Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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South Block building, housing the Cabinet Secretariat
Agency overview
Formed2 September 1946
Jurisdiction Government of India
Headquarters Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi
Annual budget₹205,765 crore (US$24 billion) (2023–24 est.)
Ministers responsible
Website https://consumeraffairs.nic.in/

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is a government ministry of India. The ministry is headed by a Cabinet rank minister.

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Departments

The ministry is divided into two departments, the Department of Food and Public Distribution and the Department of Consumer Affairs.

Department of Food and Public Distribution

The objectives of the department are to ensure:

Public Distribution System

The Indian Public Distribution System (PDS) is a national food security system that distributes subsidised food to India's poor. Major commodities include wheat, rice and sugar. Surpluses of food from increased crop yields (as a result of the Green Revolution and good monsoon seasons) are managed by the Food Corporation of India, established by the Food Corporation Act 1964. The system implements national policy for farm price support, operations, procurement, storage, preservation, inter-state movement and distribution. PDS has a network of about 478,000 Fair Price Shops (FPS), perhaps the largest distribution network of its type in the world, operated by the Union Government and state governments.

Department of Consumer Affairs

The department administers the policies for Consumer Cooperatives, price monitoring, essential commodity availability, consumer movement and control of statutory bodies such as the Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) and Weights and Measures. [1]

The department is responsible for: [1]

The department regulates the availability and prescribes measures to see that the system works towards the food security of vulnerable people. This intent is to increase dignity, accountability, visibility, positive orientation and changed mind set.

Institutes

  1. National Sugar Institute, Kanpur
  1. Central Consumer Protection Authority

Cabinet Ministers

Food and Agriculture (1947–1971)

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of Food and Agriculture
Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg Rajendra Prasad
(1884–1963)
MP for Bihar (Constituency Assembly)		15 August 194714 January 1948152 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
Jairamdas Daulatram 1985 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Jairamdas Daulatram
(1891–1979)
MP for East Punjab (Constituent Assembly)		19 January 194813 May 19502 years, 114 days
K M Munshi.jpg Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
(1887–1971)
MP for Bombay (Constituent Assembly)		13 May 195013 May 19522 years, 0 days
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 1995 stamp of India.jpg Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
(1894–1954)
MP for Bahraich District (East)		13 May 195224 October 1954 [†] 2 years, 164 days Nehru II
Panjabrao Deshmukh Lok Sabha photo.jpg Panjabrao Deshmukh
(1898–1965)
MP for Amravati
(Minister without cabinet rank)		29 October 195425 November 195427 days
Ajit Prasad Jain Lok Sabha portrait.gif Ajit Prasad Jain
(1902–1977)
MP for Saharanpur 		25 November 195417 April 19571 year, 272 days
17 April 195724 August 1959 Nehru III
Miss India Indrani Rehman, S.K. Patil, and two of the sponsors of the contest (cropped).jpg S. K. Patil
(1898–1981)
MP for Mumbai South 		24 August 195910 April 19624 years, 8 days
10 April 19621 September 1963 Nehru IV
Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur 		1 September 196327 May 1964282 days
27 May 19649 June 1964 Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Chidambaram Subramaniam Lok Sabha photo.jpg Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani 		9 June 196424 January 19661 year, 229 days Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
Chidambaram Subramaniam Lok Sabha photo.jpg Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani 		24 January 1966 [§] 13 March 19671 year, 48 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Sasaram 		13 March 196727 June 19703 years, 106 days Indira II
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.jpg Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905–1977)
MP for Barpeta 		27 June 19702 May 1971309 days
Indian National Congress (R) Indira III

Civil Supplies (1974–1983)

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of Industry and Civil Supplies
T. A. Pai photo.jpg T. A. Pai
(1922–1981)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)		10 October 19749 August 19761 year, 304 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Minister of Civil Supplies and Cooperation
Syed Mir Qasim.jpg Syed Mir Qasim
(1921–2004)
MP for Jammu and Kashmir (Rajya Sabha)		9 August 197624 March 1977227 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
Minister of Commerce and Civil Supplies
MohanDharia.jpg Mohan Dharia
(1925–2013)
MP for Pune 		24 March 197728 July 19792 years, 126 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Hitendra Desai Lok Sabha photo.jpg Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai
(1915–1993)
MP for Godhra 		30 July 197914 January 1980349 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh
Minister of Civil Supplies
Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)		14 January 19808 June 1980146 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Mahasamund 		8 June 198019 March 1981284 days
Rao Birender Singh stamp (cropped).jpg Rao Birender Singh
(1921–2000)
MP for Mahendragarh 		19 March 19812 September 19821 year, 167 days
Minister of Civil Supplies and Cooperation
Bhagwat Jha Azad.jpg Bhagwat Jha Azad
(1922–2011)
MP for Bhagalpur
(Minister of State, I/C)		2 September 198229 January 1983149 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Bhishma Narain Singh (cropped).jpg Bhishma Narain Singh
(1933–2018)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)		29 January 198314 February 198316 days

Food and Civil Supplies (1983–1991)

