Food and Supplies

Food & Supplies Directorate is mainly responsible for availability and distribution of foodgrains and other essential commodities to the valid ration Card holders.

Introduction of e-Ration Card in West Bengal

e-Ration Card facility is available to those beneficiaries who have seeded Aadhaar numbers of all their family members who have Ration Cards. e-Ration Card Number and Digital Ration Card No. will remain same.

West Bengal Food Security Rules, 2016

Social audit on the functioning of Fair Price Shops, Public Distribution System and other welfare schemes shall be conducted under section 28 of the Act.

Schedule for Capturing Ration Card Data at Fair Price Shop

Scheduled time for capturing ration card data at Fair Price Shop level has been extended for the 11 districts viz. Kolkata, North 24 Parganas (excepting municipal areas), Howrah, Hooghly, Purba Medinipur, Purulia, Birbhum, Bankura, Burdwan, Dakshin Dinajpur and Coochbehar.

West Bengal Cooking Gas (Licensing and Control) Order, 1985

Short title, extent and commencement. Definitions. Regulation. Application. Power of licensing authority to refuse to grant. Power of licensing authority to suspend or cancel. Appeal. Restriction on consumption of cooking gas. Power of entry, search, seizure, etc. Submission of statement about the stock of cooking gas. Power to exempt in special case. Review and Revision by the Government. Power to relax the Order.

West Bengal Onion (Storage Control) Order, 2015

No dealer of any category, whether he is an importer, wholesaler or retailer, shall store or have in his possession at any time onions in excess of the quantity specified in the Schedule.