Executive Summary:
This order, issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs on December 3, 2019, further amends the 2016 order regarding the removal of licensing requirements, stock limits, and movement restrictions on specified foodstuffs. The amendment introduces stock limits on onions for traders, effective immediately. This order is issued under the authority of the Essential Commodities Act of 1955.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Title:** Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs Fourth Amendment Order, 2019.
* **Effective Date:** Immediately upon publication.
* **Amendment Details:** Clause 3, subclause 2 of the 2016 Order is amended.
* **Onion Stock Limits:**
* Wholesaler: 25 MT
* Retailer: 5 MT
* Exemption: Importers are exempt from stock limits for imported onions, whether acting as wholesalers, retailers, or dealers.
Impact Analysis:
Traders (Wholesalers and Retailers):
* Impact: Subject to stock limits on onions.
* Action Required: Comply with the specified stock limits for onions (25 MT for wholesalers, 5 MT for retailers) unless they are importers dealing with imported stock.
Onion Importers:
* Impact: Exempted from stock limits on imported onion stock.
* Action Required: Ensure compliance with the order, maintain documentation to prove the stock is imported.
States and Union Territories:
* Impact: Responsible for enforcing the new stock limits on Onions.
* Action Required: Implement and monitor compliance with the new stock limits.
Key Entities Referenced
Essential Commodities Act, 1955: An act of the Parliament of India to provide, in the interests of the general public, for the control of the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce in, certain commodities.
Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs Order, 2016: An order issued by the Central Government of India regarding regulations on specified foodstuffs.
New Delhi: The location where the order was issued.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution: The ministry responsible for the order.
Department of Consumer Affairs: The department within the ministry that issued the order.
Onion: A specified Foodstuff whose stock limit is defined in the order.
Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs Fourth Amendment Order, 2019: Amendment order to the original 2016 order
Rohit Kumar Parmar: Senior Economic Adviser, signatory to the order
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MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(Department of Consumer Affairs)
ORDER
New Delhi, the 3rd December, 2019
S.O. 4341(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act,
1955 (10 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following order to further amend the Removal
of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs Order, 2016,
namely:—
1. Short Title and Commencement—
1. This order may be called the Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement
Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs (Fourth Amendment) Order, 2019.
2. It shall come into force with immediate effect.
2. In the Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified
Foodstuffs Order, 2016, in clause 3, in sub-clause (2), the item (iv) is substituted by the following:—
“(iv) Onion, with the following stock limits on traders for all States and Union Territories;
Wholesaler: 25 MT and Retailer: 5 MT
Provided that an importer, being a wholesaler or retailer or dealer shall be exempted for the imported stock of
onions.”.
[F. No. S-10/3/2017-ECR&E]
ROHIT KUMAR PARMAR, Senior Economic Adviser
Foot Note : The principal order was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 929(E), dated the 29th September, 2016 and was
subsequently amended vide numbers S.O. 3341(E), dated the 27th October, 2016, S.O. 1288(E),
dated the 25th April, 2017, S.O. 1600(E), dated the 17th May, 2017, S.O.2785(E), dated the
25th August, 2017, S.O. 3136(E), dated the 27th September, 2017, S.O. 3397(E), dated the
23rd October, 2017, S.O. 3422(E), dated the 25th October, 2017, S.O. 4079(E), dated the
27th December, 2017, S.O. 2414(E), dated the 13th June, 2018, S.O. 2826(E), dated the
6th August, 2019, S.O. 3540(E), dated the 29th September, 2019 and S.O. 4298(E), dated the
28th November, 2019.
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