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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11072024-255344
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2582]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024/ASHADHA 20, 1946
4172 GI/2024
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(Department of Consumer Affairs)
Order
New Delhi, the 11th July, 2024
S.O. 2718(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 further to 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 (Second Amendment) Order, 2024.
(2) It shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs
Order, 2016, in paragraph 3, in sub-paragraph (2), for item (i), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(i) pulses namely Tur and Chana, excluding Kabuli Chana, for a period up to 30th September, 2024 with following
stock limits for all States and Union Territories:
Wholesaler: 200 MT for each of the pulse;
* Retailer: 5 MT for each of the pulse;
* Big chain retailers: 5 MT for each of the pulse at each retail outlet and 200 MT at each depot for each
of the pulse;
* Miller: Last 3 months production or 25% of annual installed capacity, whichever is higher;
* Importer: Not to hold imported stock beyond forty-five days from the date of custom clearance.
(a) respective legal entities shall declare the stocks position on the portal of Department of Consumer Affairs
(fcainfoweb.nic.in/psp) and in case the stocks held by them are higher than the prescribed limits then they shall bring
the same to the prescribed stock limits by 12th July, 2024.
(b) it shall be ensured that pulses stock is regularly declared and updated on the portal of the Department of
Consumer Affairs.
[F. No. S-10/3/2019-ECR&E]
Dr. KAMKHENTHANG GUITE, Economic Adviser
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 last amended vide S.O. 2403(E), dated the
21st June, 2024.
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SARVESH Digitally signed by
KUMAR SARVESH KUMAR
SRIVASTAVA SRIVASTAVA
Date: 2024.07.11 22:03:04
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