Union Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan visits Corporate Office of CWC

Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan has visited the Corporate Office of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) on September 9, 2014 and reviewed the performance of CWC. Prashant Trivedi, Joint Secretary (Storage), Department of Food & PD was also present during the performance review. B B Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC extended a happy welcome to the Minister and explained about the diversified activities of the CWC in the areas of Bonded Warehousing, Operation of CFSs/ICDs, Air Cargo Complexes, Integrated Check Posts, Container Train Operations, Pest Control Services, etc. Pattanaik informed the Minister that the Corporation achieved an all-time high record turnover of Rs.1528 crore and also posted record Profit Before Tax and Profit After Tax of Rs.256 crore and Rs.161 crore, respectively during the year 2013-14. Minister expressed satisfaction in CWC’s for consistent growth and all-round performance during the last few years.