Lok Sabha Question No. 333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Linking of FCI Depots
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: G. HARI, RAKESH SINGH, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, P.P. CHAUDHARY, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI, Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, LALLU SINGH, RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE, SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SAUGATA ROY, M. UDHAYAKUMAR, MANOJ RAJORIA, RAGHAV LAKHANPAL, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 333 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  JULY, 2016

## LINKING OF FCI DEPOTS

333.  SHRI G. HARI:

SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN :

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 godowns owned by Food Corporation of India and other Union and State Government agencies, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  considering  any  proposal  to  link  the depots of FCI online through an online network to bring transparency, real time tracking of movement of foodgrains and to minimise storage losses and if so, the details thereof indicating the number of godowns linked so far; and
- (c) whether the FCI has held any discussion with the State Governments in this regard and if so, the outcome thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a): As on 31.05.2016, 1885 godowns were available with Food Corporation of India (FCI), out of   which 536 godowns are owned by FCI and 1349 godowns are hired from Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), State Warehousing Corporation (SWC), State Govt. / agencies and private parties.  State wise and agency wise details are at Annexure-I.
- (b): FCI  is  implementing  a  project  called  'Depot  Online  System'  to automate  all  the  operations  at  the  depot  level  and  link  them  via  online network. This project will cover all Depots of FCI. As on 11.07.2016, the system has been made operational at 327 Depots of FCI.
- (c): State Governments have been requested to adopt the project and the software developed by FCI. Discussions have also been held with the State Governments of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh.

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  333  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  19.07.2016  IN  THE  LOK

## SABHA

| Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   | Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   | Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   | Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   | Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   | Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   | Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   | Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   | Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   | Number of Godowns Owned by FCI and Others as on 31.05.2016   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                              | FCI                                                          | Hired                                                        | Hired                                                        | Hired                                                        | Hired                                                        | Hired                                                        | Hired                                                        | Hired                                                        | Total                                                        |
| STATE                                                        | Owned                                                        | State Govt.                                                  | CWC                                                          | SWC                                                          | PEG                                                          | PWS 2010                                                     | Private Parties                                              | Total Hired =Sum(2 to 7)                                     | 1+8                                                          |
|                                                              | (1)                                                          | (2)                                                          | (3)                                                          | (4)                                                          | (5)                                                          | (6)                                                          | (7)                                                          | (8)                                                          | (9)                                                          |
| BIHAR                                                        | 13                                                           | 1                                                            | 10                                                           | 15                                                           | 3                                                            | 1                                                            | 7                                                            | 37                                                           | 50                                                           |
| JHARKHAND                                                    | 6                                                            | 0                                                            | 2                                                            | 13                                                           | 12                                                           | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 28                                                           | 34                                                           |
| ODISHA                                                       | 23                                                           | 0                                                            | 9                                                            | 26                                                           | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 35                                                           | 58                                                           |
| WEST BENGAL                                                  | 23                                                           | 0                                                            | 2                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 6                                                            | 8                                                            | 31                                                           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                            | 4                                                            | 3                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 5                                                            | 8                                                            | 12                                                           |
| ASSAM                                                        | 19                                                           | 1                                                            | 3                                                            | 4                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 10                                                           | 18                                                           | 37                                                           |
| MANIPUR                                                      | 4                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 5                                                            |
| NAGALAND                                                     | 4                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 5                                                            |
| MEGHALAYA, MIZORAM& TRIPURA                                  | 14                                                           | 3                                                            | 0                                                            | 2                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 6                                                            | 20                                                           |
| DELHI                                                        | 6                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 6                                                            |
| HARYANA                                                      | 33                                                           | 17                                                           | 16                                                           | 28                                                           | 135                                                          | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 196                                                          | 229                                                          |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                             | 6                                                            | 6                                                            | 3                                                            | 0                                                            | 2                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 11                                                           | 17                                                           |
| JAMMUAND KASHMIR                                             | 16                                                           | 2                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 5                                                            | 0                                                            | 5                                                            | 12                                                           | 28                                                           |
| PUNJAB                                                       | 118                                                          | 2                                                            | 24                                                           | 182                                                          | 192                                                          | 0                                                            | 11                                                           | 411                                                          | 529                                                          |
| RAJASTHAN                                                    | 37                                                           | 1                                                            | 22                                                           | 79                                                           | 13                                                           | 2                                                            | 16                                                           | 133                                                          | 170                                                          |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                | 46                                                           | 4                                                            | 24                                                           | 103                                                          | 53                                                           | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 185                                                          | 231                                                          |
| UTTARANCHAL                                                  | 4                                                            | 3                                                            | 5                                                            | 6                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 14                                                           | 18                                                           |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                               | 25                                                           | 0                                                            | 3                                                            | 8                                                            | 5                                                            | 2                                                            | 1                                                            | 19                                                           | 44                                                           |
| KARNATAKA                                                    | 22                                                           | 0                                                            | 4                                                            | 17                                                           | 7                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 28                                                           | 50                                                           |
| KERALA                                                       | 23                                                           | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 24                                                           |
| TAMIL NADU                                                   | 14                                                           | 1                                                            | 11                                                           | 21                                                           | 13                                                           | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 46                                                           | 60                                                           |
| TELANGANA                                                    | 11                                                           | 0                                                            | 5                                                            | 2                                                            | 5                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 12                                                           | 23                                                           |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                 | 20                                                           | 1                                                            | 6                                                            | 23                                                           | 9                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 40                                                           | 60                                                           |
| GUJARAT                                                      | 14                                                           | 2                                                            | 11                                                           | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 3                                                            | 17                                                           | 31                                                           |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                               | 19                                                           | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 20                                                           |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                  | 12                                                           | 0                                                            | 14                                                           | 27                                                           | 37                                                           | 2                                                            | 1                                                            | 81                                                           | 93                                                           |
| TOTAL                                                        |                                                              |                                                              | 176                                                          | 556                                                          |                                                              | 8                                                            | 68                                                           | 1349                                                         |                                                              |
|                                                              | 536                                                          | 48                                                           |                                                              |                                                              | 493                                                          |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              | 1885                                                         |

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