Organic Agricultural Produce Grading and Marking (Amendment) Rules, 2011

[PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA (EXTRAORDINARY), PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CO-OPERATION Notification New Delhi, Dated: the 20th May, 2011 G.S.R. 394(E).- Whereas the draft of Organic Agricultural Produce Grading and Marking (Amendment) Rules, 2011, was published as required by section 3 of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 (1 of 1937) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number G.S.R.54 (E) dated the 31st January,2011 inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby within forty-five days from the date on which copies of the said notification published in the Gazette of India were made available to the public; And whereas copies of the said notification were made available to the public on the 5th February, 2011; And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules have been duly considered. 2. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 (1 of 1937), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: RULES 1. (1)These rules may be called the Organic Agricultural Produce Grading and Marking (Amendment) Rules, 2011. (2)They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In ��the Organic Agricultural Produce Grading and Marking Rules,2009, in rule 14,- (i) in sub-rule (1), for the words “Additional Secretary” the words “Joint Secretary” shall be substituted; (ii) in sub-rule (2), for the word “representative” the words “Additional Secretary” shall be substituted. [F.No18011/1/2007-M.II] RAJENDRA KUMAR TIWARI Joint Secretary (Marketing) Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), vide G.S.R. No. 534 (E), dated 18th July, 2009.