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Amendment of the Explosives Rules, 2008.

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This notification, issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) on April 24, 2025, formally amends the Explosives Rules, 2008. Following the publication of a draft amendment notification (G.S.R. 30(E)) on January 13, 2025, inviting public objections or suggestions within thirty days, and receiving none, the Central Government, in exercise of powers conferred by section 5 of the Explosives Act, 1884, enacts the Explosives (Amendment) Rules, 2025. These rules come into force upon publication in the Official Gazette. The amendments include the omission of clause (3) in rule 106 of the principal rules and modifications in rule 112, sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (8), replacing the duration 'five financial years' and 'five years' respectively with 'ten financial years' and 'ten years'.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02052025-262838 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 241] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2025/VAISAKHA 11, 1947 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 24th April, 2025 G.S.R. 284(E).— WHEREAS the draft of certain rules further to amend the Explosives Rules, 2008, were published, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) number, G.S.R. 30 (E), dated the13th January, 2025 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), inviting objections or suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; AND WHEREAS the copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public on the 13th January, 2025; AND WHEREAS no objection or suggestions were received from the public within the said period; NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of the Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Explosives Rules, 2008, namely:- 1. 2. (1) These rules may be called the Explosives (Amendment) Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. In rule 106 of the Explosives Rules, 2008, herein after referred to as the said rules, the clause (3) shall be omitted; 3. In rule 112 of the said rules, - (a) in sub-rule (1), for the words “five financial years", the words "ten financial years” shall be substituted; (b) in sub-rule (8), for the words “five years” the words “ten years” shall be substituted. [F. No. 2(3)/2019-Expl-Part(4)] Dr. SANDHYA BHULLAR, Jt. Secy. Note.- The principal rules were published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide notification number G.S.R. 907(E), dated the 29th December, 2008 and subsequently amended vide notification number G.S.R. 65(E), dated 24th January, 2011, G.S.R. 772(E), dated the 11thDecember, 2013, G.S.R. 17 (E) dated 9th January 2019 and G.S.R.633(E) dated 11th October, 2024.

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