Plan Schemes implemented by the Department

The Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs is the nodal Department to ensure availability of essential commodities of mass consumption at reasonable prices in all the scattered Islands of this UT, to ensure awareness of the consumers and redressal of their grievances and to ensure that perishable and packaged commodities are sold with correct quantity and scale to the customers. In order to achieve the objectives under each mandates the Department has been implementing the following three Plan schemes-

  • Strengthening of Public Distribution System
  • Strengthening of Consumer Protection Movement in the Union Territory
  • Strengthening of Weights and Measures organization

Out lays and Expenditure of Annual Plans of 11th Five Year Plan

Year Outlay Expenditure
2007-08 330.00 299.33
2008-09 330.00 439.67
2009-10 400.00 558.79
2010-11 440.00 503.7
2011-12 527.00 700.00(anticipated)
2013 800.00

Scheme

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Scheme No.1 - Strengthening Of Public Distribution System

  • The Scheme envisages expansion and strengthening of Public Distribution System to ensure availability of essential commodities to the vulnerable sections, especially in the rural areas where productivity and wages are comparatively low
  • It also envisages serving as an essential component for employment and income generation so that rise in price can be neutralized by additional income
  • With the help of this Scheme the Department envisages creating storage space to cop up the storage requirement of food grains
  • Growth of trade and commerce of essential commodities necessitates effective control and supervision over the Fair Price Shops and trade centers for enforcement of various control orders so as to check the rise in price and to take effective steps on hoarding, black-marketing and other activities of the trader. For this purpose, the scheme envisages strengthening of enforcement cell of this Department

Physical Targets and Achievements in Annual Plan 2010-11

S/No. Physical Targets Achievements
1 C/o 180 MT Godown at Terressa Work completed
2 C/o 150 MT Godown at Chowra Work completed
3 C/o 550 MT Godown at Campbel Bay Work completed
4 Renovation of 300 MT Godown at Rangat Bay Work Started
5 Construction of 500 MT Godown at Diglipur AA/ES for undertaking the work communicated.
6 Construction of 600 MT Godown at Mayabunder AA/ES for undertaking the work communicated.
7 Computerization of PDS operation Work in progress

Physical Targets in Annual Plan 2011-12

S/No. Physical Targets
1 Renovation of 300 MT Godown at Rangat Bay
2 Construction of 500 MT Godown at Diglipur
3 Construction of 600 MT Godown at Mayabunder
4 Construction of 600 MT Godown at Rangat
5 Computerization of PDS operation
6 Construction of 400 MT Storage Godown at Dollygunj
7 Construction of Compound Wall around the Godown at Kakkana, Carnicobar

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Scheme No.2 - Strengthening Of Consumer Protection Movement In The UT

  • The Scheme envisages expansion and strengthening of Consumer Protection Movement in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • The Consumer Movement even now is in its infancy in this territory, there is an urgent need for accelerating the consumer Movement to protect the Consumers from exploitation
  • The Scheme envisages providing required enforcement staff, field motivators, purchase of vehicles and to undertake publicity and training programme for consumer awareness and redressal of consumer grievances

Physical Targets and Achievements in Annual Plan 2010-11

S/No. Physical Targets Achievements/Reason for shortfalls
1 Conducting Seminars, Awareness Camps and training of Staff on Consumer Protection Seminars and Awareness Camps have been conducted on “National Consumer Day” and “World Consumer Day” Besides Awareness Camps were also conducted at Panchayat levels.
2 Release of Grant-in-aid to Panchayats for Consumer Awareness under devolution of power to PRIs Fund could not be released following non-submission of Utilization certificates of the previous year’s grant.

Physical Targets in Annual Plan 2011-12

S/No. Physical Targets
1 Conducting Seminars, Awareness Camps and training of Staff on Consumer Protection
2 Release of Grant-in-aid to Panchayats for Consumer Awareness under devolution of power to PRIs

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Scheme No.3 - Strengthening Of Weights & Measures Organization In The UT

Physical Targets and Achievements in Annual Plan 2010-11

S/No. Physical Targets Achievements
1 Purchase of Gadgets for Legal Metrology. Purchased
2 Purchase of Mobile Kit Purchased

Physical Targets in Annual Plan 2011-12

S/No. Physical Targets
1 Construction of Working Standard laboratory cum office building for legal Metrology at Port Blair.
2 Purchase of Fare Testing Bench compatible to test 10 and 3 fare meters at a time.