Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. País/Territorio India Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2020 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Título completoAn Act further to amend the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Materia Ganado, Alimentación y nutrición, Cultivos Palabra clave Productos agrícolas Protección del consumidor Comercio interior Alimentos para animales/piensos Comercio internacional Área geográphica Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Océano Índico, Mares del Asia Sudoriental, Asia Meridional Entry into force notes This Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th day of June, 2020. Resumen This Act is enacted to amend the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The Act amends Section 3 concerning powers granted to the Central Government to control production, supply, distribution, etc., of essential commodities. The amendments include: in section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, after sub-section (1), the sub-section shall be inserted, namely:(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),— (a) the supply of such foodstuffs, including cereals, pulses, potato, onions, edible oilseeds and oils, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, may be regulated only under extraordinary circumstances which may include war, famine, extraordinary price rise and natural calamity of grave nature;(b) any action on imposing stock limit shall be based on price rise and an order for regulating stock limit of any agricultural produce may be issued under this Act only if there is: (i) hundred per cent. increase in the retail price of horticultural produce; or (ii) fifty per cent. increase in the retail price of non-perishable agricultural foodstuffs, over the price prevailing immediately preceding twelve months, or average retail price of last five years, whichever is lower. Texto completo Inglés Página web consumeraffairs.nic.in Referencias - Legislación Enmienda Essential Commodities Act (Act No. 10 of 1955). Legislación | India | 1955 (1986) Palabra clave: Productos agrícolas, Protección del consumidor, Comercio interior, Alimentos para animales/piensos, Comercio internacional Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX