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Edible Oil Stock Limit: Relief to 3.5 lakh people of Maharashtra who do business of producing oilseed crops and edible oils. Demand to abolish the obligation to take license for stock limit in other states also.
Traders doing business of edible oils and oilseed crops produce will no longer need to take a new license under the stock limit. But this facility is available only in Maharashtra so far. The condition is that the trader has an FSSAI License. All India Edible Oil Traders Federation has given this information. The national president of the federation, Shankar Thakkar said that this decision will give relief to about 3.5 lakh traders of Maharashtra. Thakkar said that every time the central government imposes stock limits on traders due to increase in the prices of edible oils and oilseeds, then the state governments are forced to issue licenses on the traders.
The license had to be issued by the state government. The Maharashtra government has done away with the obligation of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) licensed traders to obtain a separate license. The license of FSSAI is renewed in one year, three years and five years. Thakkar said that in view of the increase in the prices of edible oils, orders were issued to impose stock limit, at that time we had met the Chief Secretary of Civil Supplies Department of Maharashtra and told this problem.
Demand to free oil and oilseeds from license raj
Thakkar said that this decision has brought great relief to all the traders across Maharashtra engaged in oil and oilseeds business. For the first time after independence in the country, traders have not been compelled to take a new license even though a state has issued a stock limit order on oil and oilseeds. We will also request other states on the lines of Maharashtra to make oil and oilseeds business free from the license raj.
The effect of the suggestion of merchant organizations
Thakkar said that on February 3, 2022, the Central Government issued an order to all the states of the country to implement the stock limit itself by fixing it. On this subject, the Maharashtra Government had called a meeting of the concerned people and sought suggestions. In this too, it was said on behalf of the All India Edible Oil Traders Association that traders who are involved in many types of license raj should not be forced to take a new license. Because every single trader has licenses from different departments of the government. By approving the same license, the traders should be given relief from the new license and licensing process. This was accepted by the government.
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