Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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Agency overview
Formed2 September 1946
Jurisdiction Government of India
Headquarters Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi
Annual budget205,765 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.

Contents

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

Ministers

Food & Agriculture (1947–71)

PortraitNameTerm of office Prime Minister Party
Rajendra Prasad 1947.jpg Rajendra Prasad 15 August 194714 January 1948152 days Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
Jairamdas Daulatram 1985 stamp of India.jpg Jairamdas Daulatram 19 January 194813 May 19502 years, 114 days
K M Munshi.jpg K M Munshi 13 May 195013 May 19522 years, 0 days
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 1969 stamp of India.jpg Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 13 May 195224 October 19542 years, 164 days
Ajit Prasad Jain 25 November 195424 August 19594 years, 303 days
Miss India Indrani Rehman, S.K. Patil, and two of the sponsors of the contest (cropped).jpg S. K. Patil 24 August 19591 September 19634 years, 8 days
Swaran Singh 1 September 19639 June 1964282 days
Chidambaram Subramaniam.jpg Chidambaram Subramaniam 9 June 196412 March 19672 years, 276 days Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg Jagjivan Ram 13 March 196727 June 19703 years, 106 days Indira Gandhi
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1977 stamp of India.jpg Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 27 June 19702 May 1971309 days
Ministry of Food was renamed as Ministry of Agriculture with four departments, including the Department of Food [2]

Food & Civil Supplies (1983–91)

PortraitNameTerm of office Prime Minister Party
Bhagwat Jha Azad.jpg Bhagwat Jha Azad 14 February 198331 December 19841 year, 321 days Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Indian National Congress
Birender Singh b1921 2023 stamp of India.jpg Rao Birendra Singh 31 December 198425 September 1985268 days Rajiv Gandhi
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo 25 September 198527 January 1986124 days
P. Shiv Shankar 27 January 198612 May 1986105 days
H. K. L. Bhagat 12 May 198614 February 19881 year, 278 days
Sukh Ram 14 February 19882 December 19891 year, 291 days
Nathuram Mirdha 8 December 198910 November 1990337 days V. P. Singh Janata Dal
Birender Singh b1921 2023 stamp of India.jpg Rao Birendra Singh 21 November 199021 June 1991212 days Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)

Food (1991–96)

PortraitNameTerm of office Prime Minister Party
Kalpnath Rai 18 January 199321 December 19941 year, 337 days P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao 21 December 199410 February 199551 days
Ajit Singh at press conference.jpg Ajit Singh 10 February 199516 May 19961 year, 96 days

Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution (1991–96)

PortraitNameTerm of office Prime Minister Party
Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao 21 June 199118 January 19931 year, 211 days P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
AK Antony at Ponnani.jpg A. K. Antony 18 January 19938 February 19952 years, 21 days
Buta Singh (headshot).jpg Buta Singh 10 February 199516 May 19961 year, 96 days

Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (1996–present)

PortraitNameTerm of office Prime Minister Party
Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 19961 June 199616 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
Devendra Prasad Yadav 1 June 199621 April 1997324 days Deve Gowda Janata Dal
Inder Kumar Gujral 017.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral 21 April 199724 April 19973 days I.K. Gujral
Chaturanan Mishra 24 April 199710 January 1998261 days Communist Party of India
Balwant Singh Ramoowalia.jpg Balwant Singh Ramoowalia 10 January 199819 March 199868 days Independent
The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari with the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri Surjit Singh Barnala and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi (cropped) (Surjit Singh Barnala).png Surjit Singh Barnala 19 March 199813 October 19991 year, 208 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shiromani Akali Dal
Shanta Kumar.jpg Shanta Kumar 13 October 19991 July 20022 years, 261 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Sharadyadavjdu.jpg Sharad Yadav 1 July 200222 May 20041 year, 326 days Janata Dal (United)
Sharad Pawar.jpg Sharad Pawar 22 May 200419 January 20116 years, 242 days Manmohan Singh Nationalist Congress Party
KV Thomas.jpg K. V. Thomas 19 January 201126 May 20143 years, 127 days Indian National Congress
Ram Vilas Paswan 11 (cropped).jpg Ram Vilas Paswan 26 May 20148 October 20206 years, 135 days Narendra Modi Lok Janshakti Party
Piyush Goyal.jpg Piyush Goyal 8 October 202010 June 20243 years, 246 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Prahlad Joshi (cropped).jpg Pralhad Joshi 10 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 58 days

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.
  2. "History | About Us | Department of food and distribution, India". dfpd.gov.in.