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Punjab Food Department (Pakistan)
Punjab Food Department is a department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. Food Department is responsible for regulating business of food grains which include purchase, storage, sales and milling. Functions Functions of the Food Department are: * Procurement of wheat for issuance to the mills * Ensure Food Security in wheat and wheat products * Transportation from surplus to deficit regions * Protection of wheat from pest and other hazards * Undertaking all activity related to export of wheat up to supply at port Attached Departments * Ministry of National Food Security & Research * Punjab Agriculture Department * Punjab Food Authority The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) (Urdu: ) is an agency of the provincial Government of Punjab in Pakistan. It regulates food safety and hygiene Hygiene is a series of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organ ... External links Punjab Food Department References Departments of Government of Punjab, Paki ...
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Ministry (government Department)
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона", т. XIX (1896): Мекенен — Мифу-Баня, "Министерства", с. 351—357 :s:ru:ЭСБЕ/Министерства These types of organizations are usually led by a politician who is a member of a cabinet (government), cabinet—a body of high-ranking government officials—who may use a title such as Minister (government), minister, Secretary of state, secretary, or commissioner, and are typically staffed with members of a non-political civil service, who manage its operations; they may also oversee other Government agency, government agencies and organiza ...
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Government Of Punjab, Pakistan
The Government of the Punjab ( ur, ), is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is based in Lahore, the provincial capital. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the Constitution, in which 41 districts come under its authority and jurisdiction. The government includes the cabinet, selected from members the Punjab Provincial Assembly, and the non-political civil staff within each department. The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly, selects members of the Cabinet. The Chief Minister and Cabinet are thus responsible for the functioning of government and are entitled to remain in office so long as it maintains the confidence of the elected Assembly. The head of the province is known as the Governor, appointed by the federal government, on behalf of the President, while the admin ...
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Food Grains
A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes. After being harvested, dry grains are more durable than other staple foods, such as starchy fruits (plantains, breadfruit, etc.) and tubers (sweet potatoes, cassava, and more). This durability has made grains well suited to industrial agriculture, since they can be mechanically harvested, transported by rail or ship, stored for long periods in silos, and milled for flour or pressed for oil. Thus, the grain market is a major global commodity market that includes crops such as maize, rice, soybeans, wheat and other grains. Grains and cereal Grains and cereal are synonymous with caryopses, the fruits of the grass family. In agronomy and commerce, seeds or fruits from other plant families are called grains if they resemble caryopses. ...
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Ministry Of National Food Security & Research (Pakistan)
The Ministry of National Food Security & Research or Ministry of Agricultulre ( ur, '', wazarat-e- baraye qaumi tehqeeq o hfzanِ taghzia, Pakistan'' (abbreviated as MoA) is a Cabinet-level ministerial department of Government of Pakistan, responsible for implementing, enforcing, developing, and executing the policy on agriculture, rice, livestock, fishing, and farming. The ministry is governed by the Minister of National Food Security and Research, who must be a member of Parliament of Pakistan. According to World Food Programme(WFP) 36.9% of the population faces food security. This is due to limited economic access by the poorest and most vulnerable group of the population – particularly women – to an adequate and diverse diet. Attached departments Agricultural Policy Institute Agriculture Prices Commission was established in 1981 and re-constituted as Agriculture Policy Institute (API) in 2006 as attached department with ministry. Federal Seed Certification & Registratio ...
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Punjab Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department or Agri Punjab is department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. The department is responsible for legislation, policy formulation, and development of agriculture sector in Punjab. Food and irrigation are separate departments. Attached Departments Regional Agricultural Economic Development Centre Regional Agricultural Economic Development Centre (RAEDC) Vehari was established in 1991. The purpose of this Center is to upgrade the technical skills of farmers as well as employees of Agriculture Department through imparting training in the related disciplines. Planning and Evaluation Cell Planning and Evaluation Cell was established in 1981-82 to deal with all technical matters regarding foreign funded projects. The organization makes liaison with Donors, Provincial & Federal Governments for seeking technical and financial assistance. Directorate General Agriculture Extension & Adaptive Research Main aim is transfer of technology, monitoring of Agricult ...
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Punjab Food Authority
The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) (Urdu: ) is an agency of the provincial Government of Punjab in Pakistan. It regulates food safety and hygiene Hygiene is a series of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." Personal hygiene refer ... in the Province. It was formed under the Punjab Food Authority Act 2011. The PFA is the first agency of its kind in Pakistan. Enforcement of food hygiene and quality standards as described in the Punjab Food Authority Act 2011 and the Pure Food Rules 2011. The Punjab food Authority has been working as a functional entity in district Lahore since 2nd July 2012. Enforcement of food hygiene and quality standards as described in the Punjab Food Authority Act 2011 and the Pure Food Rules 2011 is carried out through a qualified team of Food Safety Officers (FSOs’) and Assistant Food Safety Offi ...
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Departments Of Government Of Punjab, Pakistan
Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, for example: ** Departments of Colombia, a grouping of municipalities **Departments of France, administrative divisions three levels below the national government ** Departments of Honduras **Departments of Peru, name given to the subdivisions of Peru until 2002 **Departments of Uruguay *Department (United States Army), corps areas of the U.S. Army prior to World War I * Fire department, a public or private organization that provides emergency firefighting and rescue services *Ministry (government department), a specialized division of a government * Police department, a body empowered by the state to enforce the law * Department (naval) administrative/functional sub-unit of a ship's company. Other uses * ''Department'' (film), a 2012 Bol ...
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