PRESENTED BY:V.SUHASINI

M-PHARMDEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS

ESSENTIAL COMMODITIESACT

INTRODUCTION

Commodities:The term ‘commodity’ use in the 15th century,

which means to benefit or profit. The Essential Commodities Act is an act of

Parliament of India which was established to ensure the delivery of certain commodities or products

the supply of which if hoarding or blackmarketing would affect the normal life of the people. This includes foodstuff, drugs, fuel (petroleum products) etc.

petrol bank Producer receiver 10 litres petrol demand Chance of black-marketing poverty people will not suffer

holding or black marketing example

Fair price shop Producer

receiver 10 kg rice

chance of decrease in demand for poor people

holding or black marketing example

Purpose of the act

Passed on April 1 , 1955The main purpose of this Act was to control the

production, distribution and supply of these commodities

production, distribution and supply

Waste land central government Cultivation of rice environmental Export rice to PunjabAnd import wheat from Other state to our state

production, distribution and supply

Synthetic or natural Source collected

Manufactured in suitable dosage form

Distributed into our and centralDifferent state government

Whole sale

retail sale Consumer

History of act

The central government has listed a number of commodities as essential commodities

-In 1989, 70 essential commodities were listed under the act and presently only 7 commodities are listed From February 2002, 11 commodities were

removed 31 march 2004 , 50 commodities removed

ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES

presently only 7 commodities are listedDrugs; Fertilizer, inorganic, organic or mixed; Foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and oils; Hank yarn made wholly from cotton; Petroleum and petroleum products; Raw jute and jute textile; Seeds:

(i) seeds of food-crops and seeds of fruits and vegetables; (ii) seeds of cattle fodder; and (iii) jute seeds. Recently cotton seed was also included in the list

Major amendments

1997 – oil seed storage control order 1980 – prevention of black marketing1981 -Special provision (food material) act 1995 – drug price order 2001 – restriction like license requirement 2005 – consumer affair 1995 – interest amount reduced farmers 1993 – kerosene price control 2000 – regulate supply and distribution petroleum2010 – sugar price control

Function of essential commodities

To ensure the easy availability of essential commodities to consumers

Regulate production and manufacturing fair price central government can declare it

essential commodityincreasing suppliesrManufacture good quality of the product

Function of essential commodities

Maintaining proper financial transaction

Maintain records and documents Implemented by the State

Governments – Delegated Powers under the Act.

example : food product we need more means government will be increase cultivation

ACT – CHECKING

State Governments/ Union Territories1.  Himachal Pradesh2. Bihar3. Maharashtra4. Uttar Pradesh, etcImpose stock or turnover limits for various commodities

Penalize those who hold in excess of the limit.

Act fixed the fair price . Everyone are following or not they will check

POWERS UNDER THE ACT

Section 3 – Power of Central Government Regulate or prohibit the production, supply and

distribution, trade and commerce of any essential commodity

regulate by licenses, permits or otherwise:the production or manufacture of any essentialcommoditystorage, transport, distribution, disposal, acquisition,consumption

Cultivate food crops on any waste land

POWERS UNDER THE ACT

District Collector will be check the commodities

If the Collector is satisfied that there has been a contravention of the order may order confiscation

Rule of EC act

animal used for agriculture like ox animal killed and used to prepare food product or latherer material means

EC act should not accept this product

PENALTIES and OFFENCES

imprisonment for 3 to 7 yearany property in respect of which the order

has been contravened shall be forfeited to the Government

which the property is found and any animal, vehicle or other conveyance used in carrying the property shall, if the court so orders, be forfeited to the Government.

All offences are cognizable and non- bailable

JAFFER v. THE STATE OF KERALA (MARCH, 2010)

Petrol diesel stored

sold and stored without license E c act sec 3 and 7

sealed the petrol bank

STATE (DELHI ADMINISTRATION) v. VIJAY CHAUDHARI (NOVEMBER 2006)

Food product

EC came check Sec 7 quality was not good (it produced vomiting) product banned

REFERENCES

EC-Act-1955-with-Amendments pdf Dr . S .palanichamy Pharmaceutical

jurisprudence jai publishers EC Act – 1995 with amendments pdf EC act – 2010 with amendment pdf