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History & Activities

Directorate of Food is the only organization under the Ministry of Food of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. During the colonial period in 1943 to deal with famine in Bengal, the then provincial government issued Bengal Rationing Order/1943 and Bengal Civil Supplies Dept. by establishing from 1955 to 1956, the Civil Service Department was phased out. As a result of the extinction, the price of food products increased abnormally and chaos arose in the country. As a result, in 1956, the then government hastily re-established the food department as a private supply department. In 1957, the Food Department was converted into a permanent department. After independence, the Food Department was established under the Food and Civil Supplies Ministry with the earlier institutional structure of five departments called 'Food and Civil Supplies Department'. Later, the current institutional form was given by reorganizing and reorganizing under the name of Directorate General of Food. Since in the past there were food shortages in different parts of the country; Therefore, the Department of Food became one of the most important departments of the Government of Bangladesh. At present, the Food Directorate is serving as a very important institution of the Bangladesh government with the aim of building up the country's emergency stock and ensuring food security.