OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT
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To ensure distribution of Essential
Commodities to a large number of people through a network of FPS.
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To ensure minimum support price to the
farmers as well as contributing Rice to the Central Pool Account.
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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.
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To enforce various provisions of
Essential Commodities Act. and PBMS Act. in order to prevent artificial
scarcity, abnormal price rise.
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to standardise Weights & Measures in
the state
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to protect the common people from
the clutches of unscrupulous traders
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establishment of Consumer Courts in
the Districts and its smooth functioning to redress the grievances
of consumers
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to create consumer awareness about
their Rights under C.P. Act.
to ensure FAQ quality food grains to the
consumers distributed through Public Distribution Systems.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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.
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