Notifi cations or Orders of specifi c character or of particular interest to the public issued by Secretariat Departments.

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Part II—Section 1

Notifications or Orders of specific character or of particular interest to the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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CO-OPERATION, FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT Pages.

Imposing of Stock Holding Limits on Producers of Sugar. .. .. .. 106DTP—II-1 (23)—1 [105] 106 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE [Part II—Sec. 1

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

CO-OPERATION, FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

Imposing of Stock Holding Limits on Producers of Sugar.

[G.O. Ms. No. 31, Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection (D1), 22nd May 2019, வைகாசி 8, விகாரி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2050.]

No. II(1)/CFCP/10/2019.—The following order of the Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution) New Delhi, the 8th February, 2018 is republished:—

G.S.R.149(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), read with the clause 5 of the Sugar (Control) Order, 1966, the Central Government hereby directs that no producer of sugar shall hold sugar stocks less than the quantity at the end of the months of February and March 2018 respectively as mentioned below.-

(a) February, 2018: Not less than 83% of the closing stock as on the last date of January, 2018 + the sugar produced during the month of February, 2018 - sugar exported during the month of February, 2018.

(b) March, 2018: Not less than 86% of the closing stock as on the last date of February, 2018 + the sugar produced during the month of March, 2018 - sugar exported during the month of March, 2018.

2. Closing stock of sugar of individual producer at the end of the month shall be calculated as under:

"Opening stock of sugar as on 1st day of the month + sugar produced during that month - sugar sold from the sugar mill during the month- sugar exported during the month".

3. Further, in exercise of powers conferred by clause 15 of the Sugar (Control) Order, 1966, the Central Government also hereby authorizes the State Government and the Union territory administrations to enforce this order.

4. This order shall come into force from the date of publication in the Offi cial Gazette.

[F.No.1(2)/2018-SP-I]

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Joint Secretary.

(Republished by Order of the Governor)

DAYANAND KATARIA,

Principal Secretary to Government.