Lok Sabha Question No. 648 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Storage Capacity of FCI Warehouses
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Ramya  Haridas

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.648

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 6TH DECEMBER1 2023

## STORAGE CAPACITY OF FOI WAREHOUSES

648.  SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN: MSn RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD  AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION w+M  VH8, eu  gk liT#rf+v f+Twr THt be pleased to state:

- (a) the  storage  capacity  of  warehouses built  by  Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the foodgrains stored therein at present, State-wise;
- (b) the quantum of foodgrains stored in the open during the last five years, tonne-wise and the  quantity  of foodgrains spoiled during the said period, State  and year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government had set a target of constructing steel silos having the capacity of IOO lakh tonnes under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode in 2017;
- (d) if so, the details of private sector entities involved under the scheme, the total expenditure incurred and the progress of work made so far; and
- (e) if so, the extent to which this target has been achieved till  now?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT  AND

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): As on Of.11.2023, Food Corporation of  India (FOI) has 564 owned godowns with  capacity  of  147.49 LMT. Statewise capacity  and stock position  is at Annexure-1.
- (b): The  quantum of  Foodgrains  stored  in  FeI  CAP  (Cover  and  Plinth) during the last five years are detailed below:

Total CAP Position As on lst  July from 2018-1 9 onwards:-

|          | Stock Position as on   | Stock in Central Pool (CAP) (Fig in LMT)   | Stock in Central Pool (CAP) (Fig in LMT)   | Stock in Central Pool (CAP) (Fig in LMT)   |
|----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|          |                        | FOI                                        | a                                          | Total                                      |
| 01 8-1 9 | lst July 2019          | 8.48                                       | 145.38                                     | 1 53@                                      |
| 01 9-20  | 1 st July 2020         | 13.55                                      | 1 66.87                                    | 180.42                                     |
| 020-21   | 1 st July 2021         | 1 9.67                                     | 141 .52                                    | 161.19                                     |
| 021 -22  | I st July 2022         | 7.86                                       | 1 1 .26                                    | 19.12                                      |
| :022..23 | 1 st July 2023         | 0.21                                       | 4.29                                       | 4.50                                       |

Further, no wheat stock stored in FCI CAP got damaged during the last five years,

CAP which was  used  as  transit storage for  meager  quantity of  Wheat, has now been completely phased out which  has ruled out the  probability of any quality  issue.

(c) to (e):  in  order to  upgrade and modernize the  storage facilities, Government of India approved Action Plan for construction of steel silos on PPP (Public Private Partnership) mode in the country.  Under this plan, Silos with  a  capacity of  14.75 LMT is  completed, location-wise details are at Annexure-II.  In  addition to  above,  silos  of  5.5  1,MT capacity at  7  locations (details are at Annexure-III) have already been constructed and put to use in 2007-Og under circuit based  model.

Further, silo  capacity  in  PPP mode is  proposed under Hub &  Spoke model  to  be  implemented in  phased  manner.  In  phase  -I  tenders for  IO.125 LMT at 14 locations on FeI's own land has been awarded in Design, Build, Finance, Operate, Transfer (DBFOT) mode and 24.75 LMT at  66 locations on private land have been awarded in Design, Build, Finance, Own and Operate (DBFOO) mode. In Phase - II of Hub & Spoke model, tenders for 30.75 LMT at 66 locations in 18 bundles on private land DBFOO mode, are under technical examination.

The details of private sector entities involved in the scheme is as under:-

1. M/s. VRC Silos Pvt. Ltd.
2.  M/s.  Bala Shree Storage Pvt. Ltd.
3. 311 M/sa NCM L
4. 4., M/s. Surat Goods Pvt. Ltd.
5.  M/s. Adani  Agri  Logistics Pvt,  Ltd.
6.  M/s. UniproPvt.Ltd.
7. M/s. Leap Agri Food & Logistics Pvt.Ltd.
8.  M/s. Karan Bhushan Saran Singh.
9. 9,  M/s, KCC Infra  Pvt,  Ltdn
10. IO, M/s. Marathon Reality Pvtn Ltdn

All these silos are constructed/to be constructed on Public Private PartnershIp (PPP) basis and capital  expenditure will  not be incurred by Fein

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.648 FOR ANSWER ON 06.12.2023  IN THE LOK SABHA.

