Lok Sabha Question No. 2693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-10
Subject: Storage Capacity of FCI
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2693

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th   MAY, 2016

## STORAGE CAPACITY OF FCI

## 2693.  SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

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- (a) whether the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has increased its own storage capacity in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  number  of  godowns hired by FCI to meet its storage requirement across the country and the rent/expenses incurred thereon during the said period, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  ascertain the funds required to increase the owned storage capacity of FCI and the rent/expenses  required  for  hiring  of  godowns  to  meet  its  storage requirement in the country during the said period, if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- (d) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  owned storage capacity of FCI to meet its storage requirement instead of hiring of godowns in the country?

## MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## A N S W E R (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

- (a)  &  (b):  Yes,  Madam.  FCI  has  been  augmenting  its  own  storage capacity  using  funds  under  Plan  scheme  mostly  in  the  North  Eastern states.  For rest of the country, as a policy, storage capacity has been augmented under Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme where godowns are dedicated for FCI for 10 years for storage of foodgrains.

The  details  of  capacity  augmentation  during  the  last  three  years  and current year are given below :-

| Year                       | Under Plan Scheme (in MT)   |   Under PEG Scheme (in Lakh MT) |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2013-14                    | 22,500                      |                           49.88 |
| 2014-15                    | 43,480                      |                            8.3  |
| 2015-16                    | 64,810                      |                            6.56 |
| 2016-17 (upto April, 2016) | -                           |                            0.7  |
| Total                      | 1,30,790                    |                           65.44 |

State-wise details are enclosed at Annexure-I & II.

FCI hires godowns from Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs) and private parties, most of which are dedicated  for  storage  of  foodgrains.  As  on  01.04.2016,  total  hired godowns  with  FCI  are  1346  having  capacity  203.82  lakh  MT  as  per details given below:-

| Year    |   Number |   Capacity in Lakh MT |   Rent Paid in Rs Lakh |
|---------|----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
| 2013-14 |     1356 |                212.49 |                 202661 |
| 2014-15 |     1242 |                203.45 |                 222766 |
| 2015-16 |     1346 |                203.82 |                 219360 |

State-wise details are given at Annexure-III.

- (c):   Requirement has not been felt for conducting specific study in this regard.
- (d): Government has also decided to increase storage capacity of FCI by construction of silos in Public Private Partnership mode.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) & (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2693  DUE FOR ANSWER ON 10.05.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

State-wise and year-wise details of the storage capacity created under XIIth FYP (Figures in MT)

| Sl    | States            | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1     | ASSAM             |           | 37000     | 50000     |           |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 2500      | 2310      | 2310      |           |
| 3     | MANIPUR           |           |           |           |           |
| 4     | MEGHALAYA         |           | 2500      |           |           |
| 5 6   | MIZORAM           |           | 1670      | 7500      | NAGALAND  |
| 7     |                   |           |           |           | SIKKIM    |
| 8     | TRIPURA           | 10000     |           | 5000      |           |
| 9 10  | ODISHA KERALA     | 10000     |           |           |           |
|       |                   | 22500     | 43480     |           | 0         |
| Total |                   |           | 64810     |           |           |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) & (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2693  DUE FOR ANSWER ON 10.05.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## State-wise and year-wise details of the storage capacity created under PEG Scheme

(Figures in Lakh MT)

| Sl   | State            | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17   |
|------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh   | 0.16      |      0    |      0    |           |
| 2    | Bihar            | 0.58      |      0.5  |      0.48 |           |
| 3    | Chhattisgarh     | 1.78      |      0.24 |      0.76 |           |
| 4    | Gujarat          | 0.45      |      0    |      0    |           |
| 5    | Haryana          | 15.48     |      4.2  |      0.53 |           |
| 6    | Himachal Pradesh | 0.22      |      0    |      0    |           |
| 7    | Jammu &Kashmir   | 0.53      |      0.26 |      0.09 |           |
| 8    | Jharkhand        | 0.70      |      0.2  |      0.13 | 0.10      |
| 9    | Karnataka        | 0.67      |      0.14 |      0.37 |           |
| 10   | Kerala           | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |           |
| 11   | Madhya Pradesh   | 8.84      |      0    |      0.96 |           |
| 12   | Maharashtra      | 2.40      |      0    |      0    |           |
| 13   | Odisha           | 0.45      |      0    |      0.45 |           |
| 14   | Punjab           | 8.44      |      1.08 |      1.64 | 0.40      |
| 15   | Rajasthan        | 0.57      |      0    |      0    |           |
| 16   | Tamilnadu        | 0.75      |      0    |      0.05 |           |
| 17   | Telengana        | 1.41      |      0    |      0    |           |
| 18   | Uttar Pradesh    | 6.06      |      1.46 |      0.45 | 0.20      |
| 19   | Uttarakhand      |           |      0    |      0    |           |
| 20   | West Bengal      | 0.39      |      0.22 |      0.65 |           |
|      | Total            | 49.88     |      8.3  |      6.56 | 0.70      |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2693  DUE FOR ANSWER ON 10.05.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## Details of godowns hired by FCI in last three years

