Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran (Dwitiya Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2018
[U.P. Act 37 of 2018][7th September, 2018]
CONTENTS
2. Amendment of Section 2 of U.P. Act no. 24 of 1964
An Act further to amend the Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran Adhiniyam, 1964.
It is hereby enacted in the Sixtyninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran Adhiniyam, 1964 (Uttar Pradesh Act No. 24 of 1964) has been enacted to provide for the control, storage, gradation and price of molasses produced by sugar factories in Uttar Pradesh and the regulation of supply and distribution thereof. Due to the ample availability of the molasses in the States, with a view to decreasing the petroleum imports and for saving foreign exchange, the Government of India has planned for the production of ethanol (Denatured Anhydrous Alcohol) from molasses for its ambitious Ethanol Blending Programme (E.B.P.) and a target of mixing 10 percent of ethanol in petrol has been set. To encourage this programme the Government of India is expecting from the State Governments to produce sufficient ethanol. B-Heavy Molasses is the molasses having more sugar contents. All the ingredients which are included in the definition of molasses in clause (d) of Section 2 of the said Act, are also applied in B-Heavy molasses. With a view to encouraging production of ethanol from B-Heavy molasses in future, it has been decided to amend the said Act to include B-Heavy molasses in the definition of molasses.
The Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran (Dwitiya Sansodhan) Vidheyak, 2018 is introduced accordingly.
1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran (Dwitiya Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2018.
(2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh.
2. Amendment of ## Section 2 of U.P. Act no. 24 of 1964.—In Section 2 of the Uttar Pradesh Sheera Niyantran Adhiniyam, 1964 for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
“(d) “molasses” means the heavy, dark coloured viscous liquid produced as by-product during the manufacture of sugar from sugarcane or gur, when the liquid as such or in any form of admixture contains sugar including B-Heavy molasses.”