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151 Lakh tonnes Additional Foodgrain Storage to be Created in 19 States

Creation of Additional Food-grain Storages in India

The Government has formulated a scheme to Create 151 Lakh tonnes Additional Foodgrain Storage in 19 States. These Storages will be used for additional foodgrains, and will also reduce the storage under Cover and Plinth (CAP). 

This Government of India Scheme has construction of storage godowns through 
  • Private Entrepreneurs, 
  • Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and 
  • State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs). 
Under the scheme, the Food Corporation of India would now give a guarantee of ten years for assured hiring to the private entrepreneurs. A capacity of about 151 lakh tonnes is to be created under the scheme in 19 states. Out of this as on 15.10.2011 tenders have been finalized for creation of storage capacity of 69 lakh tonnes by the private entrepreneurs. 

Details of the storage capacities alloted to the states is as under:
(Pl. note that, we have highlighted the important ones)


Sl. No.
Agency
Total capacity approved(MT)
1
Andhra Pradesh
                    451,000
2
Bihar
                    300,000
3
Chhattisgarh (DCP)
                    222,000
4
Gujarat
                       80,000
5
Haryana
(II MAX)                3,880,000
6
H.P.
                    142,550
7
J&K
                    361,690
8
Jharkhand
                    175,000
9
Karnataka
                    416,500
10
M.P.(DCP)
                    360,000
11
Kerala
                       15,000
12
Maharashtra
                    655,500
13
Odisha (DCP)
                    300,000
14
Punjab
(MAX)                 5,125,000
15
Rajasthan
                    250,000
16
Tamil Nadu
                    345,000
17
Uttarakhand
                       25,000
18
Uttar Pradesh
(III MAX)                 1,860,000
19
West Bengal(DCP)
                    156,600
Total
              15,120,840


Key-points:

total Food-grain Storages
method of creation of additional Food-Storages, reduction of CAP scheme
role of FCI
state with maximum Food-grain storages, and reason behind?
key challenge Food Storage

Abbreviations:

CAP - Cover and Plinth (to keep foodgrains outside storages, by keeping them in stacks and covering with waterproof material)
CWC - Central Warehousing Corporation 
FCI - Food Corporation of India
MT - Metric Tonne 1000kg
SWC - State Warehousing Corporation 

Important meanings in Hindi:


Additional - अतरिक्त
Corporation - निगम 
Cover and Plinth - खम्बे की तरह उचाई बनाना और उसको अच्छे से ढकना ( गोदाम भरने पर यही तरीका अपनाया जाता हैं )
Entrepreneur - उद्योगपति 
Formulated - सूत्रित
Scheme - पद्धति
Storage - भंडारण , गोदाम 
Tender - निविदा 
Warehouse - माल गोदाम, भंडार 
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