Sohan Lal Commodity Management
Sohan Lal Commodity Management is an Indian Post-harvest Agri Logistics Service Provider, with its offices in India and Myanmar.[2][3][4][5] It provides Commodity, Warehousing, Procurement and Collateral Management of Agri-Commodities and end-to-end agricultural services to the Indian farmers and allied stakeholders.[6][7][8] HistoryIn 1995, Sandeep Sabharwal, an MBA graduate from the Fore School of Management in Delhi, joined Sohan Lal. In 2004, Sabharwal initiated his business by renting a warehouse in Lawrence Road, Delhi, and commenced the practice of providing farmers with bar-coded warehouse receipt. The reliability of this system is such that banks now consider a bar-coded receipt from Sohan Lal as a guarantee when farmers seek financial assistance. Sohan Lal Commodity Management has been contracted by companies such as Cargill, a US-based agricultural powerhouse, for the storage of agricultural commodities.[6] In March 2017, ResponsAbility Investments AG (Switzerland) and Incofin Investment Management (Belgium) invested $20 million in Sohan Lal Commodity Management (SLCM).[9] In December 2017, SLCM collaborated with State Bank of India,[10] HDFC Bank, and IndusInd Bank for collateral management.[11][12] In November 2024, SLCM partnered with Bank of Baroda for Agri financing.[13] OperationsThe logistics division of Sohan Lal Commodity Management is involved in storage, fumigation, quality assessment, agricultural appraisal, and risk management. SLCM has a network of approximately 16,646 warehouses with an area of – 303.64 million square feet handling a daily asset under management of 10,928.82 crores. SLCM has 4500+ employees in India.[14] SLCM has successfully entered the Myanmar market, establishing itself as the only Indian company in the agricultural logistics industry with operations abroad. SLCM oversees a network of 316 industrial zones covering an area of 9.22 million square feet. It manages a total of 1443 commodities, including both agricultural and non-agricultural products, with a throughput of 11.88 million metric tones.[14] The financial wing of SLCM is a RBI regulated NBFC called Kissandhan, and it encompasses various products and services such as Commodity Based Finance (CBF), Business Correspondent Partnerships, Kissandhan, and Invoice Discounting Facility.[15] Awards
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