The Civil Supplies Department was functioning as Hyderabad Commercial Corporation in the erstwhile Hyderabad
State from 1946 to 1952. In 1952, the Civil Supplies Department was created and later on, it became part of the Board of Revenue, a Member of
which was designated as Commissioner of Civil Supplies. The nomenclature of the Department was “Board of Revenue (Civil Supplies)”.
With the abolition of the Board of Revenue in 1977, the Civil Supplies Department gained separate entity and the Commissioner of Civil Supplies
became the Head of the Department and also given the Ex.Officio status as Secretary in the then Food & Agriculture Department (presently the
Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department). Vestibulum et metus Originally, the Department was only a regulatory Department.
Subsequently, its activities have been diversified to include procurement of food grains under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations,
rice distribution under subsidized rice scheme, consumer affairs, price monitoring, distribution of LPG connections to BPL women (Deepam Scheme)
The Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department has the following Heads of Departments under its control.
1. Commissioner of Civil Supplies.
2. A.P. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
3. Controller, Legal Metrology
                                                       The Commissioner of Civil Supplies is also the Ex – Officio Secretary to Government in the Consumer Affairs,
Food and Civil Supplies Department. District Heads of Civil Supplies Department:
1. Joint Collector & Collector (CS)
2. District Supply Officer (Urban) GVMC Area
3. District Supply Officer (Rural) All Mandals including Agency Area.
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