Ministry of Consumer Affairs

The growth of ethanol sector has been tremendous which has set a sort of example for the world, said Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles and Commerce and Industry while addressing…

The procurement of wheat during RMS 2023-24 has already surpassed the total procurement of RMS 2022-23.In RMS 2022-23, the procurement was 188 LMT. However, till April 26th, 2023, wheat procurement during RMS 2023-24 is 195 LMT. This has…

The two days Chintan Shivir organized by the Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD) started today at Faridabad, Haryana. The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles and Commerce and…

The Department of Consumer Affairs and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action signed the new Work Plan for 2023 during the 9th Annual Meeting of the Indo-German Working Group on Quality Infrastructure. The…

Senior Officers from the Department of Consumer Affairs visited 10 various locations across four States to interact and observe stock disclosure status of Tur and Urad during past days.In this regard, Secretary, Department of Consumer…

Following the remarkable success of previous efforts of disposing pending consumer cases, the Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, is now organizing a Round table conference on “How to effectively redress the grievances…

The Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Shri Rohit Kumar Singh reviewed the status of stock disclosure of Tur and Urad with major pulses producing and consuming States today. Senior officers from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat,…

State heads should ensure that BIS Certification is enforced on required products for consumer safety, said Shri Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs in Chandigarh today. He discussed the Time Dissemination Project…

A total of 269 districts in 27 states have started distributing fortified rice under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), achieving a 100% target set for Phase II by March 2023 in Rice Fortification Programme, informed Shri Sanjeev…

The Department of Consumer Affairs has constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Additional Secretary, Smt. Nidhi Khare to monitor the stock of Tur held by entities such as importers, millers, stockists, traders etc. in close…