(a) whether the Government has sanctioned any scheme to set up the stateof-the-art food godowns;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of the said godowns constructed by the Government so far out of the total godowns sanctioned by it, State-wise; and
(d) whether the Government proposes to fix any responsibility for the delay being caused in the construction work of the state-of-the-art godowns and fix any time-limit for the construction of the godowns?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)
(a) to (d): Government of India has approved an action plan for construction of steel silos in the country for a capacity of 100 LMT in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for modernizing storage infrastructure and improving shelf life of stored foodgrains for Public Distribution System. Against this, as on 30.09.2019, steel silos of 7.25 LMT capacity have been created. The State-wise details of the number of silos sanctioned (work awarded) and constructed as on 30.09.2019 are at Annexure.
The silo developers for construction are selected through tender process. Subsequently, in the Concession Agreement signed between the Authority (i.e. Food Corporation of India/State Government Agencies) and the Concessionaire (developer), timelines are specified for completion of construction of steel silos and non-adherence to these timelines leads to imposition of penalty on the concessionaire. Therefore, this process of construction of steel silos has an in-built feature of specified timelines to complete the construction of steel silos.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.346 DUE FOR ANSWERED ON 19.11.2019 IN THE LOK SABHA.
The State-wise details of number of steel silos sanctioned (work awarded) and completed are as given below (as on 30.09.2019):
Agency State Sanctioned
(work awarded) Completed
Food Corporation of India
(FCI) Assam 01 -
Bihar 12 -
Delhi 01 -
Gujarat 05 -
Haryana 06 -
Maharashtra 01 -
Punjab 08 03
Uttar Pradesh 10 -
West Bengal 01 -
State Governments Madhya Pradesh 09 09
Punjab 31 03
Total 85 15
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