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Aims and objectives

Aims and Objectives

· Provision of food and essential items to emergency customers (food grain imports, rations);


· Build up emergency stock (safety stock);


· Helping achieve self-sufficiency in food grains production (traditional collection);


· Expanding the social safety net (VGD, VGF, Kabikha and TR);


· Achieving Price Stability (OMS).


· Effective and reliable food procurement, supply and distribution management


· Achieving farmer and consumer-friendly food price structure.


· Introduction of effective and up-to-date food distribution systems/methods.


· Successful management of drought and famine and food crisis situations.


· Providing food procurement assistance to poor and socially deprived people.


· Integrating food security policy with disaster management/relief distribution management.


· Timely delivery of foodgrains to the public in targeted sectors.


· Developing a professional, capable and efficient workforce.




Activities


· Managing and managing the overall food supply of the country.


· Implementation of national food policy framework.


· Establishing reliable national food security systems.


· To establish uninterrupted supply of food crops.


· Formulating and implementing various developmental projects (schemes) in the food sector.


· Monitoring the food supply situation in the country.


· Collection and distribution of food grains including other food items such as sugar, cooking oil, salt etc.


· Ensuring distribution system of food items in rationing and other distribution sectors.


· To ensure that market prices of food items are kept stable.


· To ensure the storage and preservation of sufficient quantity of quality food.


· Matters related to food budgeting, accounting and finance, food planning, research and monitoring.


· Ensuring minimum support price for food crops produced by producers.


· To conduct research on any matter assigned to this department.