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Department of Co operation, Food and Consumer Protection (Tamil Nadu)

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Formed
  
1811

Headquarters
  
Chennai

Jurisdiction
  
Tamil Nadu

Department of Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection (Tamil Nadu)

Ministers responsible
  
Sellur K. Raju, Minister for Co-operation Department R. Kamaraj, Minister for Food and Consumer Protection Department

Agency executives
  
Pradeep Yadav, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government R. Lalitha, IAS, Deputy Secretary

Parent agency
  
Government of Tamil Nadu

The Department of Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu

Contents

History

  • Tamil Nadu is the pioneer in the cooperative movement in India. The first agricultural cooperative credit society was started at Thirur in Tiruvallur District and a consumer cooperative society was started in Triplicane in 1904. The other States had started cooperative societies following Tamil Nadu as a model.

    • Functions

    The functions of the Department relate to policy formulation and decision making in the following subjects :

  • Co-operative Credit.
  • Co-operative Marketing, Processing and Storage.
  • Consumer co-operatives.
  • Co-operative Education, Research and Training.
  • Special Types of Co-operatives.
  • Integrated Co-operative Development Project.
  • Co-operative Election.
  • Public Distribution System.
  • Enforcement of control orders under the Essential Commodities Act.
  • Consumer protection including price control measures.

    • Present Ministers for Co-operation

  • Sellur K. Raju

    • Former Ministers for Co-operation

  • 2006 - 2011
  • Ko. Si. Mani

    • Present Ministers for Food and Consumer Protection

  • R. Kamaraj

    • Former Ministers for Food and Consumer Protection

  • 2006 - 2011
  • E. V. Velu

    • References

    Department of Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection (Tamil Nadu) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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