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Bhagwat Jha Azad.jpg Bhagwat Jha Azad
(1922–2011)
MP for Bhagalpur
(Minister of State, I/C)		14 February 198331 October 19841 year, 260 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
4 November 198431 December 198457 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Rao Birender Singh stamp (cropped).jpg Rao Birender Singh
(1921–2000)
MP for Mahendragarh 		31 December 198425 September 1985268 days Rajiv II
Brigadier
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM
(born 1941)
MP for Dhenkanal
(Minister of State, I/C)		25 September 198527 January 1986124 days
P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)		27 January 198612 May 1986105 days
H. K. L. Bhagat Lok Sabha photo.jpg H. K. L. Bhagat
(1921–2005)
MP for East Delhi 		12 May 198614 February 19881 year, 278 days
Sukh Ram
(1927–2022)
MP for Mandi
(Minister of State, I/C)		14 February 19882 December 19891 year, 291 days
V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
(Prime Minister)		2 December 19898 December 19896 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Nathuram Mirdha
(1921–1996)
MP for Nagaur 		8 December 198910 November 1990337 days
Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister)		10 November 199021 November 199011 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Rao Birender Singh stamp (cropped).jpg Rao Birender Singh
(1921–2000)
MP for Mahendragarh 		21 November 199026 June 1991217 days
Bifurcated into the Ministry of Food and the Ministry of Civil Supplies and Public Distribution

Food (1991–1997)

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4891 Cropped.JPG Tarun Gogoi
(1936–2020)
MP for Kaliabor
(Minister of State, I/C)		21 June 199117 January 19931 year, 210 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
Kalpnath Rai
(1941–1999)
MP for Ghosi
(Minister of State, I/C)		17 January 199321 December 19941 year, 338 days
Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister)		21 December 199410 February 199551 days
Ajit Singh at press conference.jpg Ajit Singh
(1939–2021)
MP for Baghpat 		10 February 199516 May 19961 year, 96 days
Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister)		16 May 19961 June 199616 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Devendra Prasad Yadav.png Devendra Prasad Yadav
(born 1953)
MP for Jhanjharpur 		1 June 199621 April 1997324 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister)		21 April 199723 April 19972 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Chaturanan Mishra.jpg Chaturanan Mishra
(1925–2011)
MP for Madhubani 		23 April 19979 June 199747 days Communist Party of India
Merged with Ministry of Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution to form the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs

Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (1991–1997)

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister)		21 June 199118 January 19931 year, 211 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
A. K. Antony.jpg A. K. Antony
(born 1940)
MP for Kerala (Rajya Sabha)		18 January 19938 February 19952 years, 21 days
Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg Buta Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Jalore 		10 February 199520 February 19961 year, 10 days
Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister)		20 February 199616 May 199686 days
Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister)		16 May 19961 June 199616 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Devendra Prasad Yadav.png Devendra Prasad Yadav
(born 1953)
MP for Jhanjharpur 		1 June 199621 April 1997324 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister)		21 April 199723 April 19972 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Chaturanan Mishra.jpg Chaturanan Mishra
(1925–2011)
MP for Madhubani 		23 April 19979 June 199747 days Communist Party of India
Merged with Ministry of Food to form the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (1997–present)

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of Food and Consumer Affairs
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (1).jpg Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
(1946–2020)
MP for Vaishali
(Minister of State, I/C)		9 June 199710 January 1998215 days Rashtriya Janata Dal Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Balwant Singh Ramoowalia (cropped).jpg Balwant Singh Ramoowalia
(born 1942)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)		10 January 199819 March 199868 days Independent
Surjit Singh Barnala, 2008.png Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925–2017)
MP for Sangrur 		19 March 199813 October 19991 year, 208 days Shiromani Akali Dal Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
Shanta Kumar.jpg Shanta Kumar
(born 1934)
MP for Kangra 		13 October 199917 July 2000278 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Shanta Kumar.jpg Shanta Kumar
(born 1934)
MP for Kangra 		17 July 20001 July 20021 year, 349 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sharadyadavjdu.jpg Sharad Yadav
(1947–2023)
MP for Madhepura 		1 July 200222 May 20041 year, 326 days Janata Dal (United)
The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group's New Marathi Channel "Jai Maharashtra", in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg Sharad Pawar
(born 1940)
MP for Baramati, until 2009
MP for Madha, from 2009		23 May 200422 May 20096 years, 241 days Nationalist Congress Party Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
23 May 200919 January 2011 Manmohan II
KV Thomas.jpg K. V. Thomas
(born 1946)
MP for Ernakulam
(Minister of State, I/C)		19 January 201126 May 20143 years, 127 days Indian National Congress
Ram Vilas Paswan (cropped).jpg Ram Vilas Paswan
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur, until 2019
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha), from 2019		27 May 201430 May 20196 years, 134 days Lok Janshakti Party Modi I Narendra Modi
31 May 20198 October 2020 [†] Modi II
Piyush Goyal crop.jpg Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)		9 October 20209 June 20243 years, 244 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Prahlad Joshi (cropped).jpg Pralhad Joshi
(born 1962)
MP for Dharwad 		10 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 104 days Modi III

See also

References

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

  1. 1 2 "Dept of Consumer Affairs – Overview". Dept of Consumer Affairs. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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