The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) on June 05, 2024, notified the Calcium Carbide (Amendment) Rules, 2024 further to amend the Calcium Carbide Rules, 1987.
The following has been stated: -
•In Rule 4, in the proviso, the words “in quantities” shall be omitted.
•In rule 26 the proviso shall be substituted which specifies that no licence shall be required for storage of calcium carbide in certain cases.
•In rule 27 sub-rule (1), the following proviso shall be inserted namely: - Provided that calcium carbide- (a) in any quantity not exceeding five kilograms shall be stored in prescribed receptacles each containing not more than one kilogram; and (b) in any quantity exceeding five kilograms but not exceeding two hundred kilograms shall be stored.
They shall come into force on June 05, 2024.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 312(E)]