|             |                                                      | 2013-14 (As on 31.03.2014)   | 2013-14 (As on 31.03.2014)   | 2013-14 (As on 31.03.2014)   | 2014-15 (As on 31.03.2015)   | 2014-15 (As on 31.03.2015)   | 2014-15 (As on 31.03.2015)   | 2015-16 (As on 31.03.2016)   | 2015-16 (As on 31.03.2016)   | 2015-16 (As on 31.03.2016)   |
|-------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|             |                                                      | Number                       | Capacity                     | Rent                         | Number                       | Capacity                     | Rent                         | Number                       | Capacity                     | Rent                         |
|             |                                                      |                              | inLMT                        | in Lakh Rs                   |                              | inLMT                        | in Lakh Rs                   |                              | inLMT                        | in Lakh Rs                   |
| 1           | BIHAR                                                | 39                           | 2.48                         | 2580.69                      | 34                           | 2.37                         | 1991.42                      | 36                           | 2.59                         |                              |
| 2           | JHARKHAND                                            | 20                           | 1.07                         | 608.02                       | 24                           | 1.52                         | 918.26                       | 28                           | 1.81                         |                              |
| 3           | ORISSA                                               | 36                           | 2.83                         | 2897.82                      | 35                           | 2.49                         | 2452.2                       | 35                           | 2.35                         |                              |
| 4           | WEST BENGAL (Including Sikkim)                       | 16                           | 2.01                         | 2542.17                      | 8                            | 1.15                         | 2300.45                      | 8                            | 1.22                         |                              |
| 5           | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                    | 14                           | 0.05                         | 20.94                        | 8                            | 0.05                         | 31.26                        | 8                            | 0.03                         |                              |
| 6           | ASSAM                                                | 18                           | 0.92                         | 614.62                       | 19                           | 1.04                         | 867.52                       | 18                           | 1.02                         |                              |
| 7           | NAGALAND                                             | 1                            | 0.13                         | 108.39                       | 1                            | 0.13                         | 141.02                       | 1                            | 0.13                         |                              |
| 8           | MANIPUR                                              | 1                            | 0.04                         |                              | 1                            | 0.04                         |                              | 1                            | 0.04                         |                              |
| 9           | MEGHALAYA                                            | 3                            | 0.12                         |                              | 6                            | 0.14                         |                              | 3                            | 0.09                         |                              |
| 10          | MIZORAM                                              | 1                            | 0.01                         | 158.61                       | 1                            | 0                            | 280.19                       | 0                            | 0.00                         |                              |
| 11          | TRIPURA                                              | 4                            | 0.09                         |                              | 4                            | 0.08                         |                              | 3                            | 0.06                         |                              |
| 12          | DELHI                                                | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0.00                         |                              |
| 13          | HARYANA                                              | 186                          | 29.24                        | 25576.25                     | 179                          | 36.42                        | 36578.88                     | 194                          | 41.32                        |                              |
| 14          | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                     | 11                           | 0.16                         | 82.99                        | 13                           | 0.29                         | 117.29                       | 11                           | 0.30                         |                              |
| 15          | Jammu &Kashmir                                       | 7                            | 0.62                         | 200.21                       | 10                           | 1.15                         | 894.86                       | 13                           | 1.36                         | 219360.00                    |
| 16          | PUNJAB (including Chandigarh)                        | 327                          | 87.54                        | 69099.54                     | 316                          | 82.38                        | 91290.81                     | 406                          | 80.15                        | (Provisional)                |
| 17          | RAJASTHAN                                            | 171                          | 15.83                        | 11588.95                     | 144                          | 13.93                        | 13152.97                     | 120                          | 10.38                        |                              |
| 18          | UTTAR PRADESH                                        | 173                          | 26.92                        | 24526.57                     | 140                          | 24.13                        | 27513.45                     | 180                          | 30.17                        |                              |
| 19          | UTTARAKHAND                                          | 14                           | 1.2                          | 1212.29                      | 13                           | 1.01                         | 948.8                        | 14                           | 1.01                         |                              |
| 20          | ANDHRA PRADESH (Including Andman Nikobar &Telangana) | 95                           | 14.33                        | 35276.63                     | 77                           | 9.46                         | 17054.3                      | 45                           | 4.47                         |                              |
| 21          | KARNATAKA                                            | 36                           | 3.58                         | 4011.70                      | 35                           | 3.34                         | 3440.42                      | 31                           | 3.68                         |                              |
| 22          | KERALA                                               | 1                            | 0.05                         | 76.78                        | 1                            | 0.05                         | 119.83                       | 1                            | 0.05                         |                              |
| 23          | TAMILNADU (including Pondicherry)                    | 35                           | 4.86                         | 4125.39                      | 37                           | 5.06                         | 4453.63                      | 46                           | 4.73                         |                              |
| 24          | CHHATTISGARH                                         | 30                           | 3.53                         | 3967.45                      | 32                           | 3.33                         | 3892.57                      | 44                           | 4.44                         |                              |
| 25          | GUJARAT                                              | 17                           | 2.19                         | 2315.32                      | 19                           | 2.35                         | 2675.32                      | 17                           | 1.82                         |                              |
| 26          | MADHYAPRADESH                                        | 10                           | 0.95                         | 1653.45                      | 4                            | 1.16                         | 1554.97                      | 1                            | 0.05                         |                              |
| 27          | MAHARASTRA (including Goa)                           | 90                           | 11.74                        | 9416.64                      | 81                           | 10.38                        | 10095.64                     | 82                           | 10.55                        |                              |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL                                          | 1356                         | 212.49                       | 202661.42                    | 1242                         | 203.45                       | 222766.06                    | 1346                         | 203.82                       | 219360.00                    |