Lok Sabha Question No. 1788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: FCI Depots
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1788

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30Tll JULY, 2025

## FCI DEPOTS

## 1788. SHRI ARUN KUMAR  SAGAR:

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

- (a) whether the Food Corporation of India (FCI) is planning to open more base depots in the country; and
- (b) if  so, the time by which  it  is likely  to be done, if  not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRIMATI  NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI  BAMBHANIYA)

(a) &  (b): As  on  01.07.2025,  total  Covered Storage Capacity available with  FCI  (Owned147.19 LMT+Hired-323.38 LMT) and State agencies for  storage of  Central  Pool  foodgrain stock is 821.36 Lakh  MT.

Further,  the  requirement  of Storage capacity  in  FCI depends upon  the  level  of procurement, requirement of  buffer norms and Public Distribution  System (PDS) operations for  Rice  and Wheat mainly.  FCI  continuously  assesses and monitors  the storage capacity and based on the storage gap assessment,  storage capacities are created/hired through  following schemes: -

1.  Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme
2.  Central Sector Scheme (CSS) 'Storage & Godowns'  (Focus on NE)  2017-25

3.  Construction  of Silos under Public  Private Partnership (PPP) mode
4.  Hiring  of  godown from  Central warehousing Corporation (CWC)/State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs)/State Agencies
5.  Hiring  of  godown through Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS).
6.  Creation of  godowns on FCI's  owned land under Asset Monetization
7.  Covered & Plinth Hiring  (CAP) Scheme -2025
8.  Modified PEG scheme for NE & Hilly states with longer guarantee period of 15 years

Under the Central Sector Scheme, only the projects, based on the storage gap assessment, were taken up by FCI for construction of Owned Godowns so as to increase the storage capacity. The scheme was only  valid up to 31.03.2025.

The details of  godowns being  constructed under this  scheme along with  expected date of completion  is attached at Annexure  - A.

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## Central Sector Scheme (CSS) 'Storage & Godowns' (Focus on NE)

## :ss under CSS in North  East Regions · Capacib

| State   | No. of projects   | Location   | Capacity (MT)   | Expectedcompletion date                           |
|---------|-------------------|------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Assam   |                   | Kokrai har | 15000           | As per the con(m mentioned in the tender document |
| Assam   |                   | mc         | 20000           | As per the con(m mentioned in the tender document |
| Mizoram |                   | Sairang    | 10000           | As per the con(m mentioned in the tender document |
| Mizoram |                   | Champai    | 3340            | As per the con(m mentioned in the tender document |
| Total   |                   |            | 48,340          |                                                   |

## · Capacity in  progress under  CSS in  Other  than North  East Regions

| SI No   | State            | Location   | No. of Proiects   | Capacity (MT)   | Expectedcompletion date                          |
|---------|------------------|------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|         | Himachal Pradesh | Mand       |                   | 3,340           | As per the condition menti(m the tender document |