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The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 245] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1972/ASVINA 5,1894
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
(Department of Agriculture)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th September 1972
G.S.R. 417 (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 Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1957, namely:—.
1. (i) This Order may be called the Fertiliser (Control) Third Amendment Order, 1972.
(11) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1957, in Schedule I in Part 'B'.
(1) Against items 1 and 2, after each of the figures '0.2', '0.1' and '0.3'. the words "units of nutrient" shall be added; and
(ii) against item 3, for the figures and words '0.5 for Individual nutrients" the figures and words "0.5 unit for individual nutrient" shall be sub- stituted.
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I ISO THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PARt I I-3. In schedule 1 to the Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1957 under the heading "A. Specifications of fertllsers", alter serial Number 31 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number shall be inserted, namely:—
Specifications
Name of the Fertiliser
1.0 •"33. NPK 14-35-14
(Complex fertiliser)
(i) (ii)
14.0
Moisture percent by weight maximum Total Nitrogen all in amonical form percent by weight minimum.
(iii) Neutral Amonium Citrate soluble phosphate (as Pi O5) percent by weight minimum
35-o
(iv)
29.8
Water soluble phosphate (as J>2 O5) percent by weight minimum
(v)
14.0
Water soluble potash (as K2 O) percent by weight minimum
(vi) Particle size shall be such that 90% of the material shall pass through 4 mm I.S. Sieve and shall be retained on I mm I S- Sieve."
4. In clause 13B of the Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1957 after the first proviso, the following further proviso shall be added, namely : —
"Provided further that the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt such agencies as distribute fertilisers on behalf of the Central Government, from complying with the conditions laid down in sub-clauses (a) and (b) of this clause."
5. In clause 16 of the Fertiliser (Control) Order, 1957, for the words "a register- ing authority", the following words shall be substituted, namely: —
"Such number of persons as it thinks necessary to be the registering authorities.."
[No. 10-5/72-MFRSTU.]
ANNA R. GEORGE, Jt. Secy.
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