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