The duly filled Application form along with required enclosures are required to be submitted in hard copies only at the following address;
CANTEEN STORES DEPARTMENT
Secretariat Branch
“Adelphi”, 119 M. K. Road,
Mumbai- 400020.
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE APPLICANTS
1. The firm should be in business a minimum of two years before they apply for introduction of their
products in CSD.
2. The items to be applied for introduction should be in the market for at least three months on the
date of applying for introduction except for AFD-I category ie for all type of vehicles and white goods.
3. Items having been different sizes, different article codes, different colours, different styles having
different /distinct barcodes should be treated as separate SKUs and accordingly the firms should apply for
introduction of items.
4. There should be considerable/significant presence of items to be introduced in Civil Market on Pan
India Basis.
5. Firms planning to introduce products to be sold only in CSD are strictly prohibited for applying
unless special sanction accorded by Ministry.
6. All Sorts of fees once paid are not refundable and non transferable.
7. Payment of fees and receipt of application form does not convey the approval for introduction of the
products.
8. For liquor items, it is preferable that firm should get the label registered of the proposed items in at
least five states while applying for introduction. However, label registration in five states are mandatory
before getting purchase orders.
9. The complete details of the products proposed for introduction should be updated in the database of
GS-I, a “NOT FOR PROFIT” registered society set up by ministry of commerce, GOI and the
barcodes/UPC/GSTIN(EAN) of the products should be assigned by GS-I, so that the details of the
proposed products can be fetched through Smart Consumer App.
10. The nomenclature of the product to be applied for introduction should be same as updated in the
GS-I database.
11. Presently there is a restriction on selling the imported items through CSD.
12. Once an item is rejected by earlier Preliminary Screening Committee (PSC), the firm should not
apply for the same item at least for six months from the date of rejection. If rejected twice, the same item
will not be considered for introduction at all.
13. If a firm is found to have submitted false information / documents, Board of Administration of CSD
can take action as deemed fit, including debarring them from applying in future.
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