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Founded by Government of India in 1957.1
Private company
Central Warehousing Corporation
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Indian logistic company
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 under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution in 1957. It operates 734 warehouses across India with a storage capacity of 10 million tonnes.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1957Founded1
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- Websitecewacor.nic.in/index.htm
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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 under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution in 1957. It operates 734 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. On 18th April 2024, Government of India conferred with Navaratna status.2
Products and brands
CWC operations include scientific storage and handling services for more than 400 commodities, including Agricultural produce, Industrial raw materials, finished goods, and a variety of hygroscopic and perishable items.
Scientific Storage Facilities for commodities, including hygroscopic and perishable items, through a network of 734 warehouses in India with its 1900 personnel.
Import and Export Warehousing facilities at its 36 Container Freight Stations in ports and inland stations.
Bonded Warehousing facilities.
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Disinfection services.
Handling, Transportation & Storage of ISO Containers.
CWC enables the movement of imported and exportable goods to and from the port towns and has developed an infrastructure of Container Freight Stations & Inland Clearance Depots throughout the country. It operates 20 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 Government, for purchases, sales storage, distribution etc., of Agricultural Commodities in time of need. Though it has been criticised for lack of manpower and technologically equipped warehousing facility.
From Wikipedia’s article on Central Warehousing Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 1957Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitecewacor.nic.in/index.htm1
- WikipediaCentral Warehousing Corporation
- WikidataQ5062009
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