ANDHRA PRADESH STATE CIVIL SUPPLIES CORPORATION LIMITED

The Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited was incorporated in the year 1974, as a limited company under the Companies Act 1956. The share capital of the Company was fully contributed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

 CAPITAL:

The Company was registered with an authorized share capital of Rs.10 crore and a paid up capital of Rs.3.00 crore divided into 30,000 shares of Rs.1,000/- each. The Reserves of the Corporation accumulated out of its profits up to 2001-02 are Rs.72.37 crore which is being utilized as working capital.

ORGANISATION:

The Company is being managed by the Board of Directors consisting of not less than 2 (minimum) and not exceeding 8 (maximum) members at any time. The Chairman, who is also the member of the Board will be appointed by the Government from time to time specifically and in the absence of such an appointment, the Commissioner of Civil Supplies will be the Chairman of the Company.

The Vice Chairman & Managing Director is the Chief Executive of the Corporation. At the Corporation Office, he is assisted by 4 General Managers, an Executive Engineer and 5 Managers. The Corporation has District Offices in all the Districts in the State. They are manned by the District Managers of the rank of Deputy Collector. The Corporation Officers are presently working as District Managers. The District Managers maintain a close liaison with the District Administration with regard to distribution of essential commodities like rice, wheat and levy sugar. They are placed under the administrative control of the Joint Collectors, who are nominated as Ex-Officio Executive Directors of the Corporation.

Apart from functional heads at the Head Office and the District Managers at district level, there are eight Zonal Managers who are responsible for internal audit and close supervision of the activities in the districts under their zone. The District Managers are assisted by one Assistant Manager (Accounts) in charge of the office accounts and one Assistant Manager (General) / Assistant Manager (Technical) who looks after office administration, warehousing and movement etc. The Zonal Managers are also assisted by one Assistant Manager and they are assigned certain districts in each zone to conduct spot checks of the commodities purchased in order to ensure strict quality control.