(a) the number of godowns FCI currently operating in the country including those constructed after 2014 along with the number of farmers benefitting from them, the details thereof, State-wise;
(b) whether the Government has checked that these godowns are sufficient for the procurement and storage of food grains for the farmers of Bihar, if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the reaction of the Government in this regard?
A N S W E R
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)
(a): As on 30.06.2021, Food Corporation of India (FCI) is operating 2323 warehouses (owned & hired) all over the country. Details of godowns including those constructed after 2014 is at Annexure-I.
State-wise details of number of farmers benefitting from Paddy and Wheat procurement operations since 2015 is at Annexure-II.
(b): Being a Decentralized Procuring (DCP) State, procurement of paddy & wheat is done by the State Govt.
Approximately 4.26 LMT capacity is available with the State Government of Bihar for storage of Wheat & Rice. In addition to the above capacity, 12.18 LMT (Covered – 11.18 LMT and CAP – 1.00 LMT) storage capacity is available with FCI (as on 30.06.2021) for storage of foodgrain meant for National Food Security Act (NFSA) in Bihar.
(c): FCI continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity and based on the requirement and storage gap assessment, storage capacities are created / hired under following schemes :-
1. Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) scheme.
2. Construction of Silos
3. Hiring of godowns from Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)/ State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs)
4. Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS)
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Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.456 FOR ANSWER ON 20.7.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA
State-wise Number of Storage available with FCI as on June, 2021.
SL.
NO. REGION/U.T. ???? ???/COVERED
FCI OWNED ?????? ??/HIRED
STATE GOVT. CWC SWC PEG PWS 2010 SILO PRIVATE PARTIES TOTAL HIRED TOTAL
???? ????? ????? ??????????? ???????????. ????? ??????????? 2010 ????? ???????? ??? ?????? ?? ????? ??????
1 ????? 12 3 8 31 22 1 0 5 70 82
2 ???????? 6 0 3 10 26 0 0 1 40 46
3 ?????? 19 0 8 19 0 0 0 0 27 46
4 ?????? ????? 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 8 30
5 ??????? 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
6 ??????? ?????? 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15
7 ??? 21 2 3 3 2 0 0 10 20 41
8 ?????? 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
9 ?????????? 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
10 ?????? 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6
11 ?????? 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
12 ???????? 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
13 ?????? 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
14 ??????? 33 44 20 41 127 9 2 2 245 278
15 ?????? ?????? 7 4 3 0 6 0 0 0 13 20
16 ????? ??? ?????? 16 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 18 34
17 ????? 109 1 19 251 162 0 5 7 445 554
18 ????????? 9 0 6 8 5 0 0 0 19 28
19 ???????? 36 2 24 62 8 42 0 21 159 195
20 ????? ?????? 48 2 27 234 66 2 0 0 331 379
21 ????????? ?????? 4 3 5 7 1 0 0 0 16 20
22 ??????? ?????? 23 2 4 28 3 0 0 0 37 60
23 ?????? ??????? 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
24 ??????? 22 0 8 21 10 2 1 0 42 64
25 ???? 23 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 26
26 ???????? 10 0 13 27 8 1 1 1 51 61
27 ?????????? 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 6 10
28 ???????? 11 0 9 43 5 5 0 0 62 73
29 ????????? 21 3 6 27 6 1 0 0 43 64
30 ?????? 14 2 13 0 2 2 1 1 21 35
31 ???? ?????? 25 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 28
32 ?????????? 12 0 7 28 20 20 1 0 76 88
33 ???? 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
?????? 555 73 197 846 500 85 11 56 1768 2323
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Annexure-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.456 FOR ANSWER ON 20.7.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA
Number of Farmers Benefited, Statewise, Marketing Seasonwise(Paddy and Wheat)
Position Upto 11.07.2021
S. No. STATES/ UTs KMS 2015-16 KMS 2016-17 KMS 2017-18 KMS 2018-19 KMS 2019-20 KMS 2020-21* RMS 2016-17 RMS 2017-18 RMS 2018-19 RMS 2019-20 RMS 2020-21 RMS 2021-22*
1 Andhra Pr. 276699 544570 498100 581839 679789 802065 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Telangana 535007 1088312 1077667 1474828 1988630 2147281 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Assam 7288 6960 4332 12921 26537 17194 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bihar 275484 287830 163425 210028 279402 497097 0 0 3128 554 1002 96801
5 Chandigarh 3468 2235 3148 3028 1537 1575 1025 935 1557 1691 1410 2039
6 Chhattisgarh 1110163 1327944 1014195 1571414 1838593 2053490 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Delhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 760
8 Gujarat 335 1316 462 4370 5115 23799 14 1700 20768 922 18824 36920
9 Haryana 212351 556654 681984 830792 1891622 549466 472313 690448 883783 902937 780962 760636
10 Himachal Pr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 167 318 335 1061 3258
11 Jharkhand 53945 39480 42346 34595 53305 103976 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 J&K 2812 2693 3856 3034 3143 7385 0 0 0 0 3 4127
13 Karnataka 14587 0 0 25120 27123 54319 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Kerala 162737 125530 140777 172795 220066 252160 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Madhya Pr. 199984 287759 278898 362089 436399 587223 532907 738895 959940 961338 1594383 1724218
16 Maharashtra 111503 149279 116641 269148 526476 586707 0 0 0 0 0 380
17 Odisha 1078596 1101193 798619 1010390 1161796 1395797 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Puducherry 84 0 0
19 Punjab 1206216 940560 1142621 1143713 1125238 1057674 834655 843446 897905 830528 1049982 883078
20 Rajasthan 0 0 0 0 0 0 38942 110338 122344 102031 219873 227046
21 Tamilnadu 850640 73367 413076 498097 585241 708599 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Uttar Pr. 433556 435320 492913 684013 706549 1022286 166073 800646 1127649 749858 663810 1152301
23 Uttrakhand 51772 79470 7618 62564 83910 78129 710 654 16071 6886 4656 24860
24 West Bengal 721273 634696 350181 733357 805186 822718 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Tripura 0 0 0 5506 13613 12782 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 7308416 7685168 7230859 9693641 12459354 12781722 2046766 3187229 4033463 3557080 4335972 4916424
*KMS 2020-21 & RMS 2021-22 are under progress. Data is available from KMS 2015-16 and RMS 2016-17 onwards
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