Tea (Marketing) Control (Amendment) Order, 2024

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-26022024-252370 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 814] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2024/PHALGUNA 7, 1945 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) ORDER New Delhi, the 23rd February, 2024 S.O. 854(E).— In exercise of the power conferred by sub-sections (3) and (5) of section 30 of the Tea Act, 1953 (29 of 1953), the Central Government hereby makes the following order further to amend the Tea (Marketing) Control Order, 2003, namely:- 1. (1) This order may be called the Tea (Marketing) Control (Amendment) Order, 2024. (2) It shall come into force with effect from the 1st April, 2024. 2. In the Tea (Marketing) Control Order, 2003, (hereinafter referred to as the said Order), in paragraph 21, for sub-paragraph (1), the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely:- '(1) Every registered tea manufacturer shall, on and from the date of commencement of the Tea (Marketing) Control (Amendment) Order, 2024, sell- (i) not less than fifty per cent. of total tea manufactured in a calendar year, excluding tea mentioned in clause (ii); and (ii) one hundred per cent. of dust grades tea manufactured in a calendar year in its manufacturing units located in the geographical area of States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, through public tea auctions, held under the control of organiser of tea auction licensed to do so under this order: Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a Mini Tea Factory. Explanation. For the purpose of this paragraph, the “dust grades of tea" shall include all grades listed as dust grades in the Indian Standard IS 4541-1986'. 3. In the FORM-E of said order, in Part-I, in serial number 10, after clause (vii) and the entries relating thereto, the following clause and entries shall be inserted, namely:- "(viii) Quantum of dust grades of tea manufactured during the month (in kgs.) +-------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Total Dust grades of tea manufactured | Total Dust grades of tea used for manufacturing of packet tea, instant tea, tea bags, aromatic tea, green tea, quick brewing black tea and organic tea marketed directly by the manufacturer or exported directly (refer paragraph 21(2) of the Tea (Marketing) Control Order, 2003) | +=====================================+================================================================================================================================================================================================+ [F.No. K-57023/17/2023-PLANT A] AMARDEEP SINGH BHATIA, Addl. Secy. Note: The principal Order was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii) vide S.O. 1 (E), dated the 1st January, 2003 and subsequently amended vide following notifications, namely:- 1. S.O.247 (E), dated the 28th February, 2003; 2. S.O.430 (E), dated the 10th April, 2003; 3. S.O.270 (E), dated the 27th February, 2004; 4. S.O.1170 (E), dated the 20th October, 2004; 5. S.O.1017 (E), dated the 15th July, 2005; 6. S.O.1012 (E), dated the 15th April, 2015; 7. S.O.2688 (E), dated the 1st October, 2015; 8. S.O.3319 (E), dated the 25th October, 2016; 9. S.O.21 (E), dated the 3rd January, 2017; 10. S.O. 2288(E), dated the 4th June, 2018; 11. S.O. 2560 (E), dated the 31st July, 2020; 12. S.O. 3086(E), dated the 30th July, 2021; and 13. S.O. 5294(E), dated the 17th December, 2021. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.