Legal Update

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…

Ministry of Commerce and Industry has released the Ammonium Nitrate (Amendment) Rules under the Explosives Act 1884. As per amendments, the legal provisions are: Exclusion from regulation for stevedores (agency handling loading / unloading of on ship). Ammonium nitrate received at ports to be transferred to storage houses 500 metres beyond the port area. The…

MOEFCC has released Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021. There are new definitions added i.e. single-use plastic commodity, thermoset plastic, thermoplastic, non-woven plastic bag, plastic waste processing. As per the revised amended legal provision, (1) carry bag made of virgin or recycled plastic, shall not be less than 75 microns in thickness after 30.09.2021 and…