The Civil Supplies Department was functioning as Hyderabad Commercial Corporation in the erstwhile Hyderabad State from 1946 to 1952. In 1952, the Civil Supplies Department was created and later on, it became part of the Board of Revenue, a Member of which was designated as Commissioner of Civil Supplies. The nomenclature of the Department was “Board of Revenue (Civil Supplies)”. With the abolition of the Board of Revenue in 1977, the Civil Supplies Department gained separate entity and the Commissioner of Civil Supplies became the Head of the Department and also given the Ex.Officio status as Secretary in the then Food & Agriculture Department (presently the Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department).

Originally, the Department was only a regulatory Department. Subsequently, its activities have been diversified to include procurement of foodgrains under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations, rice distribution under subsidized rice scheme, consumer affairs, price monitoring, distribution of LPG connections to BPL women (Deepam Scheme) etc.

The Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department has the following Heads of Departments under its control.
1. Commissioner of Civil Supplies.
2. A.P. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and
3. Controller, Legal Metrology

The Commissioner of Civil Supplies is also the Ex – Officio Secretary to Government in the Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department .

A.P State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd., is the Government undertaking under the control of the Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department .