MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAOSAHEB PATIL DANVE)
(a)&(b): To supplement its own capacity, Food Corporation of India (FCI) hires godowns from Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs) or State agencies. Private godowns are hired depending on the requirement for short durations, in case adequate vacant storage space or godowns are not available in CWC/SWCs/State agencies. The total number of godowns hired year-wise is given below.
As on No. of Godowns Hired
31/03/2011 1107 31/03/2012 1192 31/03/2013 1433 31/03/2014 1417 30/11/2014 1370
Government of India has formulated a scheme called Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) scheme for augmentation of storage capacity by FCI in Public Private Partnership (PPP). Under this scheme, FCI pays guaranteed hiring charges for 10 years in case of private investors and 9 years in case of CWC, SWCs and other State agencies. Year-wise details of godowns hired under the PEG Scheme are as under:-
Year Capacity (in MT)
2010-11 2,00,000 2011-12 26,16,870 2012-13 20,25,935 2013-14 37,26.779 2014-15 18,77,328 (till Oct, 2014) Total 1,04,46,912
(c)&(d): No Madam. Till date, FCI has not declined to hire any of the godowns built in accordance with the designs and specif- ications provided by the FCI under PEG Scheme.
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