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6097 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4053] NEW DELHI, MON DAY , SEPTEMBER 2 5, 2023/ ASVINA 3, 1945
CG-DL-E-25092023-248981
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS)
ORDER
New Delhi, the 25th September, 2023
S.O. 4221 (E).—In exercise of the powe rs 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 Or der, 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, 2023.
2. It shall come into force with immediate eff ect.
2. In the Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs
Order, 2016, in clause 3, in sub -clause (2), item (i) shall be inserted namely: -
“(i) Pulses namely tur and urad for a period up to 31s t December, 2023 with following stock limits for all
States and Union Territories:
• Wholesaler: 50 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 50 MT at depot for e ach
of the pulse;
• Millers: Stock limits will be last 1 month production or 10% of annual installed capacity,
whichever is higher;
• Importers: Importers not to hold imported stock beyond 30 days from the date of custom
clearance.”
3. Respective lega l entities,as above, shall declare the stocks position on the portal (fcainfoweb.nic.in/psp) of
Department of Consumer Affairs 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 within 30 days of issue of this notification.
4. It shall be ensured that pulses stock is regularly declared and updated on the portal of this Department i.e.
Department of Consumer Affairs.
[F.No. S -10/3/2019 -ECR&E]
ANUPAM MISHRA, Jt . Secy .
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 Oct ober, 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 and 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, S.O. 4298(E), dated the 28th November, 2019, S.O. 4341(E), dated the
3rd December, 2019, S.O. 4417(E), dated the 10th December, 2019, S.O. 4471(E), dated the 16th December, 2019,
S.O. 901(E), dated the 27th February, 2020,S.O. 3776(E), dated the 23rd October, 2020, S.O. 2674(E), dated the 2nd
July, 2021, S.O. 2871(E), d ated the 19th July, 2021 and S.O. 2423(E), dated the 2nd June, 2023.
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