To ensure minimum support price to the farmers as well as contributing Rice to the Central Pool Account.

Monitoring of Prices and availability situation of Essential Commodities in the open market continuously with the help of a computer network under Market Intelligence Information System.

To enforce various provisions of Essential Commodities Act. and PBMS Act. in order to prevent artificial scarcity, abnormal price rise.

Legal Metrology

to standardise Weights & Measures in the state
to protect the common people from the clutches of unscrupulous traders
Consumer Welfare establishment of Consumer Courts in the Districts and its smooth functioning to redress the grievances of consumers
to create consumer awareness about their Rights under C.P. Act.

Quality Control

to ensure FAQ quality food grains to the consumers distributed through Public

Distribution Systems.

To ensure availability of essential commodities at reasonable prices. This is sought to be achieved by maintaining an effective Public Distribution System after building up of a buffer stock of food grains through procurement at minimum support price, Monitoring the price of commodities of common consumption, enforce various control orders under the E.C. Act, 1955.

Price Monitoring and Stabilisation in price of essential commodities

With a view to have a better survey of the market economy and its operation, Government in F.S. and C.W. Department have an organisation called Market Intelligence, which collects everyday information relating to market forces for formulating an appropriate price policy and its execution. It prepares everyday Prices of Essential Commodities of seven major centers keeps a close watch on the activities of traders and appropriate actions are taken. During the time of unusual price hike of essential commodities, M. I. wing suggests market intervention to stabilize the prices. A state-of the-Art Computer Cell with Internet facilities is functioning with trained technical personnels to monitor prices, availability situation of essential commodities, targeted public distribution system, enforcement activities, etc

Consumer Protection Movement

With a view to safe-guarding consumers' rights by extending all kinds of help and support to the consumers at the moments of their harassments, miseries and exploitations caused by the unscrupulous traders/businessmen, Government have established Consumer Redressal Forums at each districts and one at Rourkela and a State Commission at the State level with required personnel and infrastructure since 1989 under the provisions of C.P.Act, 1986 which are giving relief to the consumers by hearing grievances.

Ensure Accuracy in Weights & Measures

One of the main objectives of the Department is to provide essential commodities to the consumers in accurate weights and measures. In order to achieve this objective, and to strengthen P.D.S. the Government have deployed the Legal Metrology Organisation and the same has been activised by posting a full time senior officer as Controller, Legal Metrology.

Ensure Quality

In order to supply good qualities of commodities to consumers, the responsibility has been entrusted to the Quality Control Wing for enforcing proper quality specification at every stage right from procurement, milling/processing, handling, transportation, storage points to selling centres. With a view to check the rising trend of adulteration and to ensure qualitative commodities, the Quality control Cell is taking cyclic testing exercise of food grains.