essential commodity act ppt
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PRESENTED BY:V.SUHASINI
M-PHARMDEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS
ESSENTIAL COMMODITIESACT
INTRODUCTION
Commodities:The term ‘commodity’ use in the 15th century,
which means to benefit or profit. The Essential Commodities Act is an act of
Parliament of India which was established to ensure the delivery of certain commodities or products
the supply of which if hoarding or blackmarketing would affect the normal life of the people. This includes foodstuff, drugs, fuel (petroleum products) etc.
petrol bank Producer receiver 10 litres petrol demand Chance of black-marketing poverty people will not suffer
holding or black marketing example
Fair price shop Producer
receiver 10 kg rice
chance of decrease in demand for poor people
holding or black marketing example
Purpose of the act
Passed on April 1 , 1955The main purpose of this Act was to control the
production, distribution and supply of these commodities
production, distribution and supply
Waste land central government Cultivation of rice environmental Export rice to PunjabAnd import wheat from Other state to our state
production, distribution and supply
Synthetic or natural Source collected
Manufactured in suitable dosage form
Distributed into our and centralDifferent state government
Whole sale
retail sale Consumer
History of act
The central government has listed a number of commodities as essential commodities
-In 1989, 70 essential commodities were listed under the act and presently only 7 commodities are listed From February 2002, 11 commodities were
removed 31 march 2004 , 50 commodities removed
ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES
presently only 7 commodities are listedDrugs; Fertilizer, inorganic, organic or mixed; Foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and oils; Hank yarn made wholly from cotton; Petroleum and petroleum products; Raw jute and jute textile; Seeds:
(i) seeds of food-crops and seeds of fruits and vegetables; (ii) seeds of cattle fodder; and (iii) jute seeds. Recently cotton seed was also included in the list
Major amendments
1997 – oil seed storage control order 1980 – prevention of black marketing1981 -Special provision (food material) act 1995 – drug price order 2001 – restriction like license requirement 2005 – consumer affair 1995 – interest amount reduced farmers 1993 – kerosene price control 2000 – regulate supply and distribution petroleum2010 – sugar price control
Function of essential commodities
To ensure the easy availability of essential commodities to consumers
Regulate production and manufacturing fair price central government can declare it
essential commodityincreasing suppliesrManufacture good quality of the product
Function of essential commodities
Maintaining proper financial transaction
Maintain records and documents Implemented by the State
Governments – Delegated Powers under the Act.
example : food product we need more means government will be increase cultivation
ACT – CHECKING
State Governments/ Union Territories1. Himachal Pradesh2. Bihar3. Maharashtra4. Uttar Pradesh, etcImpose stock or turnover limits for various commodities
Penalize those who hold in excess of the limit.
Act fixed the fair price . Everyone are following or not they will check
POWERS UNDER THE ACT
Section 3 – Power of Central Government Regulate or prohibit the production, supply and
distribution, trade and commerce of any essential commodity
regulate by licenses, permits or otherwise:the production or manufacture of any essentialcommoditystorage, transport, distribution, disposal, acquisition,consumption
Cultivate food crops on any waste land
POWERS UNDER THE ACT
District Collector will be check the commodities
If the Collector is satisfied that there has been a contravention of the order may order confiscation
Rule of EC act
animal used for agriculture like ox animal killed and used to prepare food product or latherer material means
EC act should not accept this product
PENALTIES and OFFENCES
imprisonment for 3 to 7 yearany property in respect of which the order
has been contravened shall be forfeited to the Government
which the property is found and any animal, vehicle or other conveyance used in carrying the property shall, if the court so orders, be forfeited to the Government.
All offences are cognizable and non- bailable
JAFFER v. THE STATE OF KERALA (MARCH, 2010)
Petrol diesel stored
sold and stored without license E c act sec 3 and 7
sealed the petrol bank
STATE (DELHI ADMINISTRATION) v. VIJAY CHAUDHARI (NOVEMBER 2006)
Food product
EC came check Sec 7 quality was not good (it produced vomiting) product banned
REFERENCES
EC-Act-1955-with-Amendments pdf Dr . S .palanichamy Pharmaceutical
jurisprudence jai publishers EC Act – 1995 with amendments pdf EC act – 2010 with amendment pdf