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Centre Caps Sugar Stock Limit for Dealers Before the Festive Season
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Sugar dealers capped at 1,000 quintals: the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 power behind every stock-limit question in GS-III
Dealers' sugar stock is capped at 1,000 quintals to prevent hoarding before festivals.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
2 মিনিট
The Food Ministry has capped the sugar stock a dealer may hold at 1,000 quintals ahead of the festive season.
It says the amended rules are meant to prevent unnecessary accumulation in the distribution chain.
Such limits are imposed through orders under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
সূত্র: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
মূল তথ্য
Remember these
- Food Ministry has capped a dealer's sugar stock at 1,000 quintals ahead of the festive season.
- Aim: prevent hoarding and unnecessary accumulation in the distribution chain.
- Stock limits are imposed through orders under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
- The Act lets the Centre regulate production, supply, distribution and stocks of essential commodities.
- Stock limits are a price-control and food-management tool, relevant to GS-III Economy.
প্রিলিমস · মেইনস
How the exam will ask it
প্রিলিমস
- Stock limits on traders and dealers of sugar are imposed through orders under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
- The Essential Commodities Act empowers the Centre to regulate the supply, distribution and stocks of notified essential goods.
- The Competition Act, 2002 and the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 do not provide for stockholding limits on commodities.
মেইনস
GS-III (Economy: food management, price control). Festive demand and hoarding can push up sugar prices; the Centre uses stock limits under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 to curb speculative accumulation and protect consumers. Such limits must be balanced against trade and farmer interests, so a way forward is calibrated, time-bound limits backed by real-time stock monitoring and transparent communication to the trade.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Stock limits on traders and dealers of sugar are imposed by the Union Government mainly under which law?
- Competition Act, 2002
- Essential Commodities Act, 1955
- Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
- Sugar Cess Act, 1982
উত্তর দেখুন
উত্তর: B — Correct: Essential Commodities Act, 1955 — The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 lets the Centre regulate supply, distribution and stocks of essential goods such as sugar. • Competition Act, 2002 — wrong: The Competition Act deals with anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance, not stock limits. • Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — wrong: The Food Safety and Standards Act regulates food quality and safety, not stockholding. • Sugar Cess Act, 1982 — wrong: The Sugar Cess Act levies a cess on sugar and does not cap stocks.
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