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New Delhi: Sangeet (IDAS) is set to be Director in the Department of Food & Public Distribution. He was recommended for the Central deputation by the Ministry of Defence. According to an order from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), he has been selected for the appointment under the Central Staffing Scheme for a period up to March 12, 2024, or until further orders, whichever is earlier. Sangeet is an Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer and currently posted as Associate Professor (SG) in National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM).
Department of Food and Public Distribution is a department under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. The department is responsible for the Indian Public Distribution System (PDS) is a national food security system that distributes subsidised food to India's poor. Major commodities include wheat, rice, sugar and kerosene. Surpluses of food from increased crop yields (as a result of the Green Revolution and good monsoon seasons) are managed by the Food Corporation of India (FCI), established by the Food Corporation Act 1964. The system implements national policy for farm price support, operations, procurement, storage, preservation, inter-state movement and distribution. PDS has a network of about 478,000 Fair Price Shops (FPS), perhaps the largest distribution network of its type in the world, operated by the Union Government and state governments.
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