Constitution of State Level and District Level Committee to promote use of Millets

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

CA,F&CS Department  – Millets – Constitution of State Level and District Level Committee to promote use of Millets - Orders – Issued.

CONSUMR AFFAIRS, FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLIES(CS.I) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Ms.No. 25                                                        Dated:11 .12.2015.

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O R D E R:

                Government have considered it necessary to constitute a State Level and a District Level Committee to promote the use of Millets and do an extensive extension work to make people realize the importance of food, nutrition value of Millets and different items that are made out from Millets.

2.            Government hereby constitute the State Level Committee and District Level Committee with immediate effect to promote use of millets and to create awareness on the nutritional value of millets;

                I) State Level Committee:

1. Chief Secretary to Govt.           --  Chairman

               

Members:

                2. Special Chief Secretary, Agriculture

                3. Principal Secretary, Women & Child Welfare

                4. Commissioner of Civil Supplies &

                       Ex.Officio Secretary,                                  -- Member-Convener

                5. Commissioner of Agriculture

                6. Commissioner of Medical, Health & Family Welfare

                7. Commissioner of  Marketing

                8. Commissioner, Women & Child Welfare

                9. Vice Chairman  & Managing Director, 

                         A.P.State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd., A.P., Hyderabad

               10. Managing Director, MARKFED

               11. Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad

               12. Smt. Anurag Chaturvedi, Dean(Retd) of Home Science College, 

                            Professor of Nutrition, Hyderabad.

               13. Dr. Dayakar Rao, Prl.Scientist, Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad

The Commissioner of Civil Supplies & Ex-Officio Secretary to Government, Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department shall be the Convener of the committee.

ii) District Level Committee

 1. District Collector         - Chairman

Members:

                2. Joint Director, Agriculture

                3. District Medical & Health Officer

                4. Project Director, ICDS

                5. District Supply Officer    -- Member- Convener

                6. District Manager, APSCSCL

                7. Asst.Director, AP MARKFED

District Collector may also co-opt nutritional experts or scientists who have experience in the field of Millets / millets research.

3.            The Committee shall meet as frequently as required to discuss and to create awareness regarding nutritional values of millets, health benefits and to suggest steps to be taken to promote the usage of millets as alternate staple food, recommend the action to be taken for marketing millets and make them available in the open market for general public at affordable prices.

4.            The Committee may also take advice from experts from Agriculture, Food & Nutrition, Marketing fields, for promoting cultivation and consumption of millets and the different varieties of food items that can be made out from millets and for their marketing, and reduce the dependency on the staple food like rice.

5.            The District Collectors shall appraise the Government on the action taken by the Committees on quarterly basis. 

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

                                                                                                  I.Y.R.KRISHNA RAO

                                                                                     CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT