The Department of Food & Supplies, Govt. of Delhi, manages Public Distribution System (PDS) in Delhi for regulating production, supply and distribution of trade and commerce in essential commodities with a view to maintain or increase supplies thereof and secure their equitable distribution and availability at fair prices by enforcing the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and various Control Orders made thereunder.  Consumer Affairs Wing of the department provides for better protection of interest of consumers by setting up State Commission and District fora for redressal of consumers disputes, as provided under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. 

The department also enforces the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976, and Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985, and rules made under these Acts, for protection of consumers by ensuring metrological accuracy in industrial production & commercial transactions, and mandatory declarations on commodities sold in packaged form.