# he Canteen Stores Department (CSD) has passed through various stages of development since 1913 as follows:-
* After World War I, the Army Canteen Board was the first venture initiated primarily to cater for the British Forces stationed in the Indian Sub-Continent.
* During 1927-28 the Army Canteen Board was liquidated in favour of Canteen Contractors Syndicate Ltd. The finances were r
aised on the basis of shares held by each contractor for the contract or contracts approved in his favour by the Quartermaster-General in India. The Articles of Association drawn up and signed between the Secretary of State for India and the Government of India provided that in the event of War the Canteen Contractors Syndicate would be taken over by the Government of India lock stock and barrel.
* In 1942, a contingency did arise with World War II as a result of which the Canteen Contractors Syndicate became the Canteen Stores Department, Government of India.
* After World War II, during 1947 Government of India returned the share capital investment along with the agreed dividend to the Canteen Contractors on the Share Register.
* On independence in Aug 1947, the assets of the Canteen Stores Department India were divided in an agreed proportion of 2/5 and 3/5 respectively between Pakistan and India. As a result of which the “Canteen Stores Department of Pakistan” emerged catering for the Armed Forces of Pakistan under the control of the Ministry of Defense.
* Consequently, CSD inherited three Transit Depots loc at Karachi, Rawalpindi and Patanga (East Pakistan). All major stations had officers’ shops run by the Corps of Ordnance while the units had canteens run by the contractors.
* In 1960, all Officers Shops were taken over by the Canteen Stores Department.
