Department

Food & Civil Supplies

Minister: P. Venkataramanan Secretary: V. Kannan IAS

Health Score

▲ 0.4 wk-on-wk

Mandate

The Food & Civil Supplies department executes the state government's programmes across 28 divisions and20 field offices, with operational oversight of 308+ schemes and ₹16925 Cr in annual outlay.Dept. citizen charter

Key indicators

PDS coverage of households

92%

Ration cards active

2.18 Cr

PDS leakage estimate

Paddy procurement (KMS)

24.6 lakh MT

Recent updates

Today 05:30Secretary

Cyclone preparedness review complete. All field formations on standby.

Yesterday 18:42Director

Quarterly review of district performance circulated to all collectors.

27 MayCAG

Audit observation closed on FY24 procurement file 2331/PUR/24.

26 MayCourt

HC Madurai bench: writ petition #14820/2025 listed for hearing 04 Jun.