Notification notifying certain seeds to be essential commodities for the purposes of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955)

32 F.No. 26(7)j82-FCR Legislation on Seeds Government ofIndia (Ministry of Cirll Supplies) ORDER New Delhi, the 24th February, 198':: S.O. 140(E).-ln exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (xi) of clause (a) of section 2 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of .1955), the Central Government hereby declares the following seeds used for sowing Or planting (including seedlings and tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, roots, cuttings and all types of grafts and other vegetatively propagated material, of food crops or cattle fodder) to be essential commodities for the purposes of the said Act namely: (i) seeds of food-crops and seeds of fruits and vegetables, (ii) seeds of cattle fodder, and [iii) jute seeds. Sd/ I.M. Sahai, Jt. Secy.