Central Warehousing Corporation

Central Warehousing Corporation is a public warehouse operator established by the Government of India in 1957 to provide logistics support to the agricultural sector. It operates 421 warehouses across India with a storage capacity of 10 million tonnes.[1][2] Services include foodgrain warehouses, industrial warehousing, custom bonded warehouses, container freight stations, inland clearance depots and aircargo complexes.

Central Warehousing Corporation
TypeGovernment of India
IndustryPSU
Founded1960
FounderGovt of India
Headquarters"Warehousing Bhawan" 4/1 Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi, India
Area served
All India
Key people
Sh. D.V Prasad,Chairman;
  • Sh. Arun Kumar Srivastav M.D.
  • ................, Director (MCP)
  • Sh. Savari Muthu Charles, Director (Finance),
  • Sh. R.K. Sinha, Director(Personnel)

Senior Executives (HODs) at Corporate Office, New Delhi

  1. Lt Col SC Chaturvedi, Group General Manager(Technical, Inspection & Q.S)
  2. Sh. M K Verma, Group General Manager (Com)
  3. Sh. Anil Manik Rao,Group General Manager (System)
  4. Sh. R R Aggarwal,Group General Manager (Finance)
  5. Sh. Somnath Acharya, General Manager(Personnel)
  6. Sh. Amit Puri , GM(F&A) (additional charge of Secretary)
  7. Sh. RS Raperia (Chief Engineer)
  8. Sh. A K Malhotra, Dy.General Manager (Tech.)
  9. Sh. Pawan Kumar, Dy. General Manager (Personnel)
ProductsMainly agricultural produce, Industrial raw-materials, finished goods
ServicesGovt Policy Execution
Number of employees
2700 (appx)
Websitecewacor.nic.in/index.htm

Function

The Warehousing Corporation act, 1962:Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Central Warehousing Corporation may:[3]

  • Subscribe to the share capital of a State Warehousing Corporation;
  • Act as agent of the Government for the purposes of the purchase, sale, storage and distribution of agricultural produce, seeds, manures, fertilizers, agricultural implements and notified commodities; and
  • Carry out such other functions as may be prescribed.

The Warehousing Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2011 has been proposed in the Lok Sabha by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution seeking to make Mini-Ratna company Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) an independent body without government being a guarantor.[1][2][4]

Operation

CWC operations include scientific storage and handling services for more than 400 commodities include Agricultural produce, Industrial raw-materials, finished goods and variety of hygroscopic and perishable items.

  • Scientific Storage Facilities for commodities including hygroscopic and perishable items through network of 476 warehouses in India with its 5,658 trained personnel.
  • Import and Export Warehousing facilities at its 36 Container Freight Stations in ports and inland stations.
  • Bonded Warehousing facilities .
  • Disinfestation services.
  • Handling, Transportation & Storage of ISO Containers.[5]

CWC enables the movement of imported and exportable goods to and from the port towns and has developed infrastructure of Container Freight Stations & Inland Clearance Depots throughout the country. It operates 36 CFSs/ ICDs where composite services for containerised movement of import/export cargo are provided. The Warehousing Corporation is empowered to acquire and build Warehouses for storage of Agricultural produce, seeds, fertilizers and other notified commodities and also to act as an agent of the Central Warehousing Corporation or of the Government, for the purpose of purchases, sales storage, distribution etc., of Agricultural Commodities in time of need.[6] Though it has been criticised for lack of manpower and technologically equipped warehousing facility.[7]

References
  1. "Bill in Lok Sabha to make Central Warehousing Corporation independent body". The Economic Times. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. "Bills on CWC and Exim Bank introduced". The Hindu. 8 December 2011.
  3. The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962
  4. "17 Bills passed by during winter session of Parliament". Sify. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  5. http://cewacor.nic.in/index.htm
  6. A P State Warehousing Corporation Archived 6 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "State to procure paddy on its own". The Assam Tribune. 6 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
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