The ‘Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer
Protection’ deals with the demand and supply of various
essential commodities in the open market as well as Public
Distribution System. The basic responsibility of the
department is to enforce various control orders passed in
respect to the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 for price
stabilization and matters pertaining to weights and measures
The website is rich and updated with information,
categorized under left sidebar navigation architecture. Users
can download Ration Card application forms and take
benefit from PDS Complaint Redressal System, which
serves as a unique application of e-governance service. The
home page shows Retail Prices of various commodities
under Targeted Public Distribution System. The website has
bilingual interface in English and Marathi languages, to
ensure its reach to every common person.

The Website is well designed with elegant colour schemes.
The Home Page clearly establishes the ownership with a big
banner logo and the motive of the website runs through the
image slider on the homepage.

The navigation is smooth and the availability of submenu’s
on internal pages adds consistent navigation for the
users. The website is compatible with all major browsers
and it has proper response to standard screen resolution.
The website has a contact page with contact information
of Hon’ble Minister/ Hon’ble State Minister Principal
Secretary and Administrative Staff. Downloadable forms
are also available to help the user group apply for the ration
cards. Proper and weighted placement of links to national
portal and other state ministries, are also given.