The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation ( ta, தமிழ்நாடு நுகர்பொருள் வாணிபக் கழகம் (வரையறுக்கப்பட்டது)) is governed by

Government of Tamil Nadu Government of Tamil Nadu is the subnational government for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, lik ...

was registered under the

Companies Act 1956 The Companies Act 1956 was an Act of the Parliament of India, enacted in 1956, which enabled companies to be formed by registration, and set out the responsibilities of companies, their directors and secretaries. It was repealed and replaced b ...

. It is responsible for providing food grains, commodities for the people under

Public Distribution System The Public Distribution System (PDS) is an Indian food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor a ...

through Ration shops. It also provides

kerosene Kerosene, paraffin, or lamp oil is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in aviation as well as households. Its name derives from el, κηρός (''keros'') meaning "wax", and was regi ...

at very low cost. Some of the commodities are

Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

Wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

Sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

, Cooking Oil, Rava etc.,

TNCSC objectives

* Procure the products * Store the products by own or

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

Warehousing Corporation Warehousing Godowns * Supply the products by own or through Tamil Nadu Consumers Cooperative Federation Limited (TNCCF) Stores

TNCSC operation

* Direct Purchase Centre (DPC): Paddy procurement from farmers * Modern Rice Mills (MRM) (22 mills across Tamil Nadu) – Rice hulling are operating at these mills * Corporation Retail Stores(CRS): Tamil Nadu Government

Stores (TN PDS Store) amil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation runs 1162 TN PDS Stores in Tamil Nadu as per Tamil Nadu Government Order * Fuel Retail Outlet etrol / Diesel Retail: operating 3 Indian Oil Corporation Petrol / Diesel Bunks each one at Mandarakuppam (Cuddalore District), Tirupathur (Vellore District) and Pattukkottai (Thanjavur District) PG Retail Outlets: operating 5 outlets each one at Arani (Thiruvanamalai District), Thiruchi, Udagamandalam and Mandapam & Rameshwaram (Ramanathapuram District) * Kerosene Retail Outlet (KRO): operating 30 kerosene retail outlets across Tamil Nadu * Amudham Departmental Stores (ADS) perating 27 Amudham Departmental Stores (ADS) across Tamil Nadu; 22 in Chennai District and 5 in Cuddalore District] * Warehousing Godown (WHG) [operating 17 own Warehousing Godowns]

Ration card

Ration card is issued by Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation to family residing in

. It consists of Head of family Photograph with all the family members name, age, sex, No. of LPG connections printed on the backside of the card with full residential address of family. The card is issued for every five years, each years are tabulated to every month to get the commodities from ration shop. It is used as important address proof for all government applications.

References

External links

* http://www.tncsc.tn.gov.in/ Official Website * http://www.consumer.tn.gov.in/ Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department

TNCSC objectives

TNCSC operation

Ration card

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