Focus and Objectives

• To supply food stuff and essential commodities to the consumers (Import food grains, rationing).
• To build up emergency stocks (Buffer stock).
• To attain self-sufficiency in producing food grains (Internal Procurement).
• To expand social safety net like VGD, VGF, FFW, TR, GR etc.
• To maintain the price of food grain stable (Through OMS, Fair Price Card).
• To introduce effective and reliable food grain procurement, supply and distribution management.
• To achieve farmer and consumer friendly food grain pricing.
• To introduce effective and updated food distribution system.
•  Introducing fruitful food management system to face drought, famine and food crisis.
• To help the poor and socially deprived people collect their food.
• To adjust food Safety Policy with disaster management/relief distribution system.
• To supply food grains to the target oriented people.
• To make professionalism able and efficient work force.

Allocation of Functions

• Management and operation of country's overall food system.
•  Implementation of national food policy strategies.
• Establishment of dependable national food security system
• To establish uninterrupted supply of food grains
• Preparation and execution of various development projects in the Food sector.
• Watch over food supply position in the Country.
• Procurement and distribution of food grains and other food item including sugar, edible oil, salt etc.
• To ensure supply of food-stuffs through rationing and other, distribution channel.
• To ensure stability of the market prices of foodstuffs.
• To ensure preservation of the adequate food reserve and quality of the stock.
• Matters relating to food budget, accounts and finance, food planning research and monitoring.
• To ensure minimum price of the produce to the growers of food grains.
• Inquiries and statistics on any of the subjects allotted to this Directorate.