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Central Warehousing Corporation

{{short description|Indian logistic company}}

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| type = Government of India

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| foundation = 1957

| founder = Govt of India

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| location = "Warehousing Bhawan" 4/1 Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi, India

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| area_served = India

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  • Chairman
  • Sh. Santosh Sinha, M.D.
  • Ms. Sangeeta Ramrakhyani, Director(Personnel)

Senior Executives (HODs) at Corporate Office, New Delhi

  1. Sir.HH. Anil Manik Rao, Group General Manager (System)(Senior HOD and director State Warehouse Corporations)ED System, Direct report to MD
  2. Sh. R R Aggarwal, Group General Manager (Finance)
  3. Sh. Amit Puri, GM(F&A).
  4. Sh. Roopender Sharma (Chief Engineer, I/c)
  5. Sh. Sidharth Rath, Dy. General Manager (Tech.)
  6. Dy. General Manager (Personnel)NA

| industry = Public Sector Enterprise

| products = Mainly agricultural produce, Industrial raw-materials, finished goods

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| num_employees = 2700 (appx)

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Central Warehousing Corporation is a statutory body which was established under ‘The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962. It is a public warehouse operator established by the Government of India in 1957 to provide logistics support to the agricultural sector. It operates 422 warehouses across India with a storage capacity of 10 million tonnes. Services include foodgrain warehouses, industrial warehousing, custom bonded warehouses, container freight stations, inland clearance depots and air-cargo complexes.

Function

The Warehousing Corporation act, 1962: Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Central Warehousing Corporation may:[http://www.helplinelaw.com/docs/THE%20WAREHOUSING%20CORPORATIONS%20ACT,%201962/CHAPTER%20II%20THE%20CENTRAL%20WAREHOUSING%20CORPORATION The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962]

  • 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.{{cite news |date=8 December 2011 |title=Bill in Lok Sabha to make Central Warehousing Corporation independent body |newspaper=The Economic Times |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-12-08/news/30490341_1_cwc-section-independent-body |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525201249/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-12-08/news/30490341_1_cwc-section-independent-body |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 May 2014 |accessdate=2 July 2012}}{{cite news |date=8 December 2011 |title=Bills on CWC and Exim Bank introduced |newspaper=The Hindu}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/news/17-bills-passed-by-during-winter-session-of-parliament-news-politics-mbdx4Heihea.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104103200/http://www.sify.com/news/17-bills-passed-by-during-winter-session-of-parliament-news-politics-mbdx4Heihea.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2012 |title=17 Bills passed by during winter session of Parliament |date=3 January 2012 |website=Sify |accessdate=2 July 2012}}

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 421 warehouses in India with its 2880 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.{{cite web |url=http://cewacor.nic.in/index.htm |title=Central Warehousing Corporation |website=cewacor.nic.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716004054/http://cewacor.nic.in/index.htm |archive-date=2006-07-16}}

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.[http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/departments/departments.asp?dep=01&org=14&category=about A P State Warehousing Corporation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106043150/http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/departments/departments.asp?dep=01&org=14&category=about |date=6 November 2011 }} Though it has been criticised for lack of manpower and technologically equipped warehousing facility.{{cite news |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan0712/state05 |title=State to procure paddy on its own |date=6 January 2012 |newspaper=The Assam Tribune |accessdate=2 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111080433/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan0712%2Fstate05 |archivedate=11 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

References

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Category:Government-owned companies of India

Category:Companies based in New Delhi

Category:Business services companies established in 1956

Category:Logistics companies of India

Category:Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Category:Warehouses in Asia

Category:Indian companies established in 1956

Category:1956 establishments in Delhi