The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 100] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1978/CHAITRA 7, 1900
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77fl THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3 fi)l subject to such conditions as it may specify allow a suitable rebate in the price so ftxed". fii) after clause 4, the following clause shall be inserted,MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & IRRIGATION
(Department of Food)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th March, 1978
G.S.R. I97(E)/FJss, Com./Suswarae.—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 Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, namely :—
1, (1) This Order may be called the Sugarcane (Control) Second Amendment Order, 1978.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. In the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966,—
(i) in clause 4, after the proviso, the following pro- visos shall be inserted, namely :—
"Provided further that no person shall sell or agree to sell sugarcane to a producer of- khandsari sugar or his agqnt, and no such producer or hfe agent shall purchase or agree to purchase sugar- cane> at a price lower than that fixed under clause 4.
namely :—
"4A. Rebate that can be deducted from the price paid for sugarcane by producers of khandsari sugar :—
A producer of khandsari sugar or his agent shall pay, for the sugarcane purchased by nim, to the sugarcane grower or the sugarcane growers* cooperative society, either the minimum price of sugarcane fixed under clause 4, or the price agreed to between the producer or his agent and the sugarcane grower or the sugarcane growers' cooperative so- ciety, ns the case may be (hereinafter referred- to as the agreed price) :
Provided that—
(i) in the case of sugarcane delivered at any purchase centre,—
(a) If the sugarcane is transported to the khand-sari unit by the producer of khandsari sugar by rail, a rebate of thirty-two paise per quintal shall be made from the minimum price or the agreed price, an the case may be ; 01
(b) if the sugarcane Is transported to the khandsari unit by road by the producer of khandsari sugar in his own transport, a rebate, not exceeding 2.5 palse (two and half paise) per quintal, per kilometer", subject to a maximum of thirty-two paise per quintal, shall bo made from the mini- mum price or the agreed price, as the case may be, subject to the condition that a certificate regarding the actual distance from the purchasing centre concerned to the khandsari unit and the rate per kilometer applicable in that case, on the basis of which the rebate is charged, is obtained from the Central Government or the State Government or the Director of Agriculture or the Cane Commissioner or the District Magis- trate within their respective jurisdiction.
Explanation : For the purpose of clause (b) the distance of less than half a kilometer shall be ignored while a distance of half or more than half a kilometer, shall be counted as one kilo- meter;
fii) the Central Government or the State Government or the Director of Agriculture or the Cane Com- missioner or the District Magistrate may allow a suitable rebate in the minimum price or the agreed price, as the case may be, for burnt cane supplied to khandsari units within their respective jurindlc- tlon, subject to the condition that the rjbatp so allowed docs not exceed the reduction in price on account of the estimated shortfall in the recflvcrv of khandsari sugar from burnt cane ;
(iii) where the sugarcane is brought bound in bundles and weighed as such, the Central Govemrr"-M or, with the approval of the Central Govern)* ., uie State Government or the Director of A g n c | _ re or the Cane Commissioner or the District Magistrate within their respective jurisdiction, may allow a suitable rebate in regard to the weight of the bind- ing material not exceeding 0.625 kilograms per quintal of sugarcane; and
(iv) the Central Government or, with the approval of the Central Government, the State Government mav allow a suitable rebate in the minimum price or the agreed price, as the case may be, for any olhei reasons to be spec/fied by the .Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be."