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Pilot on introduction of Smart Card in Public Distribution
System (PDS)
RFP
Minutes of Meeting |
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Sri Sanjay Jaju, IAS
Commissioner &
Ex-Officio Secretary to Government |
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Sri M. Subrahmanyam, IAS
Special Commissioner |
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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).
Vestibulum et metus Originally, the Department was only
a regulatory Department.
Subsequently, its activities have
been diversified to include
procurement of food grains 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
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 . |
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