Pralhad Joshi launches AI-based Smart Warehousing System for foodgrain storage
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Union Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the Smart Warehousing System for foodgrain storage at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
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The system uses AI and IoT to monitor inventory and operations in real time.
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It is operational across 215 bag-based warehouses of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC); FCI plans 150 more by October 2026.
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Technologies include FASTag/ANPR gate automation, geo-tagged smart locks, AI bag counting and face recognition.
- ●Launched by: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi (Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution)
- ●Venue: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- ●Purpose: real-time monitoring of foodgrain inventory and warehouse operations
- ●Deployed across 215 CWC bag-based warehouses
- ●FCI to add 150 more warehouses by October 2026
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)
Public sector warehousing body for storage of foodgrains and other goods
Food Corporation of India (FCI)
Nodal agency for foodgrain procurement, storage and distribution under PDS
- ●FASTag and ANPR-based gate automation
- ●Geo-tagged smart locks for access control
- ●AI-enabled bag counting
- ●Face recognition systems
- ●IoT-based real-time monitoring
Exam Relevance
General Awareness > Government Initiatives & PSUs
GS Paper III > Food Security & PDS
General Awareness > Current Affairs & Technology
Expected Questions
- ★The Smart Warehousing System is associated with which two government bodies?
- ★Which ministry administers the CWC and FCI?
Key Terms
Central Warehousing Corporation, established 1957, a key public warehousing body under the Food & Public Distribution Ministry.
Food Corporation of India, established 1965 under the Food Corporations Act, 1964, central to foodgrain procurement and PDS.
Must Remember
- •Smart Warehousing System launched by Pralhad Joshi at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- •Covers 215 CWC warehouses; FCI to add 150 by October 2026
- •CWC established 1957; FCI established 1965
Exam Tips
- •Both CWC and FCI fall under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; do not place them under the Agriculture Ministry.