Lok Sabha Question No. 2658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: FCI Godowns
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan, Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Shri Satpal Brahamchari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.2658 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ITH DECEMBER, 2024

## FCI GODOWNS

t2658.  SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:

SHRI RAVINDRA SHUKT ,A ALI,4S RAVI  KISHAN: SHRI CHANDRA  PRAKASH  CHOUDFLARY:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION WiKI wd, um  al VT§gfi© fiewr IHt be pleased to  state:

- (a) the number of godowns of Food Corporation of India currently operating in various States including each district  of  Jharkhand, Haryana  and Uttar  Pradesh particularly in Giridih and Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituencies;
- (b) the capacity of these godowns and whether the grains stored in these godowns are in excess of their capacity as a result of which a large quantity of grains gets rotted;
- (c) if  so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether any proposal regarding the construction/establishment of new/more godowns in various States of the country including  the said States Haryana particularly in Giridih  and Sonipat Lok  Sabha Constituency is under consideration of the Government; and
- (e) if  so, the details thereof  and the time-limit set for the same?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

(a): As on 01.11.2024, 2181 nos (Owned -  570 &  Hired -  1611) of godowns of Food Corporation of India (FC:1) currently operating in the various states including Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Haryana States. The  State-wise details are Annexed.

Further, total  ten (10) godowns under Sonipat Revenue District  (Haryana) and 03 godowns in the Giridih  revenue district  (Jharkhand) are currently operating. The details are as under:

(figs. in MT)

| State     | District   | Nameof Godown                     |   Capacity |
|-----------|------------|-----------------------------------|------------|
| Haryana   | Sonipat    | FSD Sonipat (Owned Godown)        |      11178 |
| Haryana   | Sonipat    | HAIC Murthal                      |      30000 |
| Haryana   | Sonipat    | CWCBarhi                          |      19686 |
| Haryana   | Sonipat    | CWCSonipat                        |      20000 |
| Haryana   | Sonipat    | Hafed A.D.Complex, Mahra, Sonipat |      35700 |
| Haryana   | Sonipat    | Silo Mohana                       |      50000 |
| Haryana   | Gohana     | FSD Gohana (Owned Godown)         |      26448 |
| Haryana   | Gohana     | Parvati Devi,GHN                  |      19590 |
| Haryana   | Gohana     | Anuradha Rukhi,GHN                |       5561 |
| Haryana   | Gohana     | Anuradha Ramgarh                  |      55000 |
| Jharkhand | Giridih    | PEG, Suriya                       |       5000 |
| Jharkhand | Giridih    | PEG, Girdih                       |      10000 |
| Jharkhand | Giridih    | PEG, Girdih - II                  |       5000 |

(b) to (c): Food Corporation of  India (FCI) stores food grains (mainly wheat &  rice) after procurement for  Public Distribution  System (PDS) and for  maintaining  buffer  stock, to ensure food security in the country.  As on 01.11.2024, total  Covered Storage Capacity available with  FCI  and State agencies for  storage of  Central Pool foodgrain  stock is 776.59 Lakh  MT  against stored stock of 515.12 LMT.

Food grains are stored in godowrs  as per its storage  capacity. No  quantity offoodgrains  gets rotted due to storage capacity. Further it  is also submitted t]rat FCI mainly  deals with  Wheat, Rice and Paddy commodities of  foodgrains. It  stores and handles large quantities of  foodgrains over longer period  for  distribution  under various welfare  schemes of  Government. It  also maintains buffer &  strategic reserve  for the country to ensure food security to the nation. During this process, very negligible quantity of food grains accrued as non-issuable (damaged) due to various factors mainly natural calamities like Cyclone, flood,  rain etc.

The year-wise detail of  accrual of  Non-issuable foodgrains against the  off-take handled quantity is tabled below:

| Accrual of Non-Issuable Foodgrainsin   | Accrual of Non-Issuable Foodgrainsin       | Accrual of Non-Issuable Foodgrainsin   | Accrual of Non-Issuable Foodgrainsin              |
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| YEAR                                   | Non-Issuable Food grains accrued (F] in LM | Off-take Quantity (Fig. in LMTs)       | % of Damaged Foodgrains against Off-take Quantity |
|                                        | 0.019                                      | 455.130                                | 0.004                                             |
|                                        | 0.018                                      | 688.566                                | 0.003                                             |
| 2021 -22                               | 0.017                                      | 766.081                                | 0.002                                             |
| 2022-23                                | 0.016                                      | 675.826                                | 0.002                                             |
| 2023-24                                | 0.103                                      | 470.71                                 | 0.022                                             |
| 2024-25 (as oi 01 . 1 1.2024           | 0.03 1                                     | 234.93                                 | 0.013                                             |

(d) to (e): Requirement of Storage capacity in FCI depends upon  the  level  of procurement, requirement  of buffer  norms and Public  Distribution System (PDS) operations for  food grains (Rice and Wheat). FCI  continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity and based on the requirement and storage gap assessment, storage capacities are created/hired through  following schemes at a Pan India  level  including  Haryana:-

- 1 Construction of Silos under Public Private Partnership(PPP)  mode
- 2 Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme
- 3 Central Sector Scheme 'Storage & Go(towns'
4. Hiring of  godown  from  Central  Warehousing  Corporation  (CWC)/  State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs)/State Agencies
- 5 Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS)
6. Creation ofgodowns  under Asset Monetization

The time- limit  set for  the construction'  of  lhe  godowns under various schemes is as per the Contract.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2658 FOR ANSWER ON 1 1.12.2024 IN THE LOK SABHA.

|    |                                | FCI Owned   | State-wiseNumber of Storage Unit available with FCI as on lst Nov, 2024   | State-wiseNumber of Storage Unit available with FCI as on lst Nov, 2024   | State-wiseNumber of Storage Unit available with FCI as on lst Nov, 2024   | State-wiseNumber of Storage Unit available with FCI as on lst Nov, 2024   | State-wiseNumber of Storage Unit available with FCI as on lst Nov, 2024   | State-wiseNumber of Storage Unit available with FCI as on lst Nov, 2024   | State-wiseNumber of Storage Unit available with FCI as on lst Nov, 2024   | State-wiseNumber of Storage Unit available with FCI as on lst Nov, 2024   | State-wiseNumber of Storage Unit available with FCI as on lst Nov, 2024   |
|----|--------------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| 25 | Karnatka/©ltzn                 | 21          | 7                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 20                                                                        | 2                                                                         |                                                                           | 7                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 37                                                                        | 58                                                                        |
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|    | Tamilnadu/RfbmT{               | 10          | 7                                                                         |                                                                           | 11                                                                        | 5                                                                         | 2                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 26                                                                        | 36                                                                        |
|    | Padducherry Wf                 | 4           | 2                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 2                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 4                                                                         | 8                                                                         |
|    | mngana/iMnqT                   | 11          | 9                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 46                                                                        |                                                                           | 0                                                                         | 16                                                                        | 0                                                                         | 72                                                                        | 83                                                                        |
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| 32 | GujaratipM                     | 14          | 11                                                                        | 2                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 3                                                                         | 6                                                                         | 3                                                                         | 25                                                                        | 39                                                                        |
|    | D&NHand D&D/on @dh             | O           | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | O                                                                         |
|    | IVladhya PradeshAltv M         | 25          | 2                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 106                                                                       | 1                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 1                                                                         | 1                                                                         | 111                                                                       | 136                                                                       |
|    | MaharashtraAITTuv              | 13          | 5                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 23                                                                        | 2                                                                         |                                                                           | 15                                                                        |                                                                           | 47                                                                        | 60                                                                        |
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