MINISTER OF STATE FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)
(a): Yes, Madam. Food Corporation of India (FCI) hires godowns from Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), State Agencies and private parties to store foodgrains procured by FCI and State Agencies for distribution under Public Distribution System (PDS). The state-wise details of rent paid by FCI to the private godown owners to stock the foodgrains procured by FCI and State Agencies in the year 2016-17 are in Annexure-I.
(b): As on 31.01.2018, a total of 1840 godowns of FCI, CWC, State Agency and private godowns are functional across the country. The State-wise details are at Annexure-II.
(c): As on 31.01.2018, FCI has owned godowns of capacity of 128.38 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT), State Agencies have godowns of capacity 278.13 LMT and FCI has hired godowns of capacity of 204.80 LMT.
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(d): FCI has either owned or hired capacity and capacity utilization varies from month to month depending on the level of procurement. Generally, FCI does not have any capacity which is unutilized or empty. However, in case private godowns are underutilised or empty, the same are de-hired. In case of owned godowns, sometimes, they are not utilized to optimum level due to various reasons / circumstances. Some of them are given below:
(i) The utilization of hired capacities is given priority as FCI has to pay fixed rentals for hired godowns irrespective of utilization.
(ii) Some of the FCI owned godowns remain under Zero Physical Verification and stocks are completely issued out to verify shortages etc., if any.
(iii) In order to control high cost of handling in FCI owned depots due to departmental labour , the low cost hired depots are preferred.
(iv) Non-utilization of FCI owned silos which were constructed in 1960 and 1970 and have become non-operative. Some depots have come in city premises and cannot be utilized effectively.
(v) Repair and maintenance of own depots.
(vi) Other capacities whichever cannot be put to use or in DCP mode have been rented out or are being considered for renting out. .
(e): In order to augment capacities in specific areas and to modernize the storage facilities, the Government has been implementing the following schemes:
I. Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme: Under this Scheme, which was formulated in 2008, storage capacity is created by private parties, Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and State Government Agencies for guaranteed hiring by FCI. A capacity of 140.62 lakh MT has already been since completed as on 31.01.2018.
II. Central Sector Scheme: This scheme is meant for the North Eastern States along with Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Kerala. Funds are released by the Government to FCI and also directly to the State Governments for construction of godowns. During 12 th Five Year Plan, a capacity of 1,17,680 MT in North Eastern (NE) States and 20,000 MT in other than NE States has been completed by FCI. Further, a capacity of 46,495 MT has been created by State Governments. This scheme is being continued for next 3 years i.e. upto 2020. A capacity of 4,590 MT has been completed by FCI and 4,500 MT by State Governments upto 31.01.2018 in the current financial year.
III. Construction of steel silos: Government of India has also approved action plan for construction of steel silos in the country for a capacity of 100 LMT, for modernizing the storage infrastructure and improving shelf life of stored food grains. As on 31.01.2018, tenders have been awarded for a capacity of 38.50 LMT and a capacity of 6.25 LMT silos has already been added under the above action plan. However, contract for capacity of 0.50 LMT has been cancelled by FCI due to failure on the part of concessionaire to provide the performance security.
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ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4058 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20.03.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.
The state-wise details of rent paid by FCI to the private godown owners to stock the foodgrains procured by FCI and State Agencies in the year 2016-17 are as given below:
(Amount in Rs Lakhs)
SL
Name of State
Amount
1
Bihar
79.53
2
Jharkhand
1,085.99
3
Odisha
0.00
4
West Bengal (includes Sikkim)
463.41
5
Assam
190.45
6
Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura
36.12
7
Arunachal Pradesh
6.63
8
Haryana
23,590.43
9
Himachal Pradesh
235.62
10
Jammu & Kashmir
1518.93
11
Punjab ( includes Chandigarh)
42,407.73
12
Rajasthan
1178.14
13
Uttar Pradesh
5,032.78
14
Uttarakhand
2.16
15
Andhra Pradesh (includes Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar)
654.59
16
Kerala (includes Lakshadweep)
0
17
Karnataka
784.79
18
Tamil Nadu (includes Pondicherry)
889.17
19
Gujarat (includes Daman & Diu)
77.93
20
Maharashtra (includes Goa)
5,037.33
21
Madhya Pradesh
132.26
22
Chhattisgarh
6.75
Total
83,410.74
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ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4058 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20.03.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.
State-wise number of storage godowns available with FCI as on 31.01.2018
SL. NO.
REGION/U.T.
COVERED
FCI OWNED
HIRED
TOTAL COVERED
STATE GOVT.
CWC
SWC
PEG
PWS 2010
PRIVATE PARTIES
TOTAL HIRED
1
BIHAR
12
2
10
23
15
1
4
55
67
2
JHARKHAND
6
0
2
11
19
0
1
33
39
3
ODISHA
22
0
8
22
0
0
0
30
52
4
WEST BENGAL
23
0
3
0
0
0
7
10
33
5
ARUNACHAL
6
3
0
0
0
0
5
8
14
6
ASSAM
20
2
3
4
1
0
10
20
40
7
MANIPUR
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
8
NAGALAND
5
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
6
9
MEGHALAYA, MIZORAM, TRIPURA
14
4
0
2
0
0
0
6
20
10
DELHI
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
11
HARYANA
33
16
17
27
130
0
1
191
224
12
HIMACHAL PRADESH
6
6
3
0
3
0
0
12
18
13
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
16
1
0
0
7
0
7
15
31
14
PUNJAB
118
1
25
205
186
0
10
427
545
15
RAJASTHAN
36
0
24
67
12
0
4
107
143
16
UTTAR PRADESH
45
1
21
99
60
1
0
182
227
17
UTTARAKHAND
4
3
5
5
0
0
0
13
17
18
ANDHRA PRADESH
24
0
2
1
5
0
1
9
33
19
KARNATAKA
22
0
5
19
7
0
1
32
54
20
KERALA
23
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
24
21
TAMIL NADU
14
0
11
11
10
0
2
34
48
22
TELANGANA
11
1
7
5
6
0
0
19
30
23
CHHATTISGARH
21
1
3
12
4
0
0
20
41
24
GUJARAT
14
2
8
0
1
0
1
12
26
25
MADHYA PRADESH
19
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
21
26
MAHARASHTRA
13
0
9
24
27
2
1
63
76
27
COUNTRY TOTAL
537
44
169
537
494
4
55
1303
1840
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