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Centre Caps Sugar Stock Limit for Dealers Before the Festive Season
ಸುದ್ದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕೆ?
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
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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.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
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.
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- 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.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
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
ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ವಿತರಕರ ಮೇಲೆ ದಾಸ್ತಾನು ಮಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಯಾವ ಕಾನೂನಿನಡಿ ವಿಧಿಸುತ್ತದೆ?
- ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಾ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ, 2002
- ಅಗತ್ಯ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ, 1955
- ಆಹಾರ ಸುರಕ್ಷತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾನದಂಡ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ, 2006
- ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಸೆಸ್ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ, 1982
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: B — ಸರಿಯಾದ ಉತ್ತರ: ಅಗತ್ಯ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ, 1955 — ಅಗತ್ಯ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ, 1955 ಸಕ್ಕರೆಯಂತಹ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ದಾಸ್ತಾನು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಅವಕಾಶ ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ.
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