| Storagecapacity of FCI OwnedW as on 01.11.2023   | Storagecapacity of FCI OwnedW as on 01.11.2023   | Storagecapacity of FCI OwnedW as on 01.11.2023   | Storagecapacity of FCI OwnedW as on 01.11.2023   | Storagecapacity of FCI OwnedW as on 01.11.2023   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| SL. NO.                                          | Region                                           | Number of Depot                                  | Storage Capaci                                   | Stock with FCI                                   |
| 1                                                | l                                                | 11                                               | 4.07                                             | 2.31                                             |
| 2                                                | Jharkhand/§TTtWV                                 | 6                                                | 0.79                                             | 0.45                                             |
| 3                                                | Odisha/;MRT                                      |                                                  |                                                  |                                                  |
| 4                                                | West BengaIAt.#TTTr                              | 22                                               | 9.53                                             | 6.51                                             |
| 5                                                | Sikkim/R&IT                                      | 1                                                | 0.11                                             | 0.11                                             |
| Total East Zone                                  | Total East Zone                                  | 59                                               | 18.15                                            | 11.22                                            |
| 6                                                | Assam/3TtFT                                      | 21                                               | 3.74                                             | 2.77                                             |
| 7                                                | Arunachal Pradesh/VWTTqVaPT                      | 13                                               | 0.40                                             | 0.33                                             |
| 8                                                | Meghaly,/MT@                                     | 9                                                | 0.20                                             | 0.15                                             |
| 9                                                | Mizoram/f+ThT                                    | 5                                                | 0.32                                             | 0.24                                             |
| 10                                               | Tripur£                                          | 4                                                | 0.44                                             | 0.31                                             |
| 11                                               | Manipur/                                         | 6                                                | 0.65                                             | 0.32                                             |
| 12                                               | NagalandMFTT&                                    | 5                                                | 0.42                                             | 0.34                                             |
| Total North East Zone                            | Total North East Zone                            | 63                                               | 6.15                                             | 4.46                                             |
| 13                                               | Delhi/fta&                                       | 6                                                | 3.28                                             | 2.82                                             |
| 14                                               | Haryana/                                         | 35                                               | 8.75                                             | 6.57                                             |
| 15                                               | Himachal Pradesh/fjqTqV VtqT                     | 8                                                | 0.26                                             | 0.20                                             |
| 16                                               | Jammu& Kashmirrwt & qq+k                         | 12                                               | 0.95                                             | 0.64                                             |
| 17                                               | Ladakh/HW                                        | 4                                                | 0.25                                             | 0.22                                             |
| 18                                               | PunjabAtirT4                                     | 121                                              | 27.17                                            | 17.09                                            |
| 19                                               | Chandjgarh/+ghB                                  | 0                                                | 0                                                | 0.00                                             |
| 20                                               | Rajashthan/tTiTTqFT                              | 36                                               | 8.39                                             | 6.59                                             |
| 21                                               | Uttar Pradesh/an apT                             | 48                                               | 15.68                                            | 8.52                                             |
| 22                                               | Uttarkhandf3HIT@                                 | 4                                                | 0.73                                             | 0.63                                             |
| Total North Zone                                 | Total North Zone                                 | 274                                              | 65.46                                            | 43.28                                            |
| 23                                               | Andhra Pradesh/qt% VieT                          | 23                                               | 8.64                                             | 6.03                                             |
| 24                                               | Andeman& Nico./ #VTR IN RMt                      | 1                                                | 0.07                                             | 0.07                                             |
| 25                                               | Telangana/i#TTTT                                 | 21                                               | 6.68                                             | 4.20                                             |
| 26                                               | KerelaAtq                                        | 1                                                | 5.89                                             | 5.29                                             |
| 27                                               | Karnatka/qqfz%                                   | 23                                               | 4.61                                             | 3.80                                             |
| 28                                               | mweep/©Var                                       | 10                                               | 0.03                                             | 0.02                                             |
| 29                                               | Tamilnad1                                        | 4                                                | 6.46                                             | 5.80                                             |
| 30                                               | Puducherry/                                      | 11                                               | 0.51                                             | 0.39                                             |
| Total South Zone                                 | Total South Zone                                 |                                                  | 32.88                                            | 25.60                                            |
| 31                                               | Gujral                                           |                                                  | 4.93                                             | 4.62                                             |
| 32                                               | D&NH ,'d D&D/q;nTffh                             | 14                                               | 0                                                | 0                                                |
| a                                                |                                                  | 0                                                | 9.23                                             | 7.23                                             |
|                                                  | rT3oani+                                         | 25                                               | 0.19                                             | 0.15                                             |
| I                                                |                                                  | 13                                               | 4.18                                             | 3.16                                             |
| t                                                | WTB                                              | 1                                                | 6.32                                             | 4.00                                             |
| Total West Zone Grand                            | Total                                            | 74 564                                           | 24.85 147.49                                     | 19.16 103.72                                     |

## ANNNXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY  TO  PART  (c) TO (e)  OF  THE UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.648  FOR ANSWER ON 06.12.2023 IN  THE LOK SABHA.

