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

FCI continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity New Delhi.  Asal Baat News. As on 01.07.2023, Food Corporation of India has a ne...

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FCI continuously assesses and monitors the storage capacity

New Delhi.
 Asal Baat News.

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.

     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. 

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