Tag: Food Supplies And Consumer Welfare Department

Bhubaneswar: The Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department has directed onion traders to supply sufficient onions to the market to avoid shortage of the item. A meeting was held at the State Secretariat between officials of the Food Supplies department and traders, where it was decided that the State government would keep a tab on […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Wednesday constituted a three-member team to verify the truth behind alleged distress sale of onions in different parts of the state. A three member team comprising officials from the food supplies and consumer welfare department, horticulture department and Markfed will visit Bolangir and Kalahanmdi district to verify allegation of distress sale of onions, […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of rampant theft of public distribution system (PDS) items, the Odisha government has decided to install Global Positioning System (GPS) in each vehicle carrying these items from the depot. A decision to this effect was taken at a review meeting of the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department presided over by Principal […]

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: Odisha Government has begun the process for the appointment of women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as Fair Price Shop dealers in place of private dealers in order to ensure smooth management of Public Distribution System (PDS). In order to reduce corruption in the sale of PDS goods, subsided ration is being supplied to beneficiaries through […]