction of  godown from  issue of  letter  of  memorandum (LoM). Government has fixed the  timeline as  March  2025  before  which all  the projects that are  under progress or being taken up under Central Sector scheme, are to be completed. Time period of 270 days for fulfillment  of condition precedents (CPs) and 18 months for construction is given for development of Silos.

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## Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2178 FOR ANSWER ON 02.08.2023 IN THE LOK  SABHA.

## Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt. Agencies as on 01.07.2023@%

|                                  | -. No.                | State                 | Total StorageCapacity with (Owned/Hired)   | Total StorageCapacity with (Owned/Hired)   | Total (Owned+Hired)   |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|                                  | -. No.                | State                 | Owned                                      | Hired                                      | Total (Owned+Hired)   |
|                                  | 1                     | Bihar                 | 4.070                                      | 6.55 1                                     | 10.621                |
|                                  | 2                     | Jharkhand             | 0.790                                      | 2.975                                      | 3.765                 |
|                                  | 3                     | Odisha                | 3.650                                      | 2.162                                      | 5.812                 |
|                                  | 4                     | West Bengal           | 9.530                                      | 0.296                                      | 9.826                 |
|                                  | 5                     | Sikkim                | 0.110                                      | 0.005                                      | 0.115                 |
| Total EM=1                       | Total EM=1            | Total EM=1            | 18.150                                     | 11 .989                                    | 30.139                |
|                                  | a                     |                       | 3.740                                      | 1.743                                      | 5.483                 |
|                                  | I                     |                       | 0.401                                      | 0.016                                      | 0.417                 |
|                                  | 11                    |                       | 0.197                                      | 0.144                                      | 0.342                 |
|                                  | Z                     |                       | 0.318                                      | 0.000                                      | 0.318                 |
|                                  | I                     |                       | 0.402                                      | 0.079                                      | 0.481                 |
|                                  |                       | m4anipur              | 0.647                                      | 0.000                                      | 0.647                 |
|                                  |                       | magaland              | 0.415                                      | 0.156                                      | 0.571                 |
|                                  | Total North East Zone | Total North East Zone | 6.121                                      | 2, 138                                     | 8.259                 |
|                                  | 13                    | Delhi                 | 3.276                                      | 0.000                                      | 3.276                 |
|                                  | 14                    | Haryana               | 8.750                                      | 38.260                                     | 47.010                |
|                                  | 15                    | Himachal Pradesh      | 0.264                                      | 0.674                                      | 0.938                 |
|                                  | 16                    | Jammu & Kashmir       | 0.946                                      | 1.286                                      | 2.232                 |
|                                  | 17                    | Ladakh                | 0.246                                      | 0.067                                      | 0.313                 |
|                                  | 18                    | Punjab                | 27.170                                     | 94.910                                     | 122.080               |
|                                  | 19                    | Chandjgarh            | 0.000                                      | 0.070                                      | 0.070                 |
|                                  | 20                    | Ra.jashthan           | 8.390                                      | 4.967                                      | 13.357                |
|                                  | 21                    | Uttar Pradesh         | 15.680                                     | 31.130                                     | 46.810                |
|                                  | 22                    | Uttarakhand           | 0.734                                      | 1.032                                      | 1.766                 |
| 23 24 25 26 In 0 a Hi H 27 28 29 | Total North Zone      | Total North Zone      | 65.456                                     | 172.396                                    | 237.853               |
|                                  |                       | aMInIn= sh            | 8.640                                      | 2.324                                      | 10.964                |
|                                  |                       | A&N Island            | 0.070                                      | 0.000                                      | 0.070                 |
|                                  |                       | Telangana             | 6.680                                      | 6.649                                      | 13.329                |
|                                  |                       | Kerala                | 5.889                                      | 0.058                                      | 5.946                 |
|                                  |                       | Karnataka             | 4.606                                      | 4.403                                      | 9.010                 |
|                                  |                       | Lakshadwee1           | 0.029                                      | 0.000                                      | 0.029                 |
|                                  |                       | Tamilnadu             | 6.440                                      | 4.020                                      | 10.460                |
|                                  | 30                    | Puducherl             | 0.525                                      | 0.000                                      | 0.525                 |
| ToRa MT                          | sTItT Z iI;e-'        | sTItT Z iI;e-'        | 3.85                                       | 17.454                                     | 50.333                |
|                                  | Gujarat               | Gujarat               | 4.930                                      | 3.108                                      | 8.038                 |
|                                  | 32                    | D&NH andD&D           | 0.000                                      | 0.000                                      | 0.000                 |
|                                  | [ 33                  | Maharashtra           | 9.232                                      | 7.197                                      | 16.429                |
|                                  | 34                    | Goa                   | 0.188                                      | 0.000                                      | 0.188                 |
|                                  | 35                    | Madhya Pradesh        | 4.180                                      | 1.247                                      | 5.427                 |
|                                  | Flil                  | Chhattisgarh          | 6.320                                      | 8.951                                      | 15.271                |
| = Total West                     | = Total West          | Zone                  | 24.850                                     | 20.502                                     | 45.352                |
|                                  |                       | G.Total               | 147.457                                    | 224.480                                    | 371.937               |