## Location wise List  of Silos Completed and put to use

| Isl   | IState       | ILocation   | Agency (FCI/ State Govt)   | I Capacity I (in LMT)   | Mode (VGF/ Non-VGF)   | Date of completion   |
|-------|--------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| 1     | MI           | mo          | FCI                        | 0.25                    | VGF                   | [mTo                 |
| [2    | Mt           | @rnala      | FCI                        | 0.50                    | 1- Non-VGF            | 12.03.2020           |
| B     | ml           | )atiala     | FCI                        | 0.50                    | Non-VGF               | 14.09.2020           |
|       | mmII         | Ma          | FCI                        | 1.00+                   | Non-VGF               | 14.05.2020           |
| Fi    | ma           | ml          | FCI                        | 0.50                    | Non-VGF               | 07.09.2020           |
| r6    | ma           | Im          | FCI                        | 0.50                    | Non-VGF               | 14.06.2020           |
| [7    | aryarla i    | mo          | FCI                        | 0.50                    | Non-VGF               | 31.12.2020           |
| i     | aryana ----I |             | FCI                        | 0.50+                   | Non-VGF               | 13.04.2022           |
| 19    |              | IAhmedabad  | FCI                        | 0.50                    | Non-VGF               | 17.06.2020           |
| 10    |              | ma          | FCI                        | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 11.04.2020           |
| 11    | ms           | ml          | FCI                        | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 10.09.2020           |
| 12    | a            | ma          | FCI                        | 0.50                    | Non-VGF               | 16.07.2022           |
| 13    | a            | [m          | FCI                        | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 15.06.2022           |
| 14    | a            | ma          | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 2017- 18             |
| 15    | a            | o           | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 2017-18              |
| 16    | ma mi        | R\          | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 2017-18              |
| 17    | a            | Fm          | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF a                 | 2017-18              |
| 18    | a            | me          | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 2017-18              |
| 19    | Mya Pradesh  | ma          | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 2017- 18             |
| [26-  | a            | mc          | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF a                 | 2017-18              |
| n2    | a            | ml          | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 2017- 18             |
| Fi    | a            | [Indore     | State Govt                 | To no                   | VGF                   | 2017-18              |
| [2i   | Wt           | Mt          | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF a                 | 2017-18              |
| rn    | nI           | [alerkotla  | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF E                 | 2017-18              |
| rB    | Mt           | Lhmedgarh   | State Govt                 | 0.50                    | VGF                   | 2017- 18             |
| r27   | ma           | mo          | FCI                        | 0.50                    | Non-VGF               | 02.05.2023 I         |
| rn    | mI           | iatala+     | FCI                        | 0.50                    | Non-VGF               | 24.03.2023           |
| R2    | [Punjab      | :hhehreata+ | FCI J                      | 0.50                    | Non-VGF               | 24.03.2023           |
| [29   | IGujarat     | [Amreli     | FCI                        | I o.50                  | 1 Non-VGF             | 18.10.2023           |
|       | 'otal        | 'otal       | 14.75                      | 14.75                   |                       |                      |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) TO (e) OF  THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.648 FOR ANSWER ON 06.12.2023  IN THE LOK SABHA.

## Circuit based model established in 2007-09:

| S. No   | IState     | ILocation   | ICapacity (in LMT)   | IType of Depot   | jcircuit    |
|---------|------------|-------------|----------------------|------------------|-------------|
| 1       | mP         | Wo          | m2                   | ma               | Circuit-I   |
| @       | -amil Nadu | ml          | 1.25                 | ?ield            | Circuit-I   |
| [3      | ma         | [           | no                   | me               | Circuit-I   |
|         | ma         | mB          | no                   | He               | Circuit-I   |
| [5      | Rim        | ma          | m2                   | ma               | ICircuit-II |
| [6      | a          | a           |                      | FFm              | ICircuit-II |
| [7      | mem        | mo          | no                   | me               | ICircuit-II |
| mo      | mo         | mo          | 5.50                 | 5.50             | 5.50        |

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