Central Govt issues Draft of Calcium Carbide (Amendment) Rules, 2023; Submit your Comments within 45 Days [Read Order]

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, vide notification no. G.S.R. 835(E) issued on 20th November 2023 has issued the draft of Calcium Carbide (Amendment) Rules, 2023. The draft shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of forty-five days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette of India containing this notification are made available to the public.

The Objections or suggestions if any, to these draft rules may be sent to the Director, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Room No. 254 A, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi – 110 011 or Email: avi.gupta@gov.in; expl-dipp@nic.in, within the period specified above.

1.(1) These rules may be called the Calcium Carbide (Amendment) Rules, 2023

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the said rules, in Rule 4, the words and figures ―

Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to the delivery or dispatch to any person of Carbide in quantities which are permitted by Rule 26 to be stored without a licence” shall be substituted with:- ―

“Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to the delivery or dispatch of Carbide permitted by Rule 26.”

3. In the said rules, in Rule 25, the words “with or” shall be deleted.

4. In the said rules, Rule 26, shall be substituted namely:- ―

“26 Licence for storage–(1) No person shall store any carbide except under a licence granted under these Rules :

Provided that no licence shall be required for storage of carbide –

(a) temporarily within port limits under such conditions as the Conservator of the port may specify,

(b) while in transit under the custody of railway administration or road transport agency;

(c) in the possession of the Defence Forces of the Union;

5. In the said rules in Rule 27 after sub rule (4) following shall be inserted namely:-

“(5)(a) Carbide in any quantity not exceeding five kilograms shall be stored in prescribed receptacles each containing not more than one kilogram;

(b) in any quantity exceeding five kilograms but not exceeding two hundred kilograms shall be stored:-

1. in receptacles stored in a dry and well ventilated storage shed, which may form a part of or attached to a building provided that it is separated there from by a substantial partition and the only means of access to it is from outside air;
2. due precautions shall be taken to prevent unauthorised persons from having access to the receptacles;
3. the receptacles shall be kept securely closed except while taking out carbide there from.”
   
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