Lok Sabha Question No. 2563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-10
Subject: Godowns of FCI
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2563

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th   MAY, 2016

## GODOWNS OF FCI

2563. SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  warehouses  being  operated  by  Central  Warehousing Corporation at various places in the country indicating the storage capacity of these warehouses, State-wise;
- (b) the number of such warehouses set up in Gujarat and whether all these warehouses are equipped with modern techniques;
- (c) if not, whether the Government proposes to modernise these warehouses; and
- (d) the total  turnover  in  rupees  earned  by  the  Central  Warehousing Corporation during the last three years?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

(a): As on 31.03.2016 Central  Warehousing  Corporation  (CWC)  was operating 448 warehouses (both owned and hired) with a storage capacity of 1,08,22,496 MT  at various places in the country, the State-wise details of which may be seen in Annexure-I.

- (b): CWC is operating total 29 warehouses in the State of Gujarat.  Out of these,  19  godowns  of  capacity  3.64  lakh  MT  are  owned  by  CWC  and  all these  warehouses  have  been  scientifically  constructed  with  prevailing modern techniques. All the warehouses are also equipped with laboratory facilities for testing of stocks.
- (c): Does not arise.
- (d): Total turnover of CWC for past three years is as under:-

|   Sl | Year                  |   Rs. (in Crore) |
|------|-----------------------|------------------|
|    1 | 2013-14               |          1528.19 |
|    2 | 2014-15               |          1561.83 |
|    3 | 2015-16 (Provisional) |          1600    |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF  THE  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2563    DUE FOR ANSWER ON 10.05.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## State wise details of CWC's Warehouses

| State            |   No.of Warehouses |   Capacity in MT |
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| Gujarat          |                 29 |           717715 |
| Karnataka        |                 29 |           444269 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                 26 |           587586 |
| Orissa           |                 21 |           332867 |
| Chandigarh UT    |                  1 |            12217 |
| Punjab           |                 25 |           755493 |
| Andm. &Nicober   |                  1 |             2700 |
| Puducherry       |                  1 |             7350 |
| Tamil Nadu       |                 26 |           667018 |
| Delhi            |                  9 |           143172 |
| Haryana          |                  2 |            37551 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                  9 |           235193 |
| Assam            |                  6 |            75493 |
| Nagaland         |                  1 |            13000 |
| Tripura          |                  3 |            44337 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |                 28 |           960410 |
| Telangana        |                 18 |          1088755 |
| Rajasthan        |                 30 |           547580 |
| Kerala           |                 12 |           159201 |
| West Bengal      |                 29 |           738672 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                 39 |           900566 |
| Uttarakhand      |                  6 |            72260 |
| Goa              |                  2 |            30342 |
| Maharashtra      |                 32 |           597024 |
| Maharashtra      |                  5 |           731773 |
| Haryana          |                 25 |           472526 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                  3 |             9640 |
| Bihar            |                 15 |           113122 |
| Jharkhand        |                  3 |            36691 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                 12 |           287973 |
| TOTAL            |                448 |         10822496 |

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