law: 24. Functions of the State Warehousing Corporation.-
  Subject to the provisions of this Act, a State Warehousing Corporation may-
  (a) acquire and build godowns and warehouses at such places within the State as it may, 1[after consultation with] the Central Warehousing Corporation, determine;
  (b) run warehouses in the State for the storage of agricultural produce, seeds, manures, fertilizers, agricultural implements and notified commodities;
  (c) arrange facilities for the transport of agricultural produce, seeds, manures, fertilizers, agricultural implements and notified commodities to and from warehouses;
  (d) act as an agent of the Central Warehousing Corporation or of the Government for the purposes of the purchase, sale, storage and distribution, of agricultural produce, seeds, manures, fertilizers, agricultural implements and notified commodities; 2* * *
  3[(da) enter into, with the previous approval of the State Government, joint ventures with the Central Warehousing Corporation; and]
  (e) carry out such other functions as may be prescribed.