Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs

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The Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department is a department of the Government Secretariat, in the state of Kerala, India. [1] The field department, that is, the operational wing of this administrative department, is the Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department of Kerala.

Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
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Agency overview
Minister responsible
  • G. R. Anil, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Legal Metrology
Agency executive
  • Ali Asghar Pasha IAS, Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department
Child agencies
  • Department of Consumer Affairs
  • Department of Civil Supplies
  • Department of Legal Metrology
Website https://civilsupplieskerala.gov.in/

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