UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 646
UNIT RUN CANTEENS
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:-
(a) the details of the Unit Run Canteens (URCs) set up in various States;
(b) whether URCs are considered an integral part of the Canteen Stores Department (CSD);
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the action taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI A.K. ANTONY)
(a) There are approximately 3751 Unit Run Canteens (URCs) in different States. Details are annexed.
(b) No, Madam.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) & (e): The URCs are run under the arrangement of the units / formations of Defence Services. They procure items from CSD to sell them to service personnel with a moderate profit.
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.646 FOR ANSWER ON 9.12.2013
List of Unit Run Canteens (URCs) set up in various States:
| Sl. No. | Name of the State | No. of URCs |
| 1. | Andhra Pradesh | 130 |
| 2. | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 25 |
| 3. | Assam | 213 |
| 4. | Arunachal Pradesh | 95 |
| 5. | Bihar | 20 |
| 6. | Chandigarh | 27 |
| 7. | Chattisgarh | 03 |
| 8. | Delhi | 127 |
| 9. | Goa | 10 |
| 10. | Gujarat | 75 |
| 11. | Haryana | 141 |
| 12. | Himachal Pradesh | 82 |
| 13. | Jammu & Kashmir | 674 |
| 14. | Jharkhand | 33 |
| 15. | Karnataka | 72 |
| 16. | Kerala | 31 |
| 17. | Madhya Pradesh | 118 |
| 18. | Maharashtra | 227 |
| 19. | Manipur | 53 |
| 20. | Meghalaya | 29 |
| 21. | Mizoram | 07 |
| 22. | Nagaland | 61 |
| 23. | Orissa | 22 |
| 24. | Punjab | 391 |
| 25. | Rajasthan | 287 |
| 26. | Sikkim | 44 |
| 27. | Tamil Nadu | 79 |
| 28. | Tripura | 20 |
| 29. | Uttar Pradesh | 319 |
| 30. | Uttarakhand | 152 |
| 31. | West Bengal | 184 |
| Total: | 3751 |
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Urc no 120ta bn Bhubaneswer
No one is attending call at CSD Depot Ahmedabad even do not answer satisfactorily during working hours. as I required the Contact No & Address of LG Distributirs of Ahmedabad, Jamnagar. Plz do something.