Calcium Carbide (Amendment) Rules, 2021

Ministry of Commerce & Industry has released Calcium Carbide (Amendment) Rules, 2021 under Petroleum Act 1934. As per revised amendment legal provision:

(1) Validity of license has been increased from 3 years to 10 years.

(2) The fees for acquiring a license to import & store of calcium carbide have been revised.

(3) The provision related to loss of license has been omitted.

(4) Requirements for maintaining records have been revised under Form-1 and 2.

1. (1) These rules may be called the Calcium Carbide (Amendment) Rules, 2021
(2) These shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Calcium Carbide Rules, 1987 (herein after referred to as the said rules), in rule 31, in
sub-rule (1), for the words, “maximum of three years” the words, “maximum of ten years” shall be
substituted.
3. In the said rules, in Rule 34, in sub-rule (1)(b), for the words and figure “a scrutiny fee of Rs. 10”
the words and figures “a scrutiny fee of Rs. 100” shall be substituted.
4. In the said rules, in Rule 35, in sub-rule (2) in clause (b), for the words and figure “a fee of Rs. 10”,
the words and figures, “a fee of Rs. 100” shall be substituted.
5. In the said rules, in Rule 36, in sub-rule (2), for the words and figure “Rs. 10” the words and
figures, “Rs. 100” shall be substituted.
6. In the said rules, in Rule 37, in sub- rule (2), for the words “for three calendar years” the words “for
ten calendar years” shall be substituted.
7. In the said rules, in Rule 42, in sub-rule (2) in clause (iii), for the words and figures “a fee of
Rs. 10” the words and figures, “a fee of Rs. 100” shall be substituted.

Date of Release – 31.08.2021

Applicable – All users handling calcium carbide.

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