The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (MoCAF&PD) on July 26, 2024, issued policy guidelines for action to be taken against violations of monthly stockholding limit orders for sugar.
The following has been stated: -
•To control the violation of the stockholding limits order which leads to market distortions and to ensure the availability of sugar in the country at affordable prices, the Government has decided to take the following measures under the provisions of the Sugar (Control) Order, 1966 and Essential Commodities Act, 1955: -
i. If any group/individual sugar mill violates the stockholding limit orders and dispatches more than the prescribed release quota for a particular month, the excess quantity of sugar sold shall be deducted from the release quota of the subsequent month.
ii. If any group/individual sugar mill dispatches less than 90% of quota for a particular month without intimation till the 20th day of the month, the release quota up to the extent of utilization of quota in the reported month, shall only be allowed in the subsequent month.
iii. The group/individual sugar mill that hasn't provided correct HSN code-wise details in Table-12 of GSTR1 resulting in no information in the data provided by GSTN, 25% of the quota of such group/individual sugar mill shall be deducted.
iv. If any group/individual sugar mill violates the stockholding limit orders three times in a particular sugar season, the request of the group/individual sugar mill shall not be considered for any additional release even after the recommendations by the concerned Cane Commissioner.
The detailed guidelines are given in the document below.
[Notification No. F. No. 5-1/2024-SC (386427)]
