Date: 2017-11-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Tamil NaduCountry: India
CO-OPERATIVE, FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT-Government Notifications and Tamil Translations - Food, Co-operative and Consumer Protection Department Notifications
This is a summary of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, issued on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. It includes translated Government announcements from the Department of Cooperation, Food, and Consumer Protection.
**Announcement 1:**
* Relates to an order from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution), issued on August 28, 2017, in New Delhi.
* Order No. 141, Department of Cooperation, Food and Consumer Protection (D1) dated September 27, 2017.
* Addresses restrictions on sugar stock limits for sugar manufacturers.
* Manufacturers cannot hold stock exceeding 21% of their total sugar production from the 2016-17 season in September 2017.
* In October 2017, they cannot hold stock exceeding 8% of their total sugar production from the 2016-17 season.
* The calculation for total sugar available to a producer is: Initial stock on October 1, 2016 + Sugar produced in 2016-17 – Sugar exported in 2016-17 + Sugar imported in 2016-17.
* The central government empowers state governments and centrally administered territories to implement this order.
**Announcement 2:**
* Relates to an order from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs), issued on August 25, 2017, in New Delhi.
* Order No. 146, Department of Cooperation, Food and Consumer Protection (H1) dated October 19, 2017.
* Concerns amendments to the removal of licensing requirements, stock limits, and movement restrictions for specified food articles, issued in 2016.
* This order is called the "Specified Food Articles Related License Requirements, Stock Limits and Removal of Transfer Restrictions (Third Amendment) Order, 2017".
* It comes into effect from the date of its publication in the Gazette.
* Extends the removal of restrictions on onions until October 31, 2017.
**Contact Information (Officers)**
*Subhashis Panda, Joint Secretary.
*Kumar Jayant, Chief Government Secretary.
*N. Arul, Director, Tamil Development and News (Translation) Department.
*B.V. Rama Sastry, Joint Secretary.
Key Entities Referenced
Essential Commodities Act, 1955: References Section 3, indicating regulatory power on essential goods.
Sugar (Control) Order, 1966: References Section 5 of the order, indicating regulatory power on sugar.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution: Responsible for the order on sugar stock limits.
தமிழ்நாடு: Location where the Government order is published.