**Executive Summary**
This notification, issued by the Cabinet Secretariat on April 8, 2026, details the Government of India (Allocation of Business) (Three Hundred and Eighty-fifth Amendment) Rules, 2026. The amendment restructures the Department of Food and Public Distribution by consolidating specific directorates into a single entity. These rules come into force immediately.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Title and Commencement**
* The rules are officially titled the Government of India (Allocation of Business) (Three Hundred and Eighty-fifth Amendment) Rules, 2026.
* The provisions are effective immediately as of April 8, 2026.
**Amendments to the Second Schedule**
Under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution), the following changes have been made to the Allocation of Business Rules:
* **Omissions:**
* Entry 14, regarding the ‘Directorate of Vanaspati, Vegetable Oils and Fats,’ is removed.
* Entry 15, regarding the ‘Directorate of Sugar, New Delhi,’ is removed.
* Entry 18, regarding ‘Matters relating to the Development Council of Sugar Industry, New Delhi,’ is removed.
* **Insertions:**
* A new Entry 24 is added: “Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils (DSVO).”
**Impact Analysis**
**Department of Food and Public Distribution**
**Impact**
The department is undergoing an administrative reorganization where the separate functions of sugar and vegetable oil oversight are being merged into a single consolidated directorate.
**Action Required**
The department must update its internal administrative structures, reporting lines, and business allocation records to reflect the establishment of the Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils (DSVO) and the dissolution of the previous independent directorates and councils.
**Directorate of Sugar / Directorate of Vanaspati, Vegetable Oils and Fats**
**Impact**
These individual directorates are abolished as independent entries under the Allocation of Business Rules.
**Action Required**
Staff and administrative functions previously under these separate entities must transition and integrate into the newly formed Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils (DSVO).
Key Entities Referenced
Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961: The primary rules governing the distribution of government business among ministries, which this notification amends.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution: The primary ministry whose scope and departmental entries are being restructured by this amendment.
Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils (DSVO): A newly created or consolidated entity inserted into the rules to manage sugar and vegetable oil sectors.
Constitution of India: Referenced under Article 77(3) as the legal authority for the President to amend the allocation of business rules.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
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स.ं 1745] नई दिल्ली, बृहस्ट्प जतवार, अप्रलै 9, 2026/ििै 19, 1948
No. 1745] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2026/CHAITRA 19, 1948
मजं िमडं ल सजिवालय
अजधसिू ना
नई दिल्ली, 8 अप्रलै , 2026
का.आ. 1813(अ).— राष्टर पजत, संजवधान के अनच्ु छेि 77 के खण्ड (3) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए,
भारत सरकार (कायय-आबंटन) जनयम, 1961 का और संिोधन करने के जलए, एतिद्वारा जनम्नजलजखत जनयम बनाती हैं,
अर्ायतः-
1. (1) इन जनयमों का संजिप्त नाम भारत सरकार (कायय-आबंटन) (तीन सौ पिासीवां संिोधन) जनयम, 2026 ह।ै
(2) ये तुरंत प्रवृत्त होंगे।
2. भारत सरकार (कायय-आबंटन) जनयम, 1961 म,ें जद्वतीय अनसु ूिी में, “उपभोिा मामल,े खाद्य और सावयिजनक
जवतरण मंिालय” िीर्यक के अधीन, उप-िीर्यक “ख. खाद्य और सावयिजनक जवतरण जवभाग” के अधीन :-
(i) ‘वनस्ट्पजत, वनस्ट्पजत तेल और वसा जनिेिालय’ से संबंजधत प्रजवजि 14 का लोप दकया िाएगा;
(ii) ‘िकयरा जनिेिालय, नई दिल्ली’ से संबंजधत प्रजवजि 15 का लोप दकया िाएगा;
(iii) ‘िकयरा उद्योग जवकास पररर्ि, नई दिल्ली स ेसंबंजधत मामल’े स ेसंबंजधत प्रजवजि 18 का लोप दकया िाएगा;
और
2552 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
(iv) प्रजवजि 23 के पश्चात जनम्नजलजखत प्रजवजि अंत: स्ट्र्ाजपत की िाएगी, अर्ायत :-
‘’24. िकयरा और वनस्ट्पजत तले जनिेिालय (डीएसवीओ)। ‘’।
द्रौपिी मुमुय
राष्टर पजत
[फा. स. ं 1/21/12/2025-मंजि.]
सतेन्द्द्र ससंह, अपर सजिव
CABINET SECRETARIAT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th April, 2026
S.O. 1813(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of article 77 of the Constitution, the President
hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961,
namely: -
1. (1) These rules may be called the Government of India (Allocation of Business) (Three Hundred and Eighty-
fifth Amendment) Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. In the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, in THE SECOND SCHEDULE, under the
heading “MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (UPBHOKTA
MAMLE, KHADYA AUR SARVAJANIK VITARAN MANTRALAYA)”, under the sub-heading “B.
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (KHADYA AUR SARVAJANIK VITARAN
VIBHAG)”,-
(i) entry 14 relating to ‘Directorate of Vanaspati, Vegetable Oils and Fats.’ shall be omitted;
(ii) entry 15 relating to ‘Directorate of Sugar, New Delhi.’ shall be omitted;
(iii) entry 18 relating to ‘Matters relating to the Development Council of Sugar Industry, New Delhi.’ shall
be omitted; and
(iv) after entry 23, the following entry shall be inserted, namely: -
“24. Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils (DSVO).”.
Droupadi Murmu
President
[F. No. 1/21/12/2025-Cab.]
SATENDRA SINGH, Addl. Secy.
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