Food Corporation of India has 1923 warehouses with capacity of 371.93 LMT for storage of Central Pool foodgrains

As on 01.07.2023, Food Corporation of India has a network of 1923 of warehouses (Owned/Hired) with a capacity of 371.93 LMT for storage of Central Pool foodgrains. Statement showing State-wise covered storage capacity is given below.

(b) to (d):      The requirement of Storage capacity in Food Corporation of India (FCI) depends upon the level of procurement, requirement of buffer norms and Public Distribution System (PDS) operations for Rice and Wheat mainly.  Storage gap is assessed in the procuring States based on the highest stock levels in the last three years and in the consuming States on the basis of 4 months (6 months in case of North Eastern states and in some other states like J&K, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep) requirement under National Food Security Act (NFSA) and Other Welfare Scheme (OWS). FCI continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity and based on the storage gap assessment, storage capacities are created/hired through following schemes:

1. Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme

2. Central Sector Scheme (CSS).

3. Construction of SILO’s under PPP mode

4. Hiring of godown from Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)/ State Warehousing Corporation (SWCs)/ State Agencies

5. Hiring of godown through Private Warehousing Scheme (PWS)

As far as timelines are concerned:

On PEG Scheme, investor gets one year for the completion construction of godown from issue of letter of memorandum (LoM). Government has fixed the timeline as March 2025 before which all the projects that are under progress or being taken up under Central Sector scheme, are to be completed. Time period of 270 days for fulfillment of condition precedents (CPs) and 18 months for construction is given for development of Silos.

Central Pool Storage Capacity FCI with State Govt. Agencies as on 01.07.2023 (OB)
(Figures in LMT)
Zone	Sl. No.	State	Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired )		Total (Owned+Hired)
			Owned	Hired
EAST	1	Bihar	4.070	6.551	10.621
	2	Jharkhand	0.790	2.975	3.765
	3	Odisha	3.650	2.162	5.812
	4	West Bengal	9.530	0.296	9.826
	5	Sikkim	0.110	0.005	0.115
Total East Zone			18.150	11.989	30.139
NE	6	Assam	3.740	1.743	5.483
	7	Arunachal Pradesh	0.401	0.016	0.417
	8	Meghalaya	0.197	0.144	0.342
	9	Mizoram	0.318	0.000	0.318
	10	Tripura	0.402	0.079	0.481
	11	Manipur	0.647	0.000	0.647
	12	Nagaland	0.415	0.156	0.571
Total North East Zone			6.121	2.138	8.259
NORTH	13	Delhi	3.276	0.000	3.276
	14	Haryana	8.750	38.260	47.010
	15	Himachal Pradesh	0.264	0.674	0.938
	16	Jammu & Kashmir	0.946	1.286	2.232
	17	Ladakh	0.246	0.067	0.313
	18	Punjab	27.170	94.910	122.080
	19	Chandigarh	0.000	0.070	0.070
	20	Rajashthan	8.390	4.967	13.357
	21	Uttar Pradesh	15.680	31.130	46.810
	22	Uttarakhand	0.734	1.032	1.766
Total North Zone			65.456	172.396	237.853
SOUTH	23	Andhra Pradesh	8.640	2.324	10.964
	24	A&N Island	0.070	0.000	0.070
	25	Telangana	6.680	6.649	13.329
	26	Kerala	5.889	0.058	5.946
	27	Karnataka	4.606	4.403	9.010
	28	Lakshadweep	0.029	0.000	0.029
	29	Tamilnadu	6.440	4.020	10.460
	30	Puducherry	0.525	0.000	0.525
Total South Zone			32.879	17.454	50.333
WEST	31	Gujarat	4.930	3.108	8.038
	32	D&NH and D&D	0.000	0.000	0.000
	33	Maharashtra	9.232	7.197	16.429
	34	Goa	0.188	0.000	0.188
	35	Madhya Pradesh	4.180	1.247	5.427
	36	Chhattisgarh	6.320	8.951	15.271
Total West Zone			24.850	20.502	45.352
G.Total			147.457	224.480	371.937

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ms. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply today in the Lok Sabha.

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