Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
{{Short description|Government ministry of India}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{use Indian English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
| seal = Government of India logo.svg
| seal_width = 100px
| seal_caption = Branch of Government of India
| logo = Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.png
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption = Ministry of Consumer Affairs
| picture = Delhi_India_Government.jpg
| picture_width = 300
| picture_caption = South Block building, housing the Cabinet Secretariat
| nativename_a =
| formed = 2 September 1946
| preceding1 =
| jurisdiction = Government of India
| headquarters = Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi
| budget = {{INRConvert|205765|c}} (2023–24 est.)
| minister1_name = Pralhad Joshi
| minister1_pfo = (Cabinet Minister)
| minister2_name = Nimuben Bambhaniya
| minister2_pfo = (Minister of State)
| minister3_name = Banwari Lal Verma
| minister3_pfo = (Minister of State)
| 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.
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:
- remunerative rates for the farmers.
- supply of food grains at reasonable prices through the public distribution system.
==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, sugar and kerosene. 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.{{cite web|title=Dept of Consumer Affairs – Overview |url=http://consumeraffairs.nic.in/consumer/?q=node/3 |publisher=Dept of Consumer Affairs |access-date=4 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212183527/http://consumeraffairs.nic.in/consumer/?q=node%2F3 |archive-date=12 December 2012 }}
The department is responsible for:
- National Test House
- Standards of Weights and Measures
- The Bureau of Indian Standards
- Consumer Cooperatives
- Forward Markets Commission, Mumbai
- Monitoring of Prices and Availability of essential commodities
- The Consumer Protection Act, 2019
- Consumer Welfare Fund
- Internal Trade
- Inter-State Trade: The Spirituous Preparations (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control Act, 1955 (39 of 1955).
- Control of Futures Trading: the Forward Contracts (Regulations) Act, 1952 (74 of 1952).
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
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Ministry
Ministers
= Food & Agriculture (1947–71) =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!# !Portrait !Name ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 1
|15 August 1947 |14 January 1948 |{{Ayd|15 august 1947|14 january 1948}} | rowspan="7" |Jawaharlal Nehru | rowspan="10" |Indian National Congress | bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=10| |
| 2
|19 January 1948 |13 May 1950 |{{Ayd|19 january 1948|13 may 1950}} |
| 3
|13 May 1950 |13 May 1952 |{{Ayd|13 may 1950|13 may 1952}} |
| 4
|13 May 1952 |24 October 1954 |{{Ayd|13 may 1952|24 october 1954}} |
| 5
| |25 November 1954 |24 August 1959 |{{Ayd|25 october 1954|24 august 1959}} |
| 6
| 75x75px |24 August 1959 |1 September 1963 |{{Ayd|24 august 1959|1 september 1963}} |
| 7
| |1 September 1963 |9 June 1964 |{{Ayd|1 september 1963|9 june 1964}} |
| 8
|9 June 1964 |12 March 1967 |{{Ayd|9 june 1964|12 march 1967}} |
| 9
|13 March 1967 |27 June 1970 |{{Ayd|13 march 1967|27 june 1970}} | rowspan="2" |Indira Gandhi |
| 10
|27 June 1970 |2 May 1971 |{{Ayd|27 june 1970|2 may 1971}} |
| colspan="9" |Ministry of Food was renamed as Ministry of Agriculture with four departments, including the Department of Food{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} About Us {{!}} Department of food and distribution, India |url=https://dfpd.gov.in/history.htm |access-date= |website=dfpd.gov.in}} |
|---|
= Food & Civil Supplies (1983–91) =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!# !Portrait !Name ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 11
|14 February 1983 |31 December 1984 |{{Ayd|14 february 1983|31 december 1984}} | rowspan="6" |Indian National Congress |bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=6| |
| 12
| 75x75px |31 December 1984 |25 September 1985 |{{Ayd|31 december 1984|25 september 1985}} | rowspan="5" |Rajiv Gandhi |
| 13
| |25 September 1985 |27 January 1986 |{{Ayd|25 september 1985|27 january 1986}} |
| 14
| |27 January 1986 |12 May 1986 |{{Ayd|27 january 1986|12 may 1986}} |
| 15
| |12 May 1986 |14 February 1988 |{{Ayd|12 may 1986|14 february 1988}} |
| 16
| |14 February 1988 |2 December 1989 |{{Ayd|14 february 1988|2 december 1989}} |
| 17
| |8 December 1989 |10 November 1990 |{{Ayd|8 december 1989|10 november 1990}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" | |
| (12)
| 75x75px |21 November 1990 |21 June 1991 |{{Ayd|21 november 1990|21 june 1991}} |Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) |bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | |
= Food (1991–96) =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!# !Portrait !Name ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 1
| |18 January 1993 |21 December 1994 |{{Ayd|18 january 1993|21 december 1994}} | rowspan="3" |P. V. Narasimha Rao | rowspan="3" |Indian National Congress | bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan="3" | |
| 2
|21 December 1994 |10 February 1995 |{{Ayd|21 december 1994|10 february 1995}} |
| 3
|10 February 1995 |16 May 1996 |{{Ayd|10 february 1995|16 may 1996}} |
= Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution (1991–96) =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!# !Portrait !Name ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 1
|21 June 1991 |18 January 1993 |{{Ayd|21 june 1991|18 january 1993}} | rowspan="3" |P. V. Narasimha Rao | rowspan="3" |Indian National Congress | bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan="3" | |
| 2
|18 January 1993 |8 February 1995 |{{Ayd|18 january 1993|8 february 1995}} |
| 3
|10 February 1995 |16 May 1996 |{{Ayd|10 february 1995|16 may 1996}} |
= Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (1996–present) =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!# !Portrait !Name ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 1
|16 May 1996 |1 June 1996 |{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |
| 2
| |1 June 1996 |21 April 1997 |{{Ayd|1 june 1996|21 april 1997}} | rowspan="2" |Janata Dal | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" | |
| 3
|21 April 1997 |24 April 1997 |{{Ayd|21 april 1997|24 april 1997}} | rowspan="3" |I.K. Gujral |
| 4
| |24 April 1997 |10 January 1998 |{{Ayd|24 april 1997|10 january 1998}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" | |
| 5
|10 January 1998 |19 March 1998 |{{Ayd|10 january 1998|19 march 1998}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
| 6
|19 March 1998 |13 October 1999 |{{Ayd|19 march 1998|13 october 1999}} | rowspan="3" |Atal Bihari Vajpayee |bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" | |
| 7
|13 October 1999 |1 July 2002 |{{Ayd|13 october 1999|1 july 2002}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |
| 8
|1 July 2002 |22 May 2004 |{{Ayd|1 july 2002|22 may 2004}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" | |
| 9
|22 May 2004 |19 January 2011 |{{Ayd|22 may 2004|19 january 2011}} | rowspan="2" |Manmohan Singh |bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" | |
| 10
|19 January 2011 |26 May 2014 |{{Ayd|19 january 2011|26 may 2014}} |bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |
| 11
|26 May 2014 |8 October 2020 |{{Ayd|26 may 2014|8 october 2020}} | rowspan="3" |Narendra Modi |bgcolor="{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}}" | |
| 12
|8 October 2020 |10 June 2024 |{{Ayd|8 october 2020|10 June 2024}} |rowspan="2"|Bharatiya Janata Party |rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |
| 13
|10 June 2024 |Incumbent |{{Ayd|10 June 2024 |
|}
See also
References
[http://fcamin.nic.in Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]
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