NEW DELHI, NOV 4:
Aiming to weed out archaic laws and committees, the Food Ministry has decided to disband the 56-year-old Development Council for Sugar Industry (DCSI) saying the statutory body is no longer relevant after the decontrol and de-licensing of the sugar sector.
DCSI was set up in 1954 under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act. The Council looked into issuance of licences for setting up new sugar mills and other issues related to the sector. DCSI has normally been reconstituted on the expiry of a two-year tenure.
“DCSI has no relevance today, especially after the sugar industry has been de-licensed and decontrolled. There is little rationale in continuing with the council and we have decided not to reconstitute DCSI,” a senior Food Ministry official told PTI.
The 25-member Council will be disbanded and a notification in this regard will be issued soon, the official said.
That apart, the Food Ministry has decided to do away with a sub-committee on sugar standards functioning under the DCSI.
The official said, “Since the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) are looking into the issue of sugar standards, there is no point continuing with the Standing Advisory Committee on Sugar Standards (SACSS) under DCSI.”
The Ministry has decided that another sub-committee under DCSI, the Standing Research Advisory Committee (SRAC), will be shifted under the existing ‘Sugar Development Fund Standing Committee.’ The sub-committee will be renamed as ‘Grant-in-aid for Research Projects’
“This has been done to streamline the committees to avoid confusion,” the official said.
Aiming to weed out archaic laws and committees, the Food Ministry has decided to disband the 56-year-old Development Council for Sugar Industry (DCSI) saying the statutory body is no longer relevant after the decontrol and de-licensing of the sugar sector.
DCSI was set up in 1954 under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act. The Council looked into issuance of licences for setting up new sugar mills and other issues related to the sector. DCSI has normally been reconstituted on the expiry of a two-year tenure.
“DCSI has no relevance today, especially after the sugar industry has been de-licensed and decontrolled. There is little rationale in continuing with the council and we have decided not to reconstitute DCSI,” a senior Food Ministry official told PTI.
The 25-member Council will be disbanded and a notification in this regard will be issued soon, the official said.
That apart, the Food Ministry has decided to do away with a sub-committee on sugar standards functioning under the DCSI.
The official said, “Since the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) are looking into the issue of sugar standards, there is no point continuing with the Standing Advisory Committee on Sugar Standards (SACSS) under DCSI.”
The Ministry has decided that another sub-committee under DCSI, the Standing Research Advisory Committee (SRAC), will be shifted under the existing ‘Sugar Development Fund Standing Committee.’ The sub-committee will be renamed as ‘Grant-in-aid for Research Projects’
“This has been done to streamline the committees to avoid confusion,” the official said